Population in Pest

Pest had 1,336,134 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Population on 1 January, by region Unit: People Data: 2001 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Pest, 2025 1,336,134 People
Change from 2024 +0.2% 2024: 1,333,257 people
Hungary, 2025 9,539,502 people Country total
Position in 2025 161st of 295 See the full ranking

Population in Pest 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 PestHungary
2025 1,336,134 people 9,539,502 people
2024 1,333,257 people 9,584,627 people
2023 1,328,790 people 9,599,744 people
2022 1,315,964 people 9,610,403 people
2021 1,300,389 people 9,651,461 people
2020 1,287,734 people 9,689,376 people
2019 1,270,416 people 9,700,272 people
2018 1,254,436 people 9,713,655 people
2017 1,240,780 people 9,739,857 people
2016 1,228,755 people 9,779,652 people
2015 1,221,637 people 9,815,858 people
2014 1,217,628 people 9,850,217 people
2013 1,216,562 people 9,895,250 people
2012 1,213,323 peopleb (break in time series) 9,931,925 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 1,237,561 people 9,985,722 people
2010 1,229,880 people 10,014,324 people
2009 1,213,290 people 10,030,975 people
2008 1,195,020 people 10,045,401 people
2007 1,176,550 people 10,066,158 people
2006 1,157,564 people 10,076,581 people
2005 1,143,629 people 10,097,549 people
2004 1,124,395 people 10,116,742 people
2003 1,105,412 people 10,142,362 people
2002 1,089,478 people 10,174,853 people
2001 1,071,898 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 +0.2% from 1,333,257 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1,221,637 people, the figure has changed by +9.4%.
  • Among the 295 regions with data for 2025, Pest has the 161st 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 Pest
Provider update
28 August 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat