Hungary
Urban population in Hungary
Urban population in Hungary: 52.6% in 1950 and 70.7% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 70.7%
- Since 1950
- +18.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 95 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 77.6%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 77.6% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Hungary |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.7 |
| 2024 | 70.5 |
| 2023 | 70.3 |
| 2022 | 70.2 |
| 2021 | 70.2 |
| 2020 | 70.3 |
| 2019 | 70.5 |
| 2018 | 70.5 |
| 2017 | 70.5 |
| 2016 | 70.5 |
| 2015 | 70.5 |
| 2014 | 70.3 |
| 2013 | 69.9 |
| 2012 | 69.6 |
| 2011 | 69.5 |
| 2010 | 69.5 |
| 2009 | 68.5 |
| 2008 | 68.1 |
| 2007 | 67 |
| 2006 | 67 |
| 2005 | 66.1 |
| 2004 | 65 |
| 2003 | 64.9 |
| 2002 | 65 |
| 2001 | 64.7 |
| 2000 | 64.3 |
| 1999 | 63.9 |
| 1998 | 63.6 |
| 1997 | 63.3 |
| 1996 | 63 |
| 1995 | 62.6 |
| 1994 | 62.3 |
| 1993 | 62 |
| 1992 | 61.7 |
| 1991 | 61.3 |
| 1990 | 61 |
| 1989 | 60.7 |
| 1988 | 60.4 |
| 1987 | 60 |
| 1986 | 59.7 |
| 1985 | 59.4 |
| 1984 | 59.1 |
| 1983 | 58.8 |
| 1982 | 58.5 |
| 1981 | 58.2 |
| 1980 | 57.9 |
| 1979 | 57.6 |
| 1978 | 57.4 |
| 1977 | 57.1 |
| 1976 | 56.8 |
| 1975 | 56.5 |
| 1974 | 56.3 |
| 1973 | 56 |
| 1972 | 55.8 |
| 1971 | 55.5 |
| 1970 | 55.3 |
| 1969 | 55.1 |
| 1968 | 54.9 |
| 1967 | 54.7 |
| 1966 | 54.5 |
| 1965 | 54.3 |
| 1964 | 54.1 |
| 1963 | 53.9 |
| 1962 | 53.7 |
| 1961 | 53.6 |
| 1960 | 53.4 |
| 1959 | 53.3 |
| 1958 | 53.2 |
| 1957 | 53.1 |
| 1956 | 53 |
| 1955 | 52.9 |
| 1954 | 52.8 |
| 1953 | 52.7 |
| 1952 | 52.7 |
| 1951 | 52.6 |
| 1950 | 52.6 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Hungary |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 70.9 |
| 2027 | 71.1 |
| 2028 | 71.3 |
| 2029 | 71.6 |
| 2030 | 71.8 |
| 2031 | 72 |
| 2032 | 72.2 |
| 2033 | 72.5 |
| 2034 | 72.7 |
| 2035 | 73 |
| 2036 | 73.2 |
| 2037 | 73.5 |
| 2038 | 73.8 |
| 2039 | 74.1 |
| 2040 | 74.4 |
| 2041 | 74.7 |
| 2042 | 75 |
| 2043 | 75.3 |
| 2044 | 75.6 |
| 2045 | 75.9 |
| 2046 | 76.2 |
| 2047 | 76.6 |
| 2048 | 76.9 |
| 2049 | 77.3 |
| 2050 | 77.6 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending2.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$4.62B in 2025
- Military spending per person$518 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel46,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.95% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports402 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports11 million TIV in 2024
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