Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Hungary

Population in cities over 1 million in Hungary in 2025 — 1,782,243 people. Ranked 93 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 1.6%.

2025 1.78M people +0.1% vs 2024
World rank 93of 121
Period maximum 2.06M people1980
Period minimum 1.73M people2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Hungary, 1960–20251.7M1.8M1.9M2M2.1M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,811,120 people1962: 1,837,537 people1964: 1,864,378 people1966: 1,891,572 people1968: 1,919,201 people1970: 1,945,954 people1972: 1,969,301 people1974: 1,992,896 people1976: 2,016,807 people1978: 2,040,971 people1980: 2,057,204 people1982: 2,048,614 people1984: 2,040,048 people1986: 2,031,530 people1988: 2,023,036 people1990: 2,005,208 people1992: 1,959,561 people1994: 1,915,015 people1996: 1,871,422 people1998: 1,828,879 people2000: 1,787,247 people2002: 1,769,025 people2004: 1,760,298 people2006: 1,751,626 people2008: 1,742,984 people2010: 1,734,398 people2012: 1,732,397 people2014: 1,741,381 people2016: 1,750,425 people2018: 1,759,497 people2020: 1,768,073 people2022: 1,775,207 people2024: 1,780,391 people2025: 1,782,243 people
Change over the period: −28,877 (−1.59%) Average annual rate: -0.02 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Hungary 1.78M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Eastern Europe computed 49.81M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.78M +1,852 +0.1%
2024 1.78M +2,339 +0.13%
2023 1.78M +2,845 +0.16%
2022 1.78M +3,342 +0.19%
2021 1.77M +3,792 +0.21%
2020 1.77M +4,160 +0.24%
2019 1.76M +4,416 +0.25%
2018 1.76M +4,542 +0.26%
2017 1.75M +4,530 +0.26%
2016 1.75M +4,531 +0.26%
2015 1.75M +4,513 +0.26%
2014 1.74M +4,501 +0.26%
2013 1.74M +4,483 +0.26%
2012 1.73M +2,280 +0.13%
2011 1.73M −4,281 −0.25%
2010 1.73M −4,291 −0.25%
2009 1.74M −4,295 −0.25%
2008 1.74M −4,319 −0.25%
2007 1.75M −4,323 −0.25%
2006 1.75M −4,333 −0.25%
2005 1.76M −4,339 −0.25%
2004 1.76M −4,361 −0.25%
2003 1.76M −4,366 −0.25%
2002 1.77M −4,376 −0.25%
2001 1.77M −13,846 −0.77%
2000 1.79M −20,710 −1.15%
1999 1.81M −20,922 −1.14%
1998 1.83M −21,164 −1.14%
1997 1.85M −21,379 −1.14%
1996 1.87M −21,686 −1.15%
1995 1.89M −21,907 −1.14%
1994 1.92M −22,160 −1.14%
1993 1.94M −22,386 −1.14%
1992 1.96M −22,708 −1.15%
1991 1.98M −22,939 −1.14%
1990 2.01M −13,603 −0.67%
1989 2.02M −4,225 −0.21%
1988 2.02M −4,245 −0.21%
1987 2.03M −4,249 −0.21%
1986 2.03M −4,258 −0.21%
1985 2.04M −4,260 −0.21%
1984 2.04M −4,282 −0.21%
1983 2.04M −4,284 −0.21%
1982 2.05M −4,294 −0.21%
1981 2.05M −4,296 −0.21%
1980 2.06M +4,034 +0.2%
1979 2.05M +12,199 +0.6%
1978 2.04M +12,126 +0.6%
1977 2.03M +12,038 +0.6%
1976 2.02M +11,999 +0.6%
1975 2M +11,912 +0.6%
1974 1.99M +11,840 +0.6%
1973 1.98M +11,755 +0.6%
1972 1.97M +11,716 +0.6%
1971 1.96M +11,631 +0.6%
1970 1.95M +12,816 +0.66%
1969 1.93M +13,937 +0.73%
1968 1.92M +13,874 +0.73%
1967 1.91M +13,755 +0.73%
1966 1.89M +13,656 +0.73%
1965 1.88M +13,538 +0.73%
1964 1.86M +13,478 +0.73%
1963 1.85M +13,363 +0.73%
1962 1.84M +13,265 +0.73%
1961 1.82M +13,152 +0.73%
1960 1.81M

Eastern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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