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title: "Hungary — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Hungary: capital Budapest, area 93,028 km², population 9,514,251 (2025), currency Hungarian forint. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/hungary/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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

- [Iceland](https://atoneplace.net/country/iceland/)
- [South Korea](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-korea/)
- [Portugal](https://atoneplace.net/country/portugal/)
- [Jordan](https://atoneplace.net/country/jordan/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]