Immigration in Hungary

Hungary recorded 88,418 immigrants in 2024.

Measure: Immigration Unit: People Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Hungary, 2024 88,418 People
Change from 2023 −8.1% 2023: 96,192 immigrants
European Union, 2024 5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip) Official aggregate
Position in 2024 17th of 33 See the full ranking

Immigration in Hungary over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Immigration (people), 2000 to 2024
Period HungaryEuropean Union
2024 88,418 immigrants 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional)
2023 96,192 immigrants 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2022 94,148 immigrants 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2021 80,471 immigrants 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 75,470 immigrants 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2019 88,581 immigrants 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2018 82,937 immigrants 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2017 68,070 immigrants 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2016 53,618 immigrants 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2015 58,344 immigrants 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2014 54,581 immigrants 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional)
2013 38,968 immigrants 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2012 33,702 immigrants –
2011 28,018 immigrants –
2010 25,519 immigrantsb (break in time series) –
2009 27,894 immigrants –
2008 37,652 immigrantsb (break in time series) –
2007 24,361 immigrants –
2006 25,732 immigrantsp (provisional) –
2005 27,820 immigrants –
2004 24,298 immigrants –
2003 21,327 immigrants –
2002 19,855 immigrants –
2001 22,079 immigrants –
2000 21,726 immigrants –

Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; p provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −8.1% from 96,192 immigrants in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54,581 immigrants, the figure has changed by +62.0%.
  • Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Hungary has the 17th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
migr_imm1ctz · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A citizen=TOTAL agedef=COMPLET age=TOTAL sex=T unit=NR
Observation period
1998 to 2024 for Hungary
Provider update
29 May 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat