Demographics of Hungary

1715-2008 Historic estimates and censuses for the total population in the territory of present-day Hungary.
Population	9 823 000 (2015 January)
Growth rate	-4.1‰ (2015)
Birth rate	9.1 births/1,000 population (2012)
Death rate	13.0 deaths/1,000 population (2012)
Life expectancy	74.79 years (2012)
• male	71.04 years (2012)
• female	78.76 years (2012)
Fertility rate	1.44 children born/woman (2014)
Infant mortality rate	4.9 / 1000 births (2012)
0–14 years	14.8%
15–64 years	67.7%
65 and over	17.5%
At birth	1.06 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
Under 15	1.06 male(s)/female
15–64 years	0.96 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.59 male(s)/female
Nationality	noun: Hungarian(s) adjective: Hungarian
Major ethnic	Hungarians
Spoken	Hungarian

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Hungary, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

The population composition at the foundation of Hungary (895) depends on the size of the arriving Hungarian population and the size of the Slavic (and remains of Avar-Slavic) population at the time. One source mentions 200 000 Slavs and 400 000 Hungarians, while other sources often don't give estimates for both, making comparison more difficult. The size of the Hungarian population around 895 is often estimated between 120 000 and 600 000, with a number of estimates in the 400-600 000 range. Other sources only mention a fighting force of 25 000 Magyar warriors used in the attack, while declining to estimate the total population including women and children and warriors not participating in the invasion. In the historical demographics the largest earlier shock was the Mongol Invasion of Hungary, several plagues also took a toll on the country's population.

According to the demographers, about 80 percent of the population was made up of Hungarians before the Battle of Mohács, however the Hungarian ethnic group became a minority in its own country after the Rákóczi's War for Independence. Major territorial changes made Hungary ethnically homogeneous after World War I. Nowadays, more than nine-tenths of the population is ethnically Hungarian and speaks Hungarian as the mother tongue.

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Note: The data refer to the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, not of present-day Hungary.

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA Factbook as of September 2009, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure:
0–14 years: 15% (male 763,553/female 720,112)
15–64 years: 69.3% (male 3,384,961/female 3,475,135)
65 years and over: 15.8% (male 566,067/female 995,768) (2009 est.)