Largest Cities by Population in Hungary (2025)

Below are the urban areas with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Hungary ranked by population.

Urban Area (or urban agglomeration) population refers to the population contained within the contours of a contiguous territory inhabited at urban density levels, typically comprising a city and its surrounding suburban fringe.

Rank Urban Area Population Estimate (2025) 1 Year Change (over 2024) Land Area (Km²) Density (P/Km²) Global Rank Projections (2030) Projections (2050)
1 Budapest 1,609,260 −0.22% 332 4,847 304 1,585,405 1,502,320
2 Debrecen 140,350 0.67% 42 3,342 4,350 140,173 139,221
3 Pécs 118,475 −0.67% 34 3,485 5,187 116,701 103,603
4 Szeged 117,571 −0.16% 33 3,563 5,232 115,793 110,170
5 Miskolc 114,342 0.13% 35 3,267 5,380 114,296 113,666
6 Gyor 78,698 −0.55% 30 2,623 7,921 77,496 73,244
7 Szőlőhegy 77,391 −0.19% 26 2,977 8,052 76,124 71,926
8 Nyíregyháza 77,381 0.13% 31 2,496 8,054 77,369 76,955
9 Székesfehérvár 69,347 −0.18% 22 3,152 8,955 66,774 61,956
10 Kecskemét 68,557 −0.18% 27 2,539 9,049 65,978 62,703
11 Érd 60,153 −0.7% 29 2,074 10,291 57,655 54,662
12 Szombathely 56,099 −0.17% 16 3,506 10,980 55,234
13 Sopron 53,118 −0.17% 14 3,794 11,579 52,307

See also

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.