Counties of Hungary

The following article is a ranked list of Hungarian counties.

By area

County areas within Hungary

  Heves (3.91%)
  Nógrád (2.74%)
  Hajdú-Bihar (6.68%)
  Bács-Kiskun (9.08%)
  Békés (6.05%)
  Csongrád (4.58%)
  Budapest (0.56%)
  Pest (6.87%)
  Fejér (4.69%)
  Komárom-Esztergom (2.43%)
  Veszprém (4.80%)
  Győr-Moson-Sopron (4.52%)
  Vas (3.59%)
  Zala (4.07%)
  Baranya (4.76%)
  Somogy (6.52%)
  Tolna (3.98%)

The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their surface area.

Rank County Area (km2)  % of total
1Bács-Kiskun 8,444.90    9.08
2Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 7,247.21    7.79
3Pest 6,391.13    6.87
4Hajdú-Bihar 6,210.45    6.68
5Somogy 6,065.49    6.52
6Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 5,936.15    6.38
7Békés 5,629.71    6.05
8Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 5,581.63    6.00
9Veszprém 4,463.64    4.80
10Baranya 4,429.60    4.76
11Fejér 4,358.48    4.69
12Csongrád 4,262.80    4.58
13Győr-Moson-Sopron 4,207.86    4.52
14Zala 3,783.84    4.07
15Tolna 3,703.23    3.98
16Heves 3,637.17    3.91
17Vas 3,336.11    3.59
18Nógrád 2,544.48    2.74
19Komárom-Esztergom 2,264.36    2.43
[note 1]Budapest 525.14    0.56
 Hungary 93,023.38 100.00

Population

By population

The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their total population (based on 2011 census).[2] The data is taken from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) censuses results,[3] as well as from the Gazetteer of Hungary.

Rank
in 2011
County Population
194919601980199020012011
[note 1]Budapest 1,590,3161,804,6062,059,3472,016,7741,777,9211,729,040 Decrease
1Pest 686,953781,501973,830949,8421,083,8771,217,476 Increase
2Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 630,621725,303809,468761,963744,404686,266 Decrease
3Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 558,098586,451593,829572,301582,256559,272 Decrease
4Hajdú-Bihar 498,271522,787551,448548,728552,998546,721 Decrease
5Bács-Kiskun 591,482589,744571,448546,898546,517520,331 Decrease
6Győr-Moson-Sopron 374,987401,861437,857432,126438,773447,985 Increase
7Fejér 295,750357,897420,317418,852434,317425,847 Decrease
8Csongrád 429,083434,046456,300438,842433,344417,456 Decrease
9Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 449,551461,307445,624425,583415,917386,594 Decrease
10Baranya 356,533395,342432,617417,400407,448386,441 Decrease
11Békés 471,561467,861436,910411,887397,791359,948 Decrease
12Veszprém 294,289337,836377,746374,466369,727353,068 Decrease
13Somogy 361,213368,183360,270344,708335,237316,137 Decrease
14Heves 316,273347,856350,360334,408325,727308,882 Decrease
15Komárom-Esztergom 220,914270,810322,893316,984316,590304,568 Decrease
16Zala 305,433317,145317,298306,398297,404282,179 Decrease
17Vas 283,070282,728285,498275,944268,123256,629 Decrease
18Tolna 275,644272,101266,273253,675249,683230,361 Decrease
19Nógrád 214,757235,675240,251227,137220,261202,427 Decrease
 Hungary 9,204,7999,961,04410,709,46310,374,82310,200,2989,937,628 Decrease

Bold: record number of the population

By population density

The following table presents a listing of Hungarian 19 counties ranked in order of their population density (based on 2011 census).

Rank County Population Area
(km2)
Density
(pop./km2)
[note 1]Budapest 1,729,040 525.14 3293
1Pest 1,217,476 6,391.13 190
2Komárom-Esztergom 304,568 2,264.36 135
3Győr-Moson-Sopron 447,985 4,207.86 106
4Fejér 425,847 4,358.48 98
Csongrád 417,456 4,262.80 98
6Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 686,266 7,247.21 95
7Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 559,272 5,936.15 94
8Hajdú-Bihar 546,721 6,210.45 88
9Baranya 386,441 4,429.60 87
10Heves 308,882 3,637.17 85
11Nógrád 202,427 2,544.48 80
12Veszprém 353,068 4,463.64 79
13Vas 256,629 3,336.11 77
14Zala 282,179 3,783.84 75
15Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 386,594 5,581.63 69
16Békés 359,948 5,629.71 64
17Bács-Kiskun 520,331 8,444.90 62
Tolna 230,361 3,703.23 62
19Somogy 316,137 6,065.49 52
 Hungary 9,937,628 93,023.38 107

By urban and rural population

Hungarian counties by their urban and rural population as of 2015.[4]

