Foreign-born population share in Hungary

Foreign-born population share in Hungary was 7.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is up 0.2 pts from 2024. That is the 22nd highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

20257.3%
Change on 2024+0.2 pts
Rank22nd of 26EU countries ranked
Series high7.32025
Series low42012

Foreign-born population share in Hungary, 2009 to 2025

456782009201220152018202120252009: 4.2 %2010: 4.4 %2011: 4.4 %2012: 4 %2013: 4.3 %2014: 4.5 %2015: 4.8 %2016: 5.2 %2017: 5.3 %2018: 5.5 %2019: 5.8 %2020: 6.1 %2021: 6.2 %2022: 6.4 %2023: 6.7 %2024: 7.1 %2025: 7.3 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
All 17 values
Period%
20257.3
20247.1
20236.7
20226.4
20216.2
20206.1
20195.8
20185.5
20175.3
20165.2
20154.8
20144.5
20134.3
20124
20114.4
20104.4
20094.2

Rankings

Definition

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat).

Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.

How it is calculated

Foreign-born population divided by total population for the same place and year, times 100. United States: Census Bureau American Community Survey table B05002 (foreign born over total population). EU countries: Invokely calculation FOR / TOTAL * 100 from Eurostat migr_pop4ctb (country of birth, all ages, both sexes, 1 January); the total includes residents whose country of birth is unknown.

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Invokely calculation from Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_born_share. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the foreign-born share of the population in Hungary?

Foreign-born population share in Hungary was 7.3% in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is up 0.2 pts from 2024. That is the 22nd highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Invokely. Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest foreign-born share of the population in Hungary?

7.3% in 2025, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

Foreign-born population share elsewhere in European Union (27)

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