The latest officially reported population of Hungary was 9,562,314 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Hungary's population is 9,518,980 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.
Population statistics:
- The United Kingdom's population is 7.35 times bigger than Hungary's.
- Hungary is ranked the 98th most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
- The countries together account for 0.96% of the world: 0.12% for Hungary vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
- For the last 10 years, Hungary has had an average growth rate of -0.29% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
- Since 2005, the population of Hungary has decreased from 10.1M people to 9.52M (5.63% decline), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
- The United Kingdom is projected to reach its peak in 2072 at 76.2M people, while Hungary's population already peaked in 1981 at 10.7M people and is projected to decrease to 7.37M people by 2100.
Hungary vs United Kingdom: live population counter
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| Current population |
9518980
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69945462
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| Population rank | 98/197 | 22/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.85% |
| One net population change |
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43 seconds
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| One birth every |
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45.9 seconds
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| One death every |
4.09 minutes
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48.4 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +16,223 | +417,114 |
| Daily growth/decline | -82 | +2,011 |
| Annual growth/decline | -29,872 | +734,000 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.31% | +1.07% |
| Population growth rate rank | 178/197 | 99/197 |
Hungary and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 9,983,512 | 52,400,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 10,027,958 | 52,800,000 | 0.45% | 0.76% |
| 1962 | 10,060,825 | 53,250,000 | 0.33% | 0.85% |
| 1963 | 10,087,947 | 53,650,000 | 0.27% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 10,119,835 | 54,000,000 | 0.32% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 10,147,935 | 54,348,050 | 0.28% | 0.64% |
| 1966 | 10,178,653 | 54,648,500 | 0.3% | 0.55% |
| 1967 | 10,216,604 | 54,943,600 | 0.37% | 0.54% |
| 1968 | 10,255,815 | 55,211,700 | 0.38% | 0.49% |
| 1969 | 10,298,723 | 55,441,750 | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 1970 | 10,337,910 | 55,663,250 | 0.38% | 0.4% |
| 1971 | 10,367,537 | 55,896,223 | 0.29% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 10,398,489 | 56,086,065 | 0.3% | 0.34% |
| 1973 | 10,432,055 | 56,194,527 | 0.32% | 0.19% |
| 1974 | 10,478,720 | 56,229,974 | 0.45% | 0.06% |
| 1975 | 10,540,525 | 56,225,800 | 0.59% | -0.007% |
| 1976 | 10,598,677 | 56,211,968 | 0.55% | -0.02% |
| 1977 | 10,648,031 | 56,193,492 | 0.47% | -0.03% |
| 1978 | 10,684,822 | 56,196,504 | 0.35% | 0.005% |
| 1979 | 10,704,152 | 56,246,951 | 0.18% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 10,711,122 | 56,314,216 | 0.07% | 0.12% |
| 1981 | 10,711,848 | 56,333,829 | 0.007% | 0.03% |
| 1982 | 10,705,535 | 56,313,641 | -0.06% | -0.04% |
| 1983 | 10,689,463 | 56,332,848 | -0.15% | 0.03% |
| 1984 | 10,668,095 | 56,422,072 | -0.2% | 0.16% |
| 1985 | 10,648,713 | 56,550,268 | -0.18% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 10,630,564 | 56,681,396 | -0.17% | 0.23% |
| 1987 | 10,612,741 | 56,802,050 | -0.17% | 0.21% |
| 1988 | 10,596,487 | 56,928,327 | -0.15% | 0.22% |
| 1989 | 10,481,719 | 57,076,711 | -1.08% | 0.26% |
| 1990 | 10,373,988 | 57,247,586 | -1.03% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 10,373,400 | 57,424,897 | -0.006% | 0.31% |
| 1992 | 10,369,341 | 57,580,402 | -0.04% | 0.27% |
| 1993 | 10,357,523 | 57,718,614 | -0.11% | 0.24% |
| 1994 | 10,343,355 | 57,865,745 | -0.14% | 0.25% |
| 1995 | 10,328,965 | 58,019,030 | -0.14% | 0.26% |
| 1996 | 10,311,238 | 58,166,950 | -0.17% | 0.25% |
| 1997 | 10,290,486 | 58,316,954 | -0.2% | 0.26% |
| 1998 | 10,266,570 | 58,487,141 | -0.23% | 0.29% |
| 1999 | 10,237,530 | 58,682,466 | -0.28% | 0.33% |
