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The latest data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) has been released.
Hungary’s population drops below key threshold as births hit 14-year low
Hungary’s population has fallen below 9.5 million for the first time in decades, as births declined sharply in 2025 and the country’s natural population loss widened further, according to preliminary estimates from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH). Last year, just 72,000 children were born, 7.1% fewer than in 2024: a drop of more than 5,500 births in a single year. At the same time, 124,200 people died, meaning deaths continued to …
The Central Statistical Office (KSH) has published the most important demographic indicators for 2025: the last time the fertility rate in Hungary was this low was 14 years ago.
The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) has released dramatic data on population decline in Hungary: there are fewer than nine and a half million of us left.
The low birth rate exists and affects the entire education system. Milei’s government would use it to close 400 grades between the initial, primary and middle levels. The postponement of maternity, economic crises and social changes generate a population aging that impacts the educational and welfare system, but it is reflected in a reduction in the average number of students per section in private gardens, which rose from 23 in 2011 to 18.8 at …
The number of deaths decreased by 2.6 percent, while the number of births decreased by 7.1 percent in 2025.
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