Hungary
Hungary
Capital Budapest
93,028 km² · 9,514,251 people (2025) · Hungarian forint
Lake Balaton is the largest lake in central Europe at 592 km², and shallow enough — about 3 m on average — to warm to swimming temperature by June. Budapest sits on around 120 thermal springs, more than any other capital, and has been drilling them for baths since Roman times.
The facts
- Capital
- Budapest
- Area
- 93,028 km² — 35,918 sq mi
- Population
- 9,514,251 (2025)
- Density
- 102.3 people per km²
- Currency
- Hungarian forint (HUF, Ft)
- Official language
- Hungarian
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Calling code
- +36
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- HU · HUN
- Continent
- Europe
How it compares
- By area
- 109 of 200
- By population
- 97 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 103,000 | 392,404 |
| South Korea | 99,720 | 51,684,564 |
| Hungary ← | 93,028 | 9,514,251 |
| Portugal | 92,090 | 10,804,871 |
| Jordan | 89,342 | 11,520,684 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Hungary?
- Budapest
- What currency does Hungary use?
- The Hungarian forint (HUF).
- How big is Hungary?
- 93,028 km², or 35,918 square miles — 109 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Hungary drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)