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Hungary: map and facts
Hungary is in Eastern Europe. It has about 9.51 million people (2025), the 96th largest population. It covers 93,030 km², the 108th largest by area. That is about 102 people per km². Its highest point is Kékes, at 1,014 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 9,514,251 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 93,030 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Budapest
- Highest point: Kékes, 1,014 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 22.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Hungary, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Mur: 434 km
- Hornad: 286 km
- Crisul Alb: 236 km
- Ipel: 233 km
- Slana: 229 km
- Sebes Koros: 209 km
- Zagyva: 179 km
- Zala: 138 km
- Mosoni-Duna: 122 km
Also on the map: Sio, Soroksari Duna, Mures and Raab.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Kékes: 1,014 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Great Hungarian Plain.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 59.3%, deciduous broadleaf forest 13.9%, grassland 10.8%, savanna 6.7%, towns and cities 3.5%, wooded savanna 3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 79.1%, hills 18.8%, mountains 2%.
Forests covered 22.8% of its land in 2024, up from 20.2% in 1990 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Hungary shares land borders with Austria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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