Ranked list of Hungarian counties

Summary

The following article is a ranked list of Hungarian counties.

Counties of Hungary

By area edit

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

Population edit

By population edit

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
1949 1960 1980 1990 2001 2011
[note 1] Budapest 1,590,316 1,804,606 2,059,347 2,016,774 1,777,921 1,729,040  
1 Pest 686,953 781,501 973,830 949,842 1,083,877 1,217,476  
2 Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 630,621 725,303 809,468 761,963 744,404 686,266  
3 Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 558,098 586,451 593,829 572,301 582,256 559,272  
4 Hajdú-Bihar 498,271 522,787 551,448 548,728 552,998 546,721  
5 Bács-Kiskun 591,482 589,744 571,448 546,898 546,517 520,331  
6 Győr-Moson-Sopron 374,987 401,861 437,857 432,126 438,773 447,985  
7 Fejér 295,750 357,897 420,317 418,852 434,317 425,847  
8 Csongrád 429,083 434,046 456,300 438,842 433,344 417,456  
9 Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 449,551 461,307 445,624 425,583 415,917 386,594  
10 Baranya 356,533 395,342 432,617 417,400 407,448 386,441  
11 Békés 471,561 467,861 436,910 411,887 397,791 359,948  
12 Veszprém 294,289 337,836 377,746 374,466 369,727 353,068  
13 Somogy 361,213 368,183 360,270 344,708 335,237 316,137  
14 Heves 316,273 347,856 350,360 334,408 325,727 308,882  
15 Komárom-Esztergom 220,914 270,810 322,893 316,984 316,590 304,568  
16 Zala 305,433 317,145 317,298 306,398 297,404 282,179  
17 Vas 283,070 282,728 285,498 275,944 268,123 256,629  
18 Tolna 275,644 272,101 266,273 253,675 249,683 230,361  
19 Nógrád 214,757 235,675 240,251 227,137 220,261 202,427  
  Hungary 9,204,799 9,961,044 10,709,463 10,374,823 10,200,298 9,937,628  

Bold: record number of the population

By population density edit

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

By urban and rural population edit

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

County Urban Rural % Urban % Rural
Baranya 243,528 130,456 65.1 34.9
Bács-Kiskun 351,187 165,705 67.9 32.1
Békés 272,184 83,015 76.6 23.4
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 396,686 278,313 58.8 41.2
Budapest[note 1] 1,744,665 100.0 0.0
Csongrád 305,622 101,767 75.0 25.0
Fejér 254,922 164,584 60.8 39.2
Győr-Moson-Sopron 270,429 179,889 60.1 39.9
Hajdú-Bihar 430,963 108,544 79.9 20.1
Heves 144,373 159,130 47.6 52.4
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 281,089 102,400 73.3 26.7
Komárom-Esztergom 201,802 98,875 67.1 32.9
Nógrád 83,124 115,268 41.9 58.1
Pest 846,329 374,419 69.3 30.7
Somogy 163,995 151,517 52.0 48.0
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 305,397 255,982 54.4 45.6
Tolna 128,036 99,924 56.2 43.8
Vas 156,316 98,264 61.4 38.6
Veszprém 215,374 133,633 61.7 38.3
Zala 158,094 121,529 56.5 43.5
  Hungary 6,954,115 2,923,250 70.4 29.6

Health edit

By life expectancy edit

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

Region Men
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya 72.84 78.56
Bács-Kiskun 71.37 78.93
Békés 71.34 77.78
Budapest 74.27 80.06
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 70.05 77.58
Csongrád 72.91 79.04
Fejér 72.00 78.89
Győr-Moson-Sopron 73.29 79.89
Hajdú-Bihar 72.90 79.80
Heves 71.82 78.46
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 71.15 77.89
Komárom-Esztergom 71.71 78.32
Nógrád 69.99 78.80
Pest 73.03 78.69
Somogy 71.74 78.67
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 71.37 78.11
Tolna 72.26 78.98
Vas 71.40 79.76
Veszprém 72.85 79.45
Zala 72.99 79.96
  Hungary 72.40 78.99

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

By median age edit

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

Region Men
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya 41.2 45.4
Bács-Kiskun 40.8 45.2
Békés 42.2 46.5
Budapest 40.7 45.1
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 39.2 43.9
Csongrád 41.0 45.2
Fejér 40.4 44.4
Győr-Moson-Sopron 39.9 43.5
Hajdú-Bihar 39.5 43.6
Heves 40.8 45.6
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 40.7 44.9
Komárom-Esztergom 40.1 44.3
Nógrád 41.2 45.9
Pest 38.9 42.6
Somogy 41.8 45.9
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 38.4 42.5
Tolna 41.5 45.9
Vas 41.5 45.4
Veszprém 41.4 45.3
Zala 42.6 47.0
  Hungary 40.3 44.5

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

Number of hospital beds edit

Hungarian counties by number of hospital beds, in 2017.

