POPULATION TREND AND GROWTH OF URBANIZATION IN HUNGARY

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POPULATION TREND AND GROWTH OF UNDANIZATION IN HUNGARY
Wissenschaftlicher Dienot Suaozteurona,
Vol V, No 1, rdunich; isn 195
Since 1945, there has insufficient information cn the dcv.louaent of
Hungary's population. _c :?e.>alte of the only postwar c+!nsur~ of 31 December
1948 1 January 191:9 o ': p.:Dlistcd in summarized form s;1y. In addition, only
limited indivicu _e-ionni ion ccnl: b; cbtainod from monographs.
The official Szemle, in its first two issues
of 1955 publ-, t.. :; Pir;ns, cnc on the devc?lopnent of the popula-
ti.. of u result of th 2 household census
of 1 July 195h, Tho 1;5 in citie_ and larger concnunities, and
these ner:iit a ct,:rc- r:. into :n dcvclo',ment of the population of
Hun?ary. At the _.r?:c ,. tally :niricant to point out that the
data nor .._ 1954,, to o. Ct:e last census was too close to
the ern? of tt,-- war, ?rclo:::unt trend. The following table
show, the over .-11 :,.. *. ,. .ad r density of the population for the
entire area of for thc present territory of the country
and included th 0 and 191:1.
1930
1911
1948
19-9
1950
1951
1952
1953
1951
1955,
Vr ..~,,..- Ft'uren and Density
ry Dur?n,, 1950-1954
^Tne.,_ _
ticn day t?
data.
Given by the i'o11o;i!:;
past yearc~
city ?;111 ba
,.All :.r~b:rbly z
inc.c Jed i?, .r:-.
annual n,
c~,.use., ._ ,r
93.3
100.2
99.0
99.9
100.8
101.7
102.5
103.5
104.8
105.4
^-t rr_corted figures; the varia-
tden orovicional and final census
i.,.:ountcd to 119,000. Considering an
of 100,000, which can be taken for granted,
,:11i exceed the 10 million nark; the den-
;lotto'a of the .acid copulation increase is
:;r the p:pula:iorl movement figures for the
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1952
1953
1954
.
co
:
-
in
a . tary dead
Live
P irths
Deaths
Natural
Increase
182,206
130,628
51
578
160,o91
211,323
,
-42,232*
169,120
135,486
33
634
187,316
117,537
,
69
779
1.91,907
105,780
,
86
127
190,398
105,718
,
195,567
106,902
88,665
190,64 5
109,998
80
647
185,820
107,443
,
78
377
2o6,926
1.12; 039
,
94,887
22~ 000
107,000
116, ooo
Figure; ;e rr~,fl, -ring
.ntaee of development inli_ate t he the stag.,*.ear: .. ..1 t'tbe war) of the number c. riarriagos, the birth derends:
Cline, ,n, in mortality, totaling a minus balance of more than
42,000 n `oaowed by an increase of marriages, the same birth
f l lire an.. ! : c,?t^
?lity rate, in 19460 In 1947,, however, the low
Point is n,,.:.?=d. _.r;o?h tho number of marriages remains at the same level
Hungary t _ '?""" " iucrease 01 the population of
r 1 JCKJ nm of the latest date and occupies the first
place ouiy aft:: the Netherlands, and Portugal.
rate t:+a,,
larj,
mct
many
Five-?c.
pier>'i,
i.s al _
c re !ed t.
than _rp
in tr.r. r:.
pO'PiL tat 'c'; 1
! r, i9;8 and is on the sai..e 101'ell with the
tv, c, the one hand, and to an eagerness to
lots .?;r'od, bonuses, and nursing subsidy for
is reported that in ij54 four times as
:::r. c..._? in 1949 and that is tho course of the
Y in tor, .,-ynecol.o;;ical dr.uartments of the hos_
ath rate of 14 pct 10,000 iri 1938 de-
ird,r a;:ES a trehd of inCreajln^ urbanization
1947 r;.'s2t3
1948 y.7 : 0
1949 1c ; , ?8. o
1950 !J6,_6i
1951 62
1938
1945
1946
500 .aooro;d
'Not in
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Increasing Urbanization in Hungary 1869-1954 (+,b)
1869 i.8
1900 3.8
1920 11.6
1941* 12.5
1941** 18.4
1949 17.3
1954 1 July about 19.0
11.5 86.7
13.4 82.8
19.4 69
23.7 63.8
19.8 61.8
19'2 63.5
about 21.0 about 60.0
*Figures refer to the territorial boundaries existing in that particular
year: i.e., prior to 1918 the boundaries of prewar Hungary, after that of
Trianon-Hungary, in 1941 that of 1938-1941 enlarged territory of Hungary.
**These figures refer to a Hungary within the frame of boundaries estab-
lished after World War II.
The above figures indicate that the urbanization trend has been in proc-
ess already for 100 years. The July 1954 household census, which was held
only in the X68 lar2;est leca'ities in the country, does not give a complete
picture; however. it does illustrate the rapid development of urbanization
which occurred after toe ecnsolidation of the systematized economic regime.
The following table corroares 1954 census temporary results with 1949:
Development of population of the 168 Largest Localities
in Hungary During 1949 and 1954
Increase Over
Localities (1 Nov) 1954 (1 Jul) 1949
Budapest 1,.612,287 1,781,085 168,798
Remaining 61
cities 1 782,216 1,942,111 159,895
106 largest
cons nniti s 678,099 718,892
39,893
Total 4,073,502 4,442,088 368,586
Naturalty, the population increased the fastest in those cities where
large industrial centers were established. The 1949 census could not show
this trend clearly because of the short industrialization period, but the
1954 figures definitely indicate this development.
The following :able shows population trends in the most important rapidly
growing industrial centers:
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Kazincbarc. _Aa
Kor1o
Miskolc
0roszl.any
Sztal J rrf5 ro.
Tat a
Varpalo*:,
Veszpr
Zalae-t ,
Dr.veionment of the Population of the Most Important
Industrial Centers of Hungary from 1900 to 1954
Increase in
Population Figures Percentage
L900 1930 1949 1954 (1900 as 100)
3,137 3,773 5,059 11,819 376.8
988 2,187 4,605 17,540 1,775.3
(l 2:.4 93,912 09,1! 135,780 221.8
i,63 1,473 3,740 7,150 437.8
'?8 c; 1:903 4,o69 27,472 718.0
1: 0G? 13499 16,223 133.2
5.,696 11,065 15,970 248.3
114 17,'(92 18,229 22,640 160.4
2
o" 15.159 16,900 172.8
T'= ha*. the 1911=) census fails to indicate a develop-
ment t:c.. t.O;, close to test war), but it does show that
the ;,=.r,tec.s are those p'aces where the greatly developed
inlustri