Population and vital events

The collection of interactive figures provides up-to-date information on the latest domestic and international socio-economic trends. The decisive part of the figures included in HCSO Monitor are downloadable in both image and data formats (PNG, SVG and CSV). Feel free to browse the data in HCSO Monitor, updated many times a week!

The Marriage Week initiative started in England more than 25 years ago. In Hungary, it has been organised since 2008, this year from 9 to 16 February. The aim of this series of events is to raise awareness of the importance of marriage and family. The long-term decline in the number of marriages in our country reached its lowest point in 2010, with 36 thousand marriages, and then started to increase, reaching over 72 thousand in 2021. Since then, there has been a decrease; barely 47 thousand couples got married in 2024.

According to preliminary data, 6,339 children were born and 11,773 people died in December 2024. The number of births lessened by 4.1%, that of deaths by 7.0% and that of marriages by 25% compared to the same period of the previous year.

In 2023, the number of deaths decreased to a greater extent than that of births, resulting in a slower pace of natural decrease. Life expectancy at birth has risen to its highest level ever. The decline in the number of marriages has continued. The Demographic Yearbook provides detailed data on the composition of the population, the changes in births, marriages, divorces and deaths, as well as the features of migration.

The yearbook provides an overview of Hungary's demographic, social and economic processes, environmental characteristics and their changes over time, with the help of tens of thousands of data of 500 tables, graphs and maps. Innovatively, the Tourism, catering chapter in the volume includes the gross receipts of tourist accommodation establishments by type of accommodation. Another change is that this year the Regional data chapter already presents territorial data by tourism area, giving greater emphasis to tourist destinations.

Geopolitical tensions continued to overshadow economic developments in 2023, with the gross domestic product falling by 0.9%. Inflationary pressures gradually eased, but the 17.6% annual increase in consumer prices led to a decline in real earnings and consumption, and negatively affected investment decisions. Despite the economic difficulties, employment has reached a record high. In 2023, the number of deaths and births continued to fall, in addition to the decrease in the number of women of childbearing age.

In 2023, the number of births was lower than in the previous year, yet the number of deaths also declined by a greater extent, resulting in a slight decrease in the rate of natural decrease. The smaller surplus of international migration compared to the previous year moderated the population decline, resulting in a net decrease of 16,000 people in Hungary's population. The number of women of childbearing age continued to diminish, as did the fertility rate. The number of marriages fell, but that of divorces also lessened.

We updated data on intra-settlement housing and resident population, available within the section titled Parts of towns and of settlements, according to the status at the 2022 Census. The Detailed Gazetteer of the Countries under the Hungarian Crown was first published 150 years ago, in 1873, being edited and compiled by the National Hungarian Royal Statistical Office, followed by 25 additional printed editions, the last one in 2003. Since then the publication has come out online. The Detailed Gazetteer is the name and data repository of Hungary’s localities, the present version containing data according to the administrative status as of 1 January 2023.