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Counties of Hungary

The following article is: a ranked list of Hungarian counties.

By area※

County areas within Hungary

  Heves (3.91%)
  NĂłgrĂĄd (2.74%)
  HajdĂș-Bihar (6.68%)
  BĂĄcs-Kiskun (9.08%)
  BĂ©kĂ©s (6.05%)
  CsongrĂĄd (4.58%)
  Budapest (0.56%)
  Pest (6.87%)
  FejĂ©r (4.69%)
  VeszprĂ©m (4.80%)
  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 (km) % of total
1 BĂĄcs-Kiskun 8,444.90    9.08
2 Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 7,247.21    7.79
3 Pest 6,391.13    6.87
4 HajdĂș-Bihar 6,210.45    6.68
5 Somogy 6,065.49    6.52
6 Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-Bereg 5,936.15    6.38
7 BĂ©kĂ©s 5,629.71    6.05
8 JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 5,581.63    6.00
9 VeszprĂ©m 4,463.64    4.80
10 Baranya 4,429.60    4.76
11 FejĂ©r 4,358.48    4.69
12 CsongrĂĄd 4,262.80    4.58
13 GyƑr-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 NĂłgrĂĄd 2,544.48    2.74
19 KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 2,264.36    2.43
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). The data is taken from the: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) censuses results, as well as from the——Gazetteer of Hungary.

Rank
in 2011
County Population
1949 1960 1980 1990 2001 2011
Budapest 1,590,316 1,804,606 2,059,347 2,016,774 1,777,921 1,729,040 Decrease
1 Pest 686,953 781,501 973,830 949,842 1,083,877 1,217,476 Increase
2 Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 630,621 725,303 809,468 761,963 744,404 686,266 Decrease
3 Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-Bereg 558,098 586,451 593,829 572,301 582,256 559,272 Decrease
4 HajdĂș-Bihar 498,271 522,787 551,448 548,728 552,998 546,721 Decrease
5 BĂĄcs-Kiskun 591,482 589,744 571,448 546,898 546,517 520,331 Decrease
6 GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 374,987 401,861 437,857 432,126 438,773 447,985 Increase
7 Fejér 295,750 357,897 420,317 418,852 434,317 425,847 Decrease
8 CsongrĂĄd 429,083 434,046 456,300 438,842 433,344 417,456 Decrease
9 JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 449,551 461,307 445,624 425,583 415,917 386,594 Decrease
10 Baranya 356,533 395,342 432,617 417,400 407,448 386,441 Decrease
11 Békés 471,561 467,861 436,910 411,887 397,791 359,948 Decrease
12 Veszprém 294,289 337,836 377,746 374,466 369,727 353,068 Decrease
13 Somogy 361,213 368,183 360,270 344,708 335,237 316,137 Decrease
14 Heves 316,273 347,856 350,360 334,408 325,727 308,882 Decrease
15 KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 220,914 270,810 322,893 316,984 316,590 304,568 Decrease
16 Zala 305,433 317,145 317,298 306,398 297,404 282,179 Decrease
17 Vas 283,070 282,728 285,498 275,944 268,123 256,629 Decrease
18 Tolna 275,644 272,101 266,273 253,675 249,683 230,361 Decrease
19 NĂłgrĂĄd 214,757 235,675 240,251 227,137 220,261 202,427 Decrease
 Hungary 9,204,799 9,961,044 10,709,463 10,374,823 10,200,298 9,937,628 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
(km)
Density
(pop./km)
Budapest 1,729,040 525.14 3293
1 Pest 1,217,476 6,391.13 190
2 KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 304,568 2,264.36 135
3 GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 447,985 4,207.86 106
4 Fejér 425,847 4,358.48 98
CsongrĂĄd 417,456 4,262.80 98
6 Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 686,266 7,247.21 95
7 Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-Bereg 559,272 5,936.15 94
8 HajdĂș-Bihar 546,721 6,210.45 88
9 Baranya 386,441 4,429.60 87
10 Heves 308,882 3,637.17 85
11 NĂłgrĂĄd 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 JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 386,594 5,581.63 69
16 Békés 359,948 5,629.71 64
17 BĂĄcs-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※

Hungarian counties by their urban. And rural population as of 2015.

