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Hungary
Capital Budapest
Languages Hungarian
Currency Hungarian forint
People 9.51 million (2025)
Neighbours 7 Greetings from
Hungary
6th highest air passengers per resident 5.85 · #6 of 165 · 2023 8th highest nobel laureates per 10 million people 12.6 · #8 of 160 · 2025 18th highest daily calories 3,549 kcal · #18 of 189 · 2023 HUN COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
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Picked for surprise among Hungary’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Hungary among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Hungary sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 93,030 km² 110th of 205 2023 Coastline 0 km 168th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 1,014 m 157th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 22.4% 122nd of 207 2023 Population 9.51 million 96th of 210 2025 Population density 104 per km² 98th of 209 2025 Height of men 176.6 cm 47th of 196 2019 Height of women 162.6 cm 64th of 196 2019 Median age 43.3 years 23rd of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.41 children per woman 168th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 21.2% 25th of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $246 billion 55th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$49,838 52nd of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 30.6 120th of 155 2017 Unemployment 4.5% 112th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $1,420 53rd of 193 2023 Military spending 2.2% 52nd of 158 2024 Life expectancy 76.7 years 82nd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 3.1 per 1,000 167th of 194 2024 Doctors 3.5 per 1,000 48th of 190 2022 Adult obesity 36.9% 28th of 195 2024 Smoking 30.8% 27th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 5.94 77th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 11.4 litres 19th of 195 2023 Meat supply 76.3 kg 51st of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,549 kcal 18th of 189 2023 Working hours 1,668 hours 93rd of 130 2023 Years of schooling 12.3 years 39th of 193 2023 Internet users 94% 39th of 208 2024 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 71% 83rd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 105 132nd of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 4.1 t 75th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 35.3% 93rd of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 13.4 µg/m³ 134th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 0.7 per 100k 132nd of 160 2023 Road deaths 7.4 per 100k 140th of 193 2021 Average temperature 12.2°C 139th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 694 mm 135th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 12.6 8th of 160 2025 Railway network 8,037 km 26th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 5.85 6th of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 1.38 41st of 179 2024 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 52% 80th of 198 2025
World twins The countries most like Hungary across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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