CountyUrbanRural % Urban % Rural
Baranya 243,528130,45665.134.9
Bács-Kiskun 351,187165,70567.932.1
Békés 272,18483,01576.623.4
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 396,686278,31358.841.2
Budapest[note 1] 1,744,665100.00.0
Csongrád 305,622101,76775.025.0
Fejér 254,922164,58460.839.2
Győr-Moson-Sopron 270,429179,88960.139.9
Hajdú-Bihar 430,963108,54479.920.1
Heves 144,373159,13047.652.4
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 281,089102,40073.326.7
Komárom-Esztergom 201,80298,87567.132.9
Nógrád 83,124115,26841.958.1
Pest 846,329374,41969.330.7
Somogy 163,995151,51752.048.0
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 305,397255,98254.445.6
Tolna 128,03699,92456.243.8
Vas 156,31698,26461.438.6
Veszprém 215,374133,63361.738.3
Zala 158,094121,52956.543.5
 Hungary 6,954,1152,923,25070.429.6

Health

By life expectancy

Hungarian counties by life expectancy at birth, by sex, in 2017.

RegionMen
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya72.8478.56
Bács-Kiskun71.3778.93
Békés71.3477.78
Budapest74.2780.06
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén70.0577.58
Csongrád72.9179.04
Fejér72.0078.89
Győr-Moson-Sopron73.2979.89
Hajdú-Bihar72.9079.80
Heves71.8278.46
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok71.1577.89
Komárom-Esztergom71.7178.32
Nógrád69.9978.80
Pest73.0378.69
Somogy71.7478.67
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg71.3778.11
Tolna72.2678.98
Vas71.4079.76
Veszprém72.8579.45
Zala72.9979.96
 Hungary72.4078.99

Source: "6.1.7. Születéskor várható átlagos élettartam (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

By median age

Hungarian counties by median age at birth, by sex, in 2018.

RegionMen
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya41.245.4
Bács-Kiskun40.845.2
Békés42.246.5
Budapest40.745.1
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén39.243.9
Csongrád41.045.2
Fejér40.444.4
Győr-Moson-Sopron39.943.5
Hajdú-Bihar39.543.6
Heves40.845.6
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok40.744.9
Komárom-Esztergom40.144.3
Nógrád41.245.9
Pest38.942.6
Somogy41.845.9
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg38.442.5
Tolna41.545.9
Vas41.545.4
Veszprém41.445.3
Zala42.647.0
 Hungary40.344.5

Source: "6.1.7. Átlagéletkor (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

Number of hospital beds

Hungarian counties by number of hospital beds, in 2017.

CountyNumber of bedsNumber of beds per
10,000 inhabitants
200020102017200020102017
Baranya3,7413,1772,915 Decrease91.781.280.1 Decrease
Bács-Kiskun3,8003,0102,879 Decrease69.357.456.9 Decrease
Békés2,8392,4792,429 Decrease70.668.571.9 Increase
Budapest23,65918,58017,905 Decrease134.5107.2102.3 Decrease
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén5,5055,1514,693 Decrease73.175.272.4 Decrease
Csongrád3,5863,0142,999 Decrease83.371.574.9 Increase
Fejér2,9082,5792,401 Decrease67.960.557.6 Decrease
Győr-Moson-Sopron3,6623,2023,204 Increase84.471.269.4 Decrease
Hajdú-Bihar4,2923,7383,524 Decrease77.669.366.4 Decrease
Heves2,6142,1652,212 Increase79.870.374.8 Increase
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok2,9302,5142,421 Decrease69.765.065.2 Increase
Komárom-Esztergom2,0311,9261,833 Decrease64.161.861.6 Decrease
Nógrád1,5331,4551,459 Increase69.272.176.4 Increase
Pest4,2273,6203,398 Decrease39.429.326.9 Decrease
Somogy2,4242,2422,015 Decrease71.770.566.3 Decrease
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg4,0773,9083,563 Decrease69.170.463.8 Decrease
Tolna1,6771,5721,525 Decrease66.768.069.5 Increase
Vas1,9951,8141,874 Increase74.170.474.0 Increase
Veszprém3,2083,0373,012 Decrease85.485.288.2 Increase
Zala2,7212,0332,002 Decrease90.670.874.0 Increase
 Hungary83,43071,21668,263 Decrease81.871.369.8 Decrease

Source: "6.2.3.3. Kórházi ellátás (2000–)*," National Statistics Office.

