Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Hungary

Urban population share in Hungary in 2025 — 70.7%. Ranked 88 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 17.3 pp.

2025 70.7% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 88of 217
Period maximum 70.7%2025
Period minimum 53.4%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Hungary, 1960–202550556065707519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.4%1962: 53.7%1964: 54.1%1966: 54.4%1968: 54.9%1970: 55.3%1972: 55.8%1974: 56.3%1976: 56.8%1978: 57.3%1980: 57.9%1982: 58.5%1984: 59.1%1986: 59.7%1988: 60.4%1990: 61%1992: 61.6%1994: 62.3%1996: 63%1998: 63.6%2000: 64.3%2002: 65%2004: 65%2006: 67%2008: 68.1%2010: 69.5%2012: 69.6%2014: 70.3%2016: 70.5%2018: 70.5%2020: 70.3%2022: 70.2%2024: 70.5%2025: 70.7%
Change over the period: +17.3 pp Annual average: 0.27 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hungary

Hungary 70.7%
World 57.8%
Eastern Europe computed 70.1%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 70.7 +0.2 pp
2024 70.5 +0.2 pp
2023 70.3 +0.1 pp
2022 70.2 −0 pp
2021 70.2 −0.1 pp
2020 70.3 −0.2 pp
2019 70.5 −0 pp
2018 70.5 +0 pp
2017 70.5 −0 pp
2016 70.5 −0 pp
2015 70.5 +0.2 pp
2014 70.3 +0.4 pp
2013 69.9 +0.4 pp
2012 69.6 +0.1 pp
2011 69.5 −0.1 pp
2010 69.5 +1.1 pp
2009 68.5 +0.4 pp
2008 68.1 +1.1 pp
2007 67 −0 pp
2006 67 +0.9 pp
2005 66.1 +1.1 pp
2004 65 +0.2 pp
2003 64.8 −0.2 pp
2002 65 +0.4 pp
2001 64.6 +0.4 pp
2000 64.3 +0.3 pp
1999 63.9 +0.3 pp
1998 63.6 +0.3 pp
1997 63.3 +0.3 pp
1996 63 +0.3 pp
1995 62.6 +0.3 pp
1994 62.3 +0.3 pp
1993 62 +0.3 pp
1992 61.6 +0.3 pp
1991 61.3 +0.3 pp
1990 61 +0.3 pp
1989 60.7 +0.3 pp
1988 60.4 +0.3 pp
1987 60 +0.3 pp
1986 59.7 +0.3 pp
1985 59.4 +0.3 pp
1984 59.1 +0.3 pp
1983 58.8 +0.3 pp
1982 58.5 +0.3 pp
1981 58.2 +0.3 pp
1980 57.9 +0.3 pp
1979 57.6 +0.3 pp
1978 57.3 +0.3 pp
1977 57.1 +0.3 pp
1976 56.8 +0.3 pp
1975 56.5 +0.3 pp
1974 56.3 +0.3 pp
1973 56 +0.2 pp
1972 55.8 +0.2 pp
1971 55.5 +0.2 pp
1970 55.3 +0.2 pp
1969 55.1 +0.2 pp
1968 54.9 +0.2 pp
1967 54.6 +0.2 pp
1966 54.4 +0.2 pp
1965 54.3 +0.2 pp
1964 54.1 +0.2 pp
1963 53.9 +0.2 pp
1962 53.7 +0.2 pp
1961 53.6 +0.1 pp
1960 53.4

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.