Hungary

Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
9,688,847 1
Urban
71.40% 1
Rural
28.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
4.6% 2
Level of Public Corruption
57 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
101 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
Fertility Rate
1.37 births per adult woman 5
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
0.60% 5
Life Expectancy at Birth
75 years 5
Adult Literacy Rate
99.05% 5
Internet Users
76% 5
Gross National Income per Capita
US$13,340 5
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.3% 5

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics
5,978,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
61.19
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
27,667
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
2,524
First Communions per Year
15,055
Confirmations per Year
9,279
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
59,250
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
36,232
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
19,405
Church Marriages per Year
7,829
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
5,784
Priests
2,027
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
595
Catholics per Priest
2,949
Parishes
2,044
Catholic Hospitals
6
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
66
In the Journal of Global Catholicism
  • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
  • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
  • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
  • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
  • 5 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
  • 6 Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
  • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.