No. 20 Hungary

No. 20 Hungary


2010 Population: 10,004,000
Forecast 2050 Population: 9,040,000
Percent Decrease: 9.6 percent
2010 Population over age 65: 16 percent
Fertility Rate: 1.3
Net Migration Rate: 2

Hungary's population peaked in 1980. Last year 22 percent fewer children were born than in 1989, according to the Hungarian Central Statistics Office. The number of marriages in the same period decreased by almost half while the average age at which Hungarians marry rose. Since 1989, Hungary's population has shrunk by more than 400,000.