LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many gold medals does Hungary win at LA28?
7 gold medals80% range 3 gold medals to 13 gold medals
Hungary
EuropeCapital city: BudapestCapital metro: BudapestPresident: Tamás SulyokPrime Minister: Péter Magyar
2026 population
9.5M
Rank #98 globally
Area
93k km² (36k sq mi)
Metros tracked
30
71% of population in metros
Composite score
35.6
Rank #56 globally
population: Official estimate (1 Jan 2026) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 30 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography30 metros
Hungary metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
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30 polygons
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 30 tracked metros
30 metros
#108Budapest★ Capital▲ Largest
Budapest · Pest · 3.0M · Major Metro
27.4
#1287Miskolc
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén · 294K · Emerging Metro
1.1
#1344Sopron
Győr-Moson-Sopron · 103K · Emerging Metro
1.0
#1487Gyor
Győr-Moson-Sopron · 307K · Local Metro
0.9
#1697Debrecen
Hajdú-Bihar · 348K · Local Metro
0.6
#1868Veszprém
Veszprém · 82K · Local Metro
0.5
#2104Szeged
Csongrád · 339K · Local Metro
0.4
#2173Székesfehérvár
Fejér · 254K · Local Metro
0.3
#2221Nyíregyháza
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg · 214K · Local Metro
0.3
#2288Pecs
Baranya · 175K · Local Metro
0.3
#2530Zalaegerszeg
Zala · 98K · Local Metro
0.3
#2575Tatabánya
Komárom-Esztergom · 84K · Local Metro
0.3
🗂️ Administrative subdivisions
20 entries listed under Hungary across 2 types. Select any to see its metros and footprint.
20 total
Counties (19)
Cities (1)
📋 At a glance
- Official language
- Hungarian
- Currency
- Forint (Ft)
- Government
- Parliamentary republic
- Legislature
- National Assembly
- Constitution
- 2011, 10 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Hungarian
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +36
- Internet TLD
- .hu
- ISO 3166
- HU
- Established
- 1000
- Highest point
- Kékes (1,014 m (3,327 ft))
- National anthem
- Himnusz
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of Hungary
Hungarian first; 3 languages share the country; 1 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungarian | 100% | Official | CLDR, country |
| English | 20% | None | CLDR, country |
| German | 18% | None | CLDR, country |
| French | 1.2% | None | CLDR, country |
| Romanian | 1% | None | CLDR, country |
| Croatian Standard | 0.3% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- English reach
- 20%
- Tier 3 country
- Effective languages
- 1.0
- Official-language gap
- 0%
- Hungarian is spoken by 100%
📰 In the news1 story
Semafor · 17 Aug 2026
Receding Danube reveals WWII bodies near BudapestFurther reading from the day's section on a lightning round of baseball, raw milk and other quick hits.
💹 Economy and developmentHigh income
Human Dev. Index
#45 / 1910.870
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#54 / 193$246.5B
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
#50 / 193$25.9k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#44 / 190$49.8k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#51 / 192$23.9k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#69 / 19476.7 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
43.3 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#72 / 19471%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
-0.5%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#85 / 193105/km² (272/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#76 / 1937.1%
World Bank · 2024
Rule of law
#80 / 1750.60
V-Dem · 2025
Gini index
#37 / 16630.6
World Bank · 2017
Internet users
#34 / 19394%
World Bank · 2024
Inflation
#132 / 1854.4%
World Bank · 2025
CO₂ per capita
#127 / 1924.1 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Renewable electricity
#91 / 18635%
Ember · 2025
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🔮 What happens next
Our forecasts, frozen before the result and scored after it.
LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many medals in all does Hungary win at LA28?
19 medals80% range 11 medals to 33 medals
Alliances & Organisations5 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History73 leaders · click to expand
is an editorial flag: associated with atrocities against civilians, systemic subversion of the constitutional order, or a criminal conviction (political persecutions and annulled convictions excluded). It is a curated list, not a measurement, so a name without one has not been cleared of anything. Hover a badge for the reason on file. marks a monarch.
