Ranked list of Hungarian counties explained

The following article is a ranked list of Hungarian counties.

By area

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

Rank	County	Area (km^2)	% 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
^[1]	Budapest	525.14	0.56
align=center; colspan="2"		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
1949	1960	1980	1990	2001	2011
	Budapest
1	Pest
2	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
3	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
4	Hajdú-Bihar
5	Bács-Kiskun
6	Győr-Moson-Sopron
7	Fejér
8	Csongrád
9	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
10	Baranya
11	Békés
12	Veszprém
13	Somogy
14	Heves
15	Komárom-Esztergom
16	Zala
17	Vas
18	Tolna
19	Nógrád
align=center; colspan="2"

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^2)	Density (pop./km^2)
	Budapest		525.14	3293
1	Pest		6,391.13	190
2	Komárom-Esztergom		2,264.36	135
3	Győr-Moson-Sopron		4,207.86	106
4	Fejér		4,358.48	98
	Csongrád		4,262.80	98
6	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén		7,247.21	95
7	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg		5,936.15	94
8	Hajdú-Bihar		6,210.45	88
9	Baranya		4,429.60	87
10	Heves		3,637.17	85
11	Nógrád		2,544.48	80
12	Veszprém		4,463.64	79
13	Vas		3,336.11	77
14	Zala		3,783.84	75
15	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok		5,581.63	69
16	Békés		5,629.71	64
17	Bács-Kiskun		8,444.90	62
	Tolna		3,703.23	62
19	Somogy		6,065.49	52
align=center; colspan="2"			93,023.38	107

By urban and rural population

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	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
	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)
	72.84	78.56
	71.37	78.93
	71.34	77.78
	74.27	80.06
	70.05	77.58
	72.91	79.04
	72.00	78.89
	73.29	79.89
	72.90	79.80
	71.82	78.46
	71.15	77.89
	71.71	78.32
	69.99	78.80
	73.03	78.69
	71.74	78.67
	71.37	78.11
	72.26	78.98
	71.40	79.76
	72.85	79.45
	72.99	79.96
Hungary	72.40	78.99

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.

Region	Men (years)	Women (years)
	41.2	45.4
	40.8	45.2
	42.2	46.5
	40.7	45.1
	39.2	43.9
	41.0	45.2
	40.4	44.4
	39.9	43.5
	39.5	43.6
	40.8	45.6
	40.7	44.9
	40.1	44.3
	41.2	45.9
	38.9	42.6
	41.8	45.9
	38.4	42.5
	41.5	45.9
	41.5	45.4
	41.4	45.3
	42.6	47.0
Hungary	40.3	44.5

Source: "6.1.7. Átlagéletkor (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
	3,741	3,177	2,915	91.7	81.2	80.1
	3,800	3,010	2,879	69.3	57.4	56.9
	2,839	2,479	2,429	70.6	68.5	71.9
	23,659	18,580		134.5	107.2	102.3
	5,505	5,151	4,693	73.1	75.2	72.4
	3,586	3,014	2,999	83.3	71.5	74.9
	2,908	2,579	2,401	67.9	60.5	57.6
	3,662	3,202	3,204	84.4	71.2	69.4
	4,292	3,738	3,524	77.6	69.3	66.4
	2,614	2,165	2,212	79.8	70.3	74.8
	2,930	2,514	2,421	69.7	65.0	65.2
	2,031	1,926	1,833	64.1	61.8	61.6
	1,533	1,455	1,459	69.2	72.1	76.4
	4,227	3,620	3,398	39.4	29.3	26.9
	2,424	2,242	2,015	71.7	70.5	66.3
	4,077	3,908	3,563	69.1	70.4	63.8
	1,677	1,572	1,525	66.7	68.0	69.5
	1,995	1,814	1,874	74.1	70.4	74.0
	3,208	3,037	3,012	85.4	85.2	88.2
	2,721	2,033	2,002	90.6	70.8	74.0
Hungary				81.8	71.3	69.8

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
1	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
2	Bács-Kiskun
3	Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
4	Pest
5	Hajdú-Bihar
6	Csongrád
7	Zala
8	Heves
9	Somogy
10	Fejér
11	Győr-Moson-Sopron
12	Baranya
	Budapest
13	Tolna
14	Békés
15	Vas
16	Veszprém
17	Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok
18	Nógrád
19	Komárom-Esztergom
align=center; colspan="2"

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

Diagrams

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	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

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
	Budapest	Debrecen	Szeged

Bold: Cities with county rights

See also

• Regions of Hungary
  • Districts of Hungary List of cities and towns of Hungary
• Populated places of Hungary

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.
2. Web site: Magyarország összes megyének és településének lakossági változását 1870-től 2015-ig. . Hungarian . 2015-12-21.
3. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/nepsz2011/nepsz_04_2011.pdf "Népszámlálás 2011 – 4. Demográfiai adatok"
4. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xftp/idoszaki/mo_telepuleshalozata/varosok_falvak.pdf "Magyarország településhálózata 2. – Városok-falvak"
5. http://www.ksh.hu/docs/hun/xstadat/xstadat_evkozi/e_qlf027e.html Unemployment rate 2014-15 (KSH)
6. https://www.ksh.hu/interaktiv/storytelling/gyumolcs/index.html Gyümölcstermesztés Magyarországon

References

External links

• Hungarian Central Statistical Office
• Gazetteer of Hungary, 2017