Indicator	Value
Total population	9,560,000–9,680,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 9,676,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 9,562,000 people
Median age	43.6 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	76.7–77 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 76.72 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 77.02 years
Ethnic groups	Hungarian 84.3%, Romani 2.1%, German 1%, other 1.2%, unspecified 13.7% (2022 est.); note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–10% of Hungary's populationCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Hungarian (official) 98.8%, English 25.3%, German 12.6%, Russian 2.1%, French 1.5%, Romanian 1.4%, other 5.1% (2022 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Catholic 30.1% (Roman Catholic 27.5%, Greek Catholic 1.7%, other Catholic 0.9%), Calvinist 9.8%, Lutheran 1.8%, other Christian (includes Orthodox) 1.6%, other 0.4%, none 16.1%, no answer 40.1% (2022 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	72.9% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	-0.315 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.2 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	13.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	70.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Balkan Romani / Central Romani / Eastern Yiddish / German / Hungarian / Hungarian Sign Language / Old Hungarian / Romanian / Rusyn / Sinte-Manus Romani / Slovak / Slovenian / Ukrainian / Vlax Romani / Western YiddishGlottolog [2026]