Third Republic
Péter Magyar✦ Current
Prime Minister · Tisza
2026–Present
Tamás Sulyok✦ Current
President · Independent (Fidesz-backed)
2024–Present
Katalin Novák
President · Fidesz
2022–2024
János Áder
President · Fidesz
2012–2022
Pál Schmitt
President · Fidesz
2010–2012
Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister · Fidesz
2010–2026
Gordon Bajnai
Prime Minister · Independent (MSZP-backed)
2009–2010
László Sólyom
President · Independent
2005–2010
Ferenc Gyurcsány
Prime Minister · MSZP
2004–2009
Péter Medgyessy
Prime Minister · Independent (MSZP-backed)
2002–2004
Ferenc Mádl
President · Independent
2000–2005
Viktor Orbán
Prime Minister · Fidesz
1998–2002
People's Republic
Károly Grósz
General Secretary · Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
1988–1989
János Kádár
General Secretary · Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party
1956–1988
Ernő Gerő
General Secretary · Hungarian Working People's Party
1956–1956
Mátyás Rákosi
General Secretary · Hungarian Working People's Party
1945–1956
Kingdom/Regency
Ferenc Szálasi
President (Leader of the Nation, head of state) · Arrow Cross Party
1944–1945
Miklós Horthy
President (Regent, head of state) · Independent
1920–1944
Austria-Hungary
Karl I (Karl IV)
Monarch · Habsburg · 1y 11m 26d
1916–1918
Franz Joseph I
Monarch · Habsburg · 67y 11m 19d
1848–1916
Kingdom of Hungary (Habsburg)
Ferdinand I
Monarch · House of Habsburg-Lorraine · 1835-1848
1835–1848
Francis I
Monarch · Holy Roman Emperor Francis II from 1792 · 1792-1835
1792–1835
Leopold II
Monarch · House of Habsburg-Lorraine · 1790-1792
1790–1792
Joseph II
Monarch · House of Habsburg-Lorraine · 1780-1790
1780–1790
Maria Theresa
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1740-1780
1740–1780
Charles VI
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1711-1740
1711–1740
Joseph I
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1705-1711
1705–1711
Leopold I
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1657-1705
1657–1705
Ferdinand III
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1637-1657
1637–1657
Ferdinand II
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1619-1637
1619–1637
Matthias
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1612-1619
1612–1619
Rudolf II
Monarch · House of Habsburg · 1576-1612
1576–1612
Jagiellon dynasty
Louis II
King · medieval · 10y 0d
1516–1526
Vladislaus II
King · medieval · 26y 0d
1490–1516
Vladislaus I
King · medieval · 6y 0d
1440–1446
Hunyadi
Matthias Corvinus
King · medieval · 32y 0d
1458–1490
John Hunyadi
Regent · medieval · 7y 0d
1446–1453
Habsburg
Ladislaus V the Posthumous
King · medieval · 5y 0d
1453–1458
Albert
King · medieval · 3y 0d
1437–1440
House of Luxembourg
Sigismund
King · medieval · 50y 0d
1387–1437
Angevin dynasty
Mary
Queen · medieval · 5y 0d
1382–1387
Louis I the Great
King · medieval · 40y 0d
1342–1382
Charles I
King · medieval · 34y 0d
1308–1342
Interregnum
Otto
King · medieval · 3y 0d
1305–1308
Wenceslaus
King · medieval · 4y 0d
1301–1305
Árpád dynasty
Andrew III
King · medieval · 11y 0d
1290–1301
Ladislaus IV the Cuman
King · medieval · 18y 0d
1272–1290
Stephen V
King · medieval · 2y 0d
1270–1272
Béla IV
King · medieval · 35y 0d
1235–1270
Andrew II
King · medieval · 30y 0d
1205–1235
Ladislaus III
King · medieval · 1y 0d
1204–1205
Emeric
King · medieval · 8y 0d
1196–1204
Béla III
King · medieval · 24y 0d
1172–1196
Stephen III
King · medieval · 10y 0d
1162–1172
Géza II
King · medieval · 21y 0d
1141–1162
Béla II the Blind
King · medieval · 10y 0d
1131–1141
Stephen II
King · medieval · 15y 0d
1116–1131
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#52 · 0.3%
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Wars and conflicts11 interstate wars · click to expand
World War II●1939–1945
Soviet Union,United States,United Kingdom,China,Free France Free France,Poland,Yugoslavia,Greece,Netherlands,Belgium,Luxembourg,Norway,Denmark
Combat deaths: 16,634,907+
Schmalkaldic War1546–1547
Electorate of Saxony,Hesse Hesse,Electorate of the Palatinate,Bremen,Free City of Lübeck,Brunswick-Lüneburg,Other German territories
Combat deaths: —
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia | 1968 | Czechoslovakia | 254+ |
| Soviet invasion of Hungary | 1956 | Soviet Union | 3,222+ |
| Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine | 1939 | Ukraine Carpatho-Ukraine | — |
| Slovak–Hungarian War | 1939 | Slovak Republic | — |
| World War II● | 1939–1945 | Soviet Union,United States,United Kingdom,China,Free France Free France,Poland,Yugoslavia,Greece,Netherlands,Belgium,Luxembourg,Norway,Denmark | 16,634,907+ |
| Hungarian War of Independence● | 1848–1849 | Austrian Empire,Russian Empire | 104,600+ |
| Rákóczi's War of Independence | 1703–1711 | Austria | — |
| Long Turkish War● | 1591–1606 | Ottoman Empire,Crimean Khanate,Nogai Khanate | — |
| Schmalkaldic War | 1546–1547 | Electorate of Saxony,Hesse Hesse,Electorate of the Palatinate,Bremen,Free City of Lübeck,Brunswick-Lüneburg,Other German territories | — |
| Battle of Mohács | 1526 | Ottoman Empire | — |
| Austrian-Hungarian War (1505-1506) | 1505–1506 | Holy Roman Empire | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.” Figures marked “COW battle deaths” are Correlates of War battle-death counts, which run lower than total deaths.
👥 Population over time
Population 2023
9.7m
#96 in the world
Since 1800
2.98×
from 3.3m
Past its peak
−9.4%
peaked at 10.7m in 1980
Share of world
0.12%
0.33% in 1800
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Hungary is past its peak, which is less unusual than it sounds: the two lines here can point in opposite directions, and for most of Europe and East Asia they now both point down.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Hungary: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Peak
1980
10.7m; already passed
2050
8.7m
95% band 8.0m to 9.5m
2100
7.5m
95% band 5.3m to 10.2m
2100 against 2025
0.78×
median falling from 2024
Deaths outnumber births
since 1981
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
1950
196k born · 107k died · +1k net migration
TFR 2.62 · life expectancy 62.1 · median age 29.1
1960
146k born · 102k died · -1k net migration
TFR 2.02 · life expectancy 68.1 · median age 31.1
1970
151k born · 120k died · -96 net migration
TFR 1.98 · life expectancy 69.2 · median age 33.1
1980
149k born · 145k died · -18k net migration
TFR 1.92 · life expectancy 69.1 · median age 33.2
1990
125k born · 146k died · +17k net migration
TFR 1.86 · life expectancy 69.4 · median age 35.3
2000
98k born · 135k died · +13k net migration
TFR 1.32 · life expectancy 71.8 · median age 37.5
2010
91k born · 130k died · +11k net migration
TFR 1.26 · life expectancy 74.5 · median age 38.9
2020
93k born · 141k died · +9k net migration
TFR 1.57 · life expectancy 75.7 · median age 42.5
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
💰 Billionaires6 · $13.3B combined · click to expand
#886Lorinc Meszaros
Diversified · Diversified
$4.9B
#1855Tibor Veres
Diversified · Real Estate, Investments
$2.3B
#1875Sandor Csanyi
Diversified · Finance, real estate
$2.3B
#2328Zsolt Felcsuti
Manufacturing · Manufacturing
$1.8B
#3345Gyorgy Gattyan
Media & Entertainment · Adult Entertainment
$1.0B
#3348Laszlo Szijj
Construction & Engineering · Construction
$1.0B
Source: Forbes real-time billionaires (via the rtb-api project). Net worth as of the latest monthly snapshot.
🏆 National Teams
Hungary on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.
Olympics
Hungary
Games 37
Medals 554
All-time #11
Best #3
192 golds
Men's FootballUEFA
Hungary
FIFA #38
Elo #42
WC apps 9
No World Cups
Basketball
Hungary
Elo rank #39
Oly medals 0
WC apps 0
No Olympic golds
Elo-ranked; no Olympic or World Cup honours yet
Handball
Hungary
Oly medals 0
Worlds medals 1
Elo rank #13
No Olympic golds
CricketAssociate
Hungary
Matches 47