Economy

Source: Knoema

Name GDP, million of EUR
(2012)
GDP, per capita EUR
(2012)
GDP per cap., %
of EU average
Unemployment rate
(age 15 or over), %[5]
Baranya 2,477 6,500 25 8,3
Bács-Kiskun 3,621 7,000 26 7,4
Békés 2,039 5,600 21 7,5
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 4,215 6,100 23 7,2
Budapest 37,633 21,700 82 4,9
Csongrád 3,059 7,400 28 6,4
Fejér 3,931 9,300 35 3,4
Győr-Moson-Sopron 5,141 11,500 44 3,3
Hajdú-Bihar 3,979 7,300 28 9,3
Heves 2,010 6,500 25 6,0
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 2,489 6,400 24 8,0
Komárom-Esztergom 3,059 10,100 38 4,9
Nógrád 880 4,400 16 8,9
Pest 10,062 8,300 31 4,4
Somogy 2,002 6,300 24 8,4
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 3,050 5,400 20 12,6
Tolna 1,777 7,700 29 7,3
Vas 2,399 9,400 35 3,7
Veszprém 2,484 7,000 27 3,7
Zala 2,393 8,500 32 3,6

Agriculture

By fruitage

Hungarian counties by fruitage, by tonnes, in 2016.[6]

Rank County All harvested fruits
2000 2010 2016
1Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 484,688 331,983 346,471
2Bács-Kiskun 66,180 94,967 76,206
3Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 55,182 59,298 60,780
4Pest 105,538 44,424 53,091
5Hajdú-Bihar 42,625 44,262 49,305
6Csongrád 25,305 32,168 23,673
7Zala 38,045 39,774 18,267
8Heves 13,954 20,971 17,915
9Somogy 316,137 16,403 17,231
10Fejér 20,308 13,868 14,035
11Győr-Moson-Sopron 24,364 9,573 13,583
12Baranya 12,520 8,109 11,949
Budapest 23,343 3,846 10,208
13Tolna 230,361 6,179 9,474
14Békés 359,948 7,092 8,288
15Vas 14,429 9,036 7,159
16Veszprém 27,787 9,742 7,133
17Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 386,594 4,745 5,772
18Nógrád 17,641 5,202 3,574
19Komárom-Esztergom 7,487 4,133 2,604
 Hungary 1,038,139 765,775 755,410

Source: "6.4.1.18. Gyümölcstermelés (2000–)," National Statistics Office.

Rank County All harvested fruit harvested
Type of fruits
2000 2010 2016 Apple Sour cherry Plum Peach Pear Armenian plum Cherry
Diagrams

Baranya

  Apple (42%)
  Plum (15%)
  Sour cherry (10%)
  Peach (9%)
  Armenian plum (7%)
  Pear (4%)
  Cherry (3%)
  Other fruits (10%)

By number and type of municipalities

Hungarian counties by their population living in urban counties (megyei jogú városok), towns (városok), large villages (nagyközségek) and villages (falvak), according to the 2017 Gazetteer of Hungary.

County Number of
Urban
county
TownLarge
village
VillageMunicipalities
Baranya 1133284301
Bács-Kiskun 121988119
Békés 12184575
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1289320358
Csongrád 2884260
Fejér 2151279108
Győr-Moson-Sopron 2104167183
Hajdú-Bihar 120105182
Heves 1105105121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 12145278
Komárom-Esztergom 11126276
Nógrád 150125131
Pest 15324109187
Somogy 1152228246
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 12716185229
Tolna 110593109
Vas 1120203216
Veszprém 1143199217
Zala 283245258

By largest cities

Largest cities within a county, according to the 2017 Gazetteer of Hungary (according to the number of inhabitants). In all counties, the largest city is also the county seat, except Pest county where the county seat is Budapest, which does not belong any county but has a unique status (capital city).

CountyLargest city2nd Largest3rd Largest
Baranya PécsKomlóMohács
Bács-Kiskun KecskemétBajaKiskunfélegyháza
Békés BékéscsabaGyulaOrosháza
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén MiskolcÓzdKazincbarcika
Csongrád SzegedHódmezővásárhelySzentes
Fejér SzékesfehérvárDunaújvárosMór
Győr-Moson-Sopron GyőrSopronMosonmagyaróvár
Hajdú-Bihar DebrecenHajdúböszörményHajdúszoboszló
Heves EgerGyöngyösHatvan
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok SzolnokJászberényTörökszentmiklós
Komárom-Esztergom TatabányaEsztergomTata
Nógrád SalgótarjánBalassagyarmatBátonyterenye
Pest ÉrdDunakesziSzigetszentmiklós
Somogy KaposvárSiófokMarcali
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg NyíregyházaMátészalkaKisvárda
Tolna SzekszárdPaksDombóvár
Vas SzombathelySárvárKőszeg
Veszprém VeszprémPápaAjka
Zala ZalaegerszegNagykanizsaKeszthely
 Hungary BudapestDebrecenSzeged

Bold: Cities with county rights

See also

Notes and references

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 Budapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.
References
  1. 1 2 nepesseg.com
  2. "Magyarország összes megyének és településének lakossági változását 1870-től 2015-ig" (in Hungarian). Retrieved 2015-12-21.
  3. "Népszámlálás 2011 – 4. Demográfiai adatok"
  4. "Magyarország településhálózata 2. – Városok-falvak"
  5. Unemployment rate 2014-15 (KSH)
  6. Gyümölcstermesztés Magyarországon
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