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Central Europe · sovereign state

Hungary

Capital
Budapest
Languages
Hungarian
Currency
Hungarian forint
People
9.51 million (2025)
Neighbours
7
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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 · 2026
  • 12th highest olympic medals (all time) 540 · #12 of 202 · 2026 edition

Surprising facts about Hungary

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

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 world median. Higher is not automatically better.

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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Countries sharing a land border. Tap one to compare. Equal-area map centred on Hungary.

Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people