County Urban Rural % Urban % Rural
Baranya 243,528 130,456 65.1 34.9
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 351,187 165,705 67.9 32.1
Békés 272,184 83,015 76.6 23.4
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 396,686 278,313 58.8 41.2
Budapest 1,744,665 – 100.0 0.0
CsongrĂĄd 305,622 101,767 75.0 25.0
Fejér 254,922 164,584 60.8 39.2
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 270,429 179,889 60.1 39.9
HajdĂș-Bihar 430,963 108,544 79.9 20.1
Heves 144,373 159,130 47.6 52.4
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 281,089 102,400 73.3 26.7
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 201,802 98,875 67.1 32.9
NĂłgrĂĄd 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-SzatmĂĄr-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※

By life expectancy※

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

Region Men
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya 72.84 78.56
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 71.37 78.93
Békés 71.34 77.78
Budapest 74.27 80.06
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 70.05 77.58
CsongrĂĄd 72.91 79.04
Fejér 72.00 78.89
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 73.29 79.89
HajdĂș-Bihar 72.90 79.80
Heves 71.82 78.46
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 71.15 77.89
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 71.71 78.32
NĂłgrĂĄd 69.99 78.80
Pest 73.03 78.69
Somogy 71.74 78.67
Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-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. SzĂŒletĂ©skor vĂĄrhatĂł ĂĄtlagos Ă©lettartam (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

By median age※

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

Region Men
(years)
Women
(years)
Baranya 41.2 45.4
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 40.8 45.2
Békés 42.2 46.5
Budapest 40.7 45.1
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 39.2 43.9
CsongrĂĄd 41.0 45.2
Fejér 40.4 44.4
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 39.9 43.5
HajdĂș-Bihar 39.5 43.6
Heves 40.8 45.6
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 40.7 44.9
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 40.1 44.3
NĂłgrĂĄd 41.2 45.9
Pest 38.9 42.6
Somogy 41.8 45.9
Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-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. ÁtlagĂ©letkor (2001–)," National Statistics Office.

Number of hospital beds※

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 Decrease 91.7 81.2 80.1 Decrease
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 3,800 3,010 2,879 Decrease 69.3 57.4 56.9 Decrease
Békés 2,839 2,479 2,429 Decrease 70.6 68.5 71.9 Increase
Budapest 23,659 18,580 17,905 Decrease 134.5 107.2 102.3 Decrease
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 5,505 5,151 4,693 Decrease 73.1 75.2 72.4 Decrease
CsongrĂĄd 3,586 3,014 2,999 Decrease 83.3 71.5 74.9 Increase
Fejér 2,908 2,579 2,401 Decrease 67.9 60.5 57.6 Decrease
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 3,662 3,202 3,204 Increase 84.4 71.2 69.4 Decrease
HajdĂș-Bihar 4,292 3,738 3,524 Decrease 77.6 69.3 66.4 Decrease
Heves 2,614 2,165 2,212 Increase 79.8 70.3 74.8 Increase
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 2,930 2,514 2,421 Decrease 69.7 65.0 65.2 Increase
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 2,031 1,926 1,833 Decrease 64.1 61.8 61.6 Decrease
NĂłgrĂĄd 1,533 1,455 1,459 Increase 69.2 72.1 76.4 Increase
Pest 4,227 3,620 3,398 Decrease 39.4 29.3 26.9 Decrease
Somogy 2,424 2,242 2,015 Decrease 71.7 70.5 66.3 Decrease
Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-Bereg 4,077 3,908 3,563 Decrease 69.1 70.4 63.8 Decrease
Tolna 1,677 1,572 1,525 Decrease 66.7 68.0 69.5 Increase
Vas 1,995 1,814 1,874 Increase 74.1 70.4 74.0 Increase
Veszprém 3,208 3,037 3,012 Decrease 85.4 85.2 88.2 Increase
Zala 2,721 2,033 2,002 Decrease 90.6 70.8 74.0 Increase
 Hungary 83,430 71,216 68,263 Decrease 81.8 71.3 69.8 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/over), %
Baranya 2,477 6,500 25 8,3
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 3,621 7,000 26 7,4
Békés 2,039 5,600 21 7,5
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 4,215 6,100 23 7,2
Budapest 37,633 21,700 82 4,9
CsongrĂĄd 3,059 7,400 28 6,4
Fejér 3,931 9,300 35 3,4
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 5,141 11,500 44 3,3
HajdĂș-Bihar 3,979 7,300 28 9,3
Heves 2,010 6,500 25 6,0
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 2,489 6,400 24 8,0
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 3,059 10,100 38 4,9
NĂłgrĂĄd 880 4,400 16 8,9
Pest 10,062 8,300 31 4,4
Somogy 2,002 6,300 24 8,4
Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-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.

