Demographics of Budapest - Migration and Citizenship

Migration and Citizenship

According to the 2001 census, majority of the population of Budapest is originated from the Hungarian countryside. 230,307 people (13%) are from the Great Plain, 170,406 (9.6%) from Transdanubia, 93,665 (5.3%) from Pest county and 90,228 people (5.1%) are from Northern Hungary. Budapest is the home town to 822,663 people (46.3%), while 87,746 people (4.9%) was born outside the present-day borders of Hungary. (See: Treaty of Trianon and Treaty of Paris)

In 2001, 1,736,521 (97.7%) Hungarian citizens, 6,507 (~0.4%) Hungarian and others and 34,824 (~2%) foreigners lived in Budapest. Magyars made up the majority of non-Hungarian citizens also, primary from Romania, former Yugoslavia and Ukraine. They has come to Hungary due to better possibility of employment.

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