Hungary - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Hungary was 9,750,149 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,711,850 in 1981 and a minimum value of 9,750,149 in 2020.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 9,983,967
1961 10,029,320
1962 10,061,730
1963 10,087,950
1964 10,119,840
1965 10,147,940
1966 10,178,650
1967 10,216,600
1968 10,255,820
1969 10,298,720
1970 10,337,910
1971 10,367,540
1972 10,398,490
1973 10,432,060
1974 10,478,720
1975 10,540,530
1976 10,598,680
1977 10,648,030
1978 10,684,820
1979 10,704,150
1980 10,711,120
1981 10,711,850
1982 10,705,540
1983 10,689,460
1984 10,668,100
1985 10,648,710
1986 10,630,560
1987 10,612,740
1988 10,596,490
1989 10,481,720
1990 10,373,990
1991 10,373,400
1992 10,369,340
1993 10,357,520
1994 10,343,360
1995 10,328,970
1996 10,311,240
1997 10,290,490
1998 10,266,570
1999 10,237,530
2000 10,210,970
2001 10,187,580
2002 10,158,610
2003 10,129,550
2004 10,107,150
2005 10,087,070
2006 10,071,370
2007 10,055,780
2008 10,038,190
2009 10,022,650
2010 10,000,020
2011 9,971,727
2012 9,920,362
2013 9,893,082
2014 9,866,468
2015 9,843,028
2016 9,814,023
2017 9,787,966
2018 9,775,564
2019 9,771,141
2020 9,750,149

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population