More bad news: there are fewer and fewer Hungarians

There is a declining number of Hungarians: the number of births fell by 12 percent in January compared with the same month in the previous year, while deaths dropped by 1.1 percent, according to preliminary data published by the Central Statistical Office (KSH) on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the number of marriages went up by 37 percent in the same period.

Fully 6,650 children were born in January, while there were 11,723 deaths.

The natural population loss was 5,073 people compared with 4,305 in January 2023, KSH reported.

Fewer Hungarians are born

Fully 84,298 children were born between January 2024 and February 2023, 5.7 percent fewer than in the same period of last year. Altogether 127,066 people died between January 2024 and February 2023, 5.9 percent fewer than in the same period of last year.

There were 8.2 live births and 14.4 deaths per thousand inhabitants, the former 1.1 lower than in January 2023, while the death rate was 0.1 of a percentage point lower.

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Source: MTI

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3 Comments

Jose Hernandez says:

29/02/2024 at 20:15

I donr understand how a “pro family” and “christian” government have failsd in such a task. Maybe the remaining smart hungarians just left the country and moved to Austria as previously reported here. The whole country is moving backwards and soon Hungary will be a place for guest workers and the people that voted for fidesz Will be unemployed. So much to thank to this people that consider themselves “wise”
Ageing Society: says:

01/03/2024 at 07:16

We are an Ageing Society.
In the time of Victor Mihaly Orbans being Prime Minister, there has been NO growth of our population.
Death’s per year to new “little one’s” babies being born – continues on.
Norbert says:

01/03/2024 at 13:10

Well there is the Politician spin and then there is hard data (quick pointer, we should be at a 2.1 percent rate):

https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/HUN/hungary/fertility-rate

This doesn’t tell the whole story, though. The dependency rate is the truly troubling statistic, especially if our working population growth is dependent on the local (Hungarian) breeding program:

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/hungary/age-dependency-ratio

There is the overall number, as well as “old” dependents (seriously on the rise) and the young (slight uptick).

So: who will pay for all the elderly? Our Politicians are spending lots on the policies, the results however are very debatable.