Population, Midyear 2022: 9,967,308
Population Density (Number of Persons per Square Kilometer): 110.10
Life Expectancy at Birth, 2022: 74.96
Projected Population, Midyear 2030: 9,642,912
Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2022: 20.01%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2030: 20.96%
Projected Percentage of Total Population Aged 65 and Older, Midyear 2050: 27.51%
Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2023). Data Portal, custom data acquired via website. United Nations: New York. Accessed 12 May 2023.
Life expectancy at birth, 2021: 74.3 years
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2021: 20.4%
Share of the population aged 65 and over, 2050: 27.8%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2021: 4.6%
Share of the population aged 80 and over, 2050: 8.6%
Source: OECD (2023), Health at a Glance 2023: OECD Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris, doi.org/10.1787/7a7afb35-en.
Population, total, 2021: 9,710,000
Population growth (annual), 2021: -0.4%
Population density (people per sq. km of land area), 2021: 106.4
Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population), 2021: 12.1%
Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) (% of population), 2021: 0.4%
Income share held by lowest 20%, 2021: 8.1%
Life expectancy at birth, total (2021): 74
Source: World Development Indicators database. Country: Hungary. World Bank. Accessed October 30, 2023.
Population, 2021: 9,710,000
Annual Population Growth Rate, 2020-2030 (%): -0.1%
Life Expectancy at Birth, 2021: 75
Share of Urban Population, 2021: 72%
Annual Growth Rate of Urban Population, 2020-2030 (%): 0.3%
Source: United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every child, vaccination, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, Florence, April 2023.
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