Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Hungary

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Hungary in 2025 — 18.73%. Ranked 75 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 0.59 pp.

2025 18.73% +0.11 pp vs 2024
World rank 75of 121
Period maximum 19.33%1990
Period minimum 17.34%2010

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Hungary, 1960–20251717.51818.51919.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18.14%1962: 18.26%1964: 18.42%1966: 18.58%1968: 18.71%1970: 18.82%1972: 18.94%1974: 19.02%1976: 19.03%1978: 19.1%1980: 19.21%1982: 19.14%1984: 19.12%1986: 19.11%1988: 19.09%1990: 19.33%1992: 18.9%1994: 18.51%1996: 18.15%1998: 17.81%2000: 17.5%2002: 17.41%2004: 17.42%2006: 17.39%2008: 17.36%2010: 17.34%2012: 17.46%2014: 17.71%2016: 17.94%2018: 18.13%2020: 18.28%2022: 18.48%2024: 18.62%2025: 18.73%
Change over the period: +0.59 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Hungary 18.73%
World 25.29%
Eastern Europe computed 18.19%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 18.73 +0.11 pp
2024 18.62 +0.08 pp
2023 18.54 +0.05 pp
2022 18.48 +0.08 pp
2021 18.4 +0.11 pp
2020 18.28 +0.09 pp
2019 18.19 +0.07 pp
2018 18.13 +0.08 pp
2017 18.04 +0.11 pp
2016 17.94 +0.12 pp
2015 17.82 +0.11 pp
2014 17.71 +0.12 pp
2013 17.59 +0.13 pp
2012 17.46 +0.11 pp
2011 17.35 +0.01 pp
2010 17.34 −0 pp
2009 17.35 −0.02 pp
2008 17.36 −0.01 pp
2007 17.38 −0.02 pp
2006 17.39 −0.02 pp
2005 17.41 −0.01 pp
2004 17.42 −0 pp
2003 17.42 +0.01 pp
2002 17.41 +0.01 pp
2001 17.41 −0.1 pp
2000 17.5 −0.16 pp
1999 17.66 −0.15 pp
1998 17.81 −0.16 pp
1997 17.98 −0.17 pp
1996 18.15 −0.18 pp
1995 18.33 −0.19 pp
1994 18.51 −0.19 pp
1993 18.7 −0.19 pp
1992 18.9 −0.21 pp
1991 19.11 −0.22 pp
1990 19.33 +0.07 pp
1989 19.26 +0.17 pp
1988 19.09 −0.01 pp
1987 19.1 −0.01 pp
1986 19.11 −0.01 pp
1985 19.12 −0.01 pp
1984 19.12 −0 pp
1983 19.12 −0.01 pp
1982 19.14 −0.03 pp
1981 19.16 −0.04 pp
1980 19.21 +0.03 pp
1979 19.18 +0.08 pp
1978 19.1 +0.05 pp
1977 19.05 +0.02 pp
1976 19.03 +0.01 pp
1975 19.02 +0 pp
1974 19.02 +0.03 pp
1973 18.99 +0.05 pp
1972 18.94 +0.06 pp
1971 18.88 +0.06 pp
1970 18.82 +0.05 pp
1969 18.77 +0.06 pp
1968 18.71 +0.06 pp
1967 18.65 +0.07 pp
1966 18.58 +0.08 pp
1965 18.51 +0.08 pp
1964 18.42 +0.08 pp
1963 18.35 +0.08 pp
1962 18.26 +0.07 pp
1961 18.19 +0.05 pp
1960 18.14

Eastern Europe, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

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