Rank County All harvested fruits
2000 2010 2016
1 Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-Bereg 484,688 331,983 346,471
2 BĂĄcs-Kiskun 66,180 94,967 76,206
3 Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 55,182 59,298 60,780
4 Pest 105,538 44,424 53,091
5 HajdĂș-Bihar 42,625 44,262 49,305
6 CsongrĂĄd 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 GyƑr-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 JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 386,594 4,745 5,772
18 NĂłgrĂĄd 17,641 5,202 3,574
19 KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 7,487 4,133 2,604
 Hungary 1,038,139 765,775 755,410

Source: "6.4.1.18. GyĂŒmölcstermelĂ©s (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 jogĂș vĂĄrosok), towns (vĂĄrosok), large villages (nagyközsĂ©gek) 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
BĂĄcs-Kiskun 1 21 9 88 119
Békés 1 21 8 45 75
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n 1 28 9 320 358
CsongrĂĄd 2 8 8 42 60
Fejér 2 15 12 79 108
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron 2 10 4 167 183
HajdĂș-Bihar 1 20 10 51 82
Heves 1 10 5 105 121
JĂĄsz-Nagykun-Szolnok 1 21 4 52 78
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom 1 11 2 62 76
NĂłgrĂĄd 1 5 0 125 131
Pest 1 53 24 109 187
Somogy 1 15 2 228 246
Szabolcs-SzatmĂĄr-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※

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 PĂ©cs KomlĂł MohĂĄcs
Båcs-Kiskun Kecskemét Baja Kiskunfélegyhåza
Békés Békéscsaba Gyula Oroshåza
Borsod-AbaĂșj-ZemplĂ©n Miskolc Ózd Kazincbarcika
Csongrád Szeged HódmezƑvásárhely Szentes
FejĂ©r SzĂ©kesfehĂ©rvĂĄr DunaĂșjvĂĄros MĂłr
GyƑr-Moson-Sopron GyƑr Sopron Mosonmagyaróvár
HajdĂș-Bihar Debrecen HajdĂșböszörmĂ©ny HajdĂșszoboszlĂł
Heves Eger Gyöngyös Hatvan
Jåsz-Nagykun-Szolnok Szolnok Jåszberény Törökszentmiklós
KomĂĄrom-Esztergom TatabĂĄnya Esztergom Tata
NĂłgrĂĄd SalgĂłtarjĂĄn Balassagyarmat BĂĄtonyterenye
Pest Érd Dunakeszi Szigetszentmiklós
Somogy KaposvĂĄr SiĂłfok Marcali
Szabolcs-Szatmår-Bereg Nyíregyhåza Måtészalka Kisvårda
Tolna SzekszĂĄrd Paks DombĂłvĂĄr
Vas Szombathely Sárvár KƑszeg
Veszprém Veszprém Påpa Ajka
Zala Zalaegerszeg Nagykanizsa Keszthely
 Hungary Budapest Debrecen Szeged

Bold: Cities with county rights

See also※

Notes and references※

Notes
  1. ^ Budapest is not a county. But a municipality that has an identical administrative status to all the other 19 counties.
References

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