County Number of beds Number of beds per
10,000 inhabitants
2000 2010 2017 2000 2010 2017
Baranya 3,741 3,177 2,915   91.7 81.2 80.1  
Bács-Kiskun 3,800 3,010 2,879   69.3 57.4 56.9  
Békés 2,839 2,479 2,429   70.6 68.5 71.9  
Budapest 23,659 18,580 17,905   134.5 107.2 102.3  
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 5,505 5,151 4,693   73.1 75.2 72.4  
Csongrád 3,586 3,014 2,999   83.3 71.5 74.9  
Fejér 2,908 2,579 2,401   67.9 60.5 57.6  
Győr-Moson-Sopron 3,662 3,202 3,204   84.4 71.2 69.4  
Hajdú-Bihar 4,292 3,738 3,524   77.6 69.3 66.4  
Heves 2,614 2,165 2,212   79.8 70.3 74.8  
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 2,930 2,514 2,421   69.7 65.0 65.2  
Komárom-Esztergom 2,031 1,926 1,833   64.1 61.8 61.6  
Nógrád 1,533 1,455 1,459   69.2 72.1 76.4  
Pest 4,227 3,620 3,398   39.4 29.3 26.9  
Somogy 2,424 2,242 2,015   71.7 70.5 66.3  
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 4,077 3,908 3,563   69.1 70.4 63.8  
Tolna 1,677 1,572 1,525   66.7 68.0 69.5  
Vas 1,995 1,814 1,874   74.1 70.4 74.0  
Veszprém 3,208 3,037 3,012   85.4 85.2 88.2  
Zala 2,721 2,033 2,002   90.6 70.8 74.0  
  Hungary 83,430 71,216 68,263   81.8 71.3 69.8  

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

Economy edit

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 edit

By fruitage edit

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

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

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 edit

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
Town Large
village
Village Municipalities
Baranya 1 13 3 284 301
Bács-Kiskun 1 21 9 88 119
Békés 1 21 8 45 75
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén 1 28 9 320 358
Csongrád 2 8 8 42 60
Fejér 2 15 12 79 108
Győr-Moson-Sopron 2 10 4 167 183
Hajdú-Bihar 1 20 10 51 82
Heves 1 10 5 105 121
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 21 4 52 78
Komárom-Esztergom 1 11 2 62 76
Nógrád 1 5 0 125 131
Pest 1 53 24 109 187
Somogy 1 15 2 228 246
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg 1 27 16 185 229
Tolna 1 10 5 93 109
Vas 1 12 0 203 216
Veszprém 1 14 3 199 217
Zala 2 8 3 245 258

By largest cities edit

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).

County Largest city 2nd Largest 3rd Largest
Baranya Pécs Komló Mohács
Bács-Kiskun Kecskemét Baja Kiskunfélegyháza
Békés Békéscsaba Gyula Orosháza
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén Miskolc Ózd Kazincbarcika
Csongrád Szeged Hódmezővásárhely Szentes
Fejér Székesfehérvár Dunaújváros Mór
Győr-Moson-Sopron Győr Sopron Mosonmagyaróvár
Hajdú-Bihar Debrecen Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúszoboszló
Heves Eger Gyöngyös Hatvan
Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok Jászberény Törökszentmiklós
Komárom-Esztergom Tatabánya Esztergom Tata
Nógrád Salgótarján Balassagyarmat Bátonyterenye
Pest Érd Dunakeszi Szigetszentmiklós
Somogy Kaposvár Siófok Marcali
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Nyíregyháza Mátészalka Kisvárda
Tolna Szekszárd Paks Dombóvár
Vas Szombathely Sárvár Kőszeg
Veszprém Veszprém Pápa Ajka
Zala Zalaegerszeg Nagykanizsa Keszthely
  Hungary Budapest Debrecen Szeged

Bold: Cities with county rights

See also edit

Notes and references edit

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d Budapest is not a county, but a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.
References
  1. ^ a b 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

External links edit

  • Hungarian Central Statistical Office
  • Gazetteer of Hungary, 2017