| 2000 | 10,210,971 | 58,892,514 | -0.26% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 10,187,576 | 59,119,673 | -0.23% | 0.39% |
| 2002 | 10,158,608 | 59,370,479 | -0.28% | 0.42% |
| 2003 | 10,129,552 | 59,647,577 | -0.29% | 0.47% |
| 2004 | 10,107,146 | 59,987,905 | -0.22% | 0.57% |
| 2005 | 10,087,065 | 60,401,206 | -0.2% | 0.69% |
| 2006 | 10,071,370 | 60,846,820 | -0.16% | 0.74% |
| 2007 | 10,055,780 | 61,322,463 | -0.15% | 0.78% |
| 2008 | 10,038,188 | 61,806,995 | -0.17% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 10,022,650 | 62,276,270 | -0.15% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 10,000,023 | 62,766,365 | -0.23% | 0.79% |
| 2011 | 9,971,727 | 63,258,810 | -0.28% | 0.78% |
| 2012 | 9,920,362 | 63,711,000 | -0.52% | 0.71% |
| 2013 | 9,872,734 | 64,139,000 | -0.48% | 0.67% |
| 2014 | 9,833,038 | 64,620,000 | -0.4% | 0.75% |
| 2015 | 9,797,755 | 65,088,000 | -0.36% | 0.72% |
| 2016 | 9,759,755 | 65,607,000 | -0.39% | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 9,726,756 | 65,966,000 | -0.34% | 0.55% |
| 2018 | 9,706,964 | 66,289,000 | -0.2% | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 9,694,824 | 66,631,000 | -0.13% | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 9,670,419 | 66,744,000 | -0.25% | 0.17% |
| 2021 | 9,630,932 | 66,984,000 | -0.41% | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 9,605,074 | 67,604,000 | -0.27% | 0.93% |
| 2023 | 9,592,186 | 68,492,000 | -0.13% | 1.31% |
| 2024 | 9,562,314 | 69,226,000 | -0.31% | 1.07% |
| 2025 | 9,518,980 | 69,639,673 | -0.45% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 9,473,059 | 70,020,350 | -0.48% | 0.55% |
| 2027 | 9,440,865 | 70,382,853 | -0.34% | 0.52% |
| 2028 | 9,407,907 | 70,732,699 | -0.35% | 0.5% |
| 2029 | 9,373,535 | 71,061,482 | -0.37% | 0.46% |
| 2030 | 9,337,966 | 71,377,535 | -0.38% | 0.44% |
| 2031 | 9,301,690 | 71,678,351 | -0.39% | 0.42% |
| 2032 | 9,264,741 | 71,959,934 | -0.4% | 0.39% |
| 2033 | 9,227,265 | 72,234,509 | -0.4% | 0.38% |
| 2034 | 9,189,343 | 72,497,650 | -0.41% | 0.36% |
| 2035 | 9,150,977 | 72,749,096 | -0.42% | 0.35% |
| 2036 | 9,112,647 | 72,990,847 | -0.42% | 0.33% |
| 2037 | 9,074,256 | 73,218,850 | -0.42% | 0.31% |
| 2038 | 9,036,089 | 73,441,349 | -0.42% | 0.3% |
| 2039 | 8,998,343 | 73,658,392 | -0.42% | 0.3% |
| 2040 | 8,960,956 | 73,868,334 | -0.42% | 0.29% |
| 2041 | 8,924,349 | 74,074,316 | -0.41% | 0.28% |
| 2042 | 8,888,360 | 74,275,779 | -0.4% | 0.27% |
| 2043 | 8,853,182 | 74,475,035 | -0.4% | 0.27% |
| 2044 | 8,818,771 | 74,667,284 | -0.39% | 0.26% |
| 2045 | 8,784,653 | 74,848,605 | -0.39% | 0.24% |
| 2046 | 8,750,973 | 75,020,949 | -0.38% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 8,717,982 | 75,184,478 | -0.38% | 0.22% |
| 2048 | 8,685,744 | 75,337,543 | -0.37% | 0.2% |
| 2049 | 8,654,021 | 75,476,141 | -0.37% | 0.18% |
| 2050 | 8,622,711 | 75,600,588 | -0.36% | 0.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Hungary decreased by 289,310 people (a 2.87% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Hungary lost -278,775 (a 2.85% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).
Hungary was ranked 81st most populous country in 2005 and is 98th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Hungary's population will shrink by 9.42% to 8,622,711 people with a rank change from 98th to 111th. The population of the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Budapest | 1.69M |
| Debrecen | 202K |
| Miskolc | 144K |
| Pecs | 140K |
| Gyor | 130K |
| Nyiregyhaza | 115K |
| Kecskemet | 109K |
| Szekesfehervar | 96K |
| Szombathely | 77.8K |
| Erd | 71.3K |
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| City | Population |
| London | 8.8M |
| Birmingham | 1.14M |
| Glasgow | 626K |
| Manchester | 548K |
| Leeds | 536K |
| Sheffield | 518K |
| Liverpool | 513K |
| Edinburgh | 488K |
| Bristol | 472K |
| Leicester | 464K |
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Population differences between Hungary and the United Kingdom
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| Life expectancy | 77.3 years | 81.6 years |
| Average age | 43.2 years | 41.4 years |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 41 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48:52 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.51 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman |
| Population density | 271.4 ppl/mi² | 741 ppl/mi² |
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