Hungary: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 9.34 million people, about as many as today.

The UN projects 83,000 births and 128,000 deaths in 2026, 45,400 more deaths than births.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 1981.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 12,900.

The median age is 44.2, which is 13.1 years above the world’s 31.1.

14% of the people are under 15 and 21% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 2006.

Women have 1.5 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 2.6 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 62.1.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 8.73 million people, 9% fewer than now, with a median age of 45.4.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 77.0 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 18.8 more years for women and 15.0 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 33.0 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 46.5.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 7.46 million, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 5.28 million to 10.2 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 690,000 international migrants lived here, 7.1% of the population.

In mid-2024, 539,000 people from here lived in other countries.