Population in Budapest

Budapest had 1,685,209 people on 1 January 2025.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2001 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Budapest, 2025 1,685,209 People
Change from 2024 −0.1% 2024: 1,686,222 people
Hungary, 2025 9,539,502 people Country total
Position in 2025 127th of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Budapest over time

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

Population on 1 January, by region (people), 2001 to 2025
Period BudapestHungary
2025 1,685,209 people 9,539,502 people
2024 1,686,222 people 9,584,627 people
2023 1,671,004 people 9,599,744 people
2022 1,672,443 people 9,610,403 people
2021 1,690,503 people 9,651,461 people
2020 1,717,144 people 9,689,376 people
2019 1,722,363 people 9,700,272 people
2018 1,723,033 people 9,713,655 people
2017 1,728,929 people 9,739,857 people
2016 1,738,570 people 9,779,652 people
2015 1,741,601 people 9,815,858 people
2014 1,733,837 people 9,850,217 people
2013 1,730,350 people 9,895,250 people
2012 1,727,495 peopleb (break in time series) 9,931,925 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 1,733,685 people 9,985,722 people
2010 1,721,556 people 10,014,324 people
2009 1,712,210 people 10,030,975 people
2008 1,702,297 people 10,045,401 people
2007 1,696,128 people 10,066,158 people
2006 1,698,106 people 10,076,581 people
2005 1,697,343 people 10,097,549 people
2004 1,705,309 people 10,116,742 people
2003 1,719,342 people 10,142,362 people
2002 1,739,569 people 10,174,853 people
2001 1,759,209 people 10,200,298 people

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1% from 1,686,222 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,741,601 people, the figure has changed by −3.2%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Budapest has the 127th highest value.
  • The figure for Hungary in 2025 was 9,539,502 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_r_d2jan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T age=TOTAL unit=NR
Observation period
2001 to 2025 for Budapest
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat