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Registered foreigners are counted across 192 nationalities.

Hungary

People registered with Hungary nationality number 289, which is less than 0.1% of all registered foreigners and ranks 83 in size. Compared with 124 in 2015, 10 years earlier, that is an increase of about 133.1%. They live in 89 districts, and the largest counts are Seoul Yongsan-gu with 24, Seoul Dongjak-gu with 23, and Seoul Seodaemun-gu with 14. The index of dissimilarity (D) from Koreans is 0.544, the isolation index is 0, and interaction with Koreans is 0.962. The highest location quotient (LQ) is in Seoul Yongsan-gu at 21.2, where this nationality is 0% of the foreigners in that district. The continent of origin is Europe. The largest age group is 25-29 at 24.6%, and men are 30.2%. This value alone is based on staying foreigners. Estimated mother tongues are Hungarian at 98.5% and Romani at 0.5%.

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy 2025 (registered foreigners by nationality, registered foreigners by nationality and district, registered foreigners by status of stay), staying foreigners by nationality and age

The index of dissimilarity, the isolation index, and the location quotient are calculated from the open dataset.

Table 1.Key indicators and benchmarks, 2025Unit: people, organizations, index
2025
IndicatorsHungaryAll registered foreignersRelative to total
Registered foreigners2891,604,920under 0.1% of the total
Districts of residence8925035.6% of the total
Index of dissimilarity (D)0.5440.280rank 62 of 107
Isolation index0.00000.045rank 87 of 107
Interaction with Koreans0.9620.955rank 23 of 107
ContinentEurope48,565 (3.0% of the total)0.6% of those from Europe

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality), segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals; 0 means the two distributions match and 1 means complete separation. Isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. In the All registered foreigners column the three indices treat all registered foreigners as one group and use the same formulas. In the Relative to total column, rank 1 is the highest value among nationalities with 100 or more registered foreigners that year; in the continent row that column gives this nationality's share of all registered foreigners from the continent.

Figure 1.Hungary nationals among registered foreigners, 2006–2025Unit: 10,000 persons

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year.

Note: The vertical scale resets to the size of the selected nationality.

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YearHungaryVietnam
20063452,157
20074367,197
20084779,848
20094486,166
20104798,225
201158110,564
201270114,211
201391113,843
2014135122,571
2015124128,042
2016146137,769
2017148151,385
2018180170,707
2019168187,334
2020154181,415
2021171178,928
2022204196,883
2023240227,930
2024245261,581
2025289293,907
Table 2.Hungary nationality, top 10 districts, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
RankDistrictHungary NationalityShare of local foreigners
1Seoul Yongsan-gu240.2
2Seoul Dongjak-gu230.2
3Seoul Seodaemun-gu140.1
4Seoul Gwanak-gu130.1
5Seoul Dongdaemun-gu130.1
6Seoul Gangnam-gu120.2
7Chungcheongnam-do Cheonan-si Seobuk-gu90.1
8Daejeon Yuseong-gu80.1
9Daegu Dalseo-gu70.1
10Seoul Jung-gu70.1

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by district and nationality).

Note: Nationwide, Hungary nationals make up 0.0% of all registered foreigners, so an area whose share is above that holds relatively many of them.

Table 3.10 districts with the highest location quotient, 2025Unit: people, ratio, %
2025
RankDistrictHungary NationalityLocation quotient (LQ)Share of local foreigners
1Seoul Yongsan-gu2421.20.0
2Seoul Dongjak-gu2311.00.0
3Seoul Jung-gu710.60.0
4Seoul Seodaemun-gu148.30.0
5Seoul Dongdaemun-gu136.70.0
6Seoul Jongno-gu56.50.0
7Seoul Gwanak-gu134.80.0
8Gyeongsangbuk-do Cheongdo-gun14.40.0
9Chungcheongnam-do Cheonan-si Seobuk-gu94.00.0
10Daejeon Yuseong-gu83.90.0

Source: Location quotient from the open dataset.

Note: the location quotient is the local share divided by the national share; above 1.5 counts as over-representation.

Table 4.By status of stay Hungary nationality, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Visa categoryPersonsShare
Student(D2)8529.4
Marriage Migration(F6)7927.3
Other statuses(ETC)258.7
Working Holiday(H1)217.3
General Trainee(D4)155.2
Dependent Family(F3)124.2
Residential(F2)103.5
Arts & Entertainment(E6)93.1
Other statuses3311.4

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The rows of this table add to 289, the whole of the Hungary nationality.

Table 5.Age and sex, 2025Unit: persons, %
2025
Age groupTotalMaleFemaleShare
0-47431.7
5-96421.5
10-146331.5
15-1915783.7
20-2497277023.8
25-29100217924.6
30-3465164916.0
35-393911289.6
40-44208124.9
45-49219125.2
50-5413493.2
55-599362.2
60+9632.2

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Only this table counts all foreign residents, so it totals 407 rather than the 289 registered foreigners

Figure 2.Composition by age and sex, 2025Unit: %
2025

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (staying foreigners by nationality and age).

Note: The bar length is the share each cell holds within the whole nationality. This figure alone uses staying foreigners, so its total differs from registered foreigners.

Figure 3.Change in status-of-stay composition, 2008–2025Unit: %

Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook, each year (registered foreigners by status of stay and nationality).

Note: The share each status holds within this nationality in that year. The five largest statuses in 2025 are drawn.

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Year
20088.50.010.60.00.0
20096.80.06.80.013.6
201021.30.04.30.010.6
201131.00.012.10.03.4
201210.011.417.10.015.7
201317.612.112.10.013.2
201425.210.414.16.711.9
201526.813.013.85.77.3
201622.014.919.15.77.1
201724.315.56.86.84.7
201826.713.311.78.96.7
201923.820.813.18.94.2
202015.624.016.95.28.4
202118.124.015.23.58.8
202224.522.513.27.83.9
202331.720.08.38.85.4
202430.224.97.87.85.7
202529.427.38.77.35.2
Figure 4.Residential segregation and exposure over time, 2014–2025Unit: index
Indicators

Source: Segregation indicators from the open dataset.

Note: the dissimilarity index D measures how far a nationality's distribution across districts differs from that of Korean nationals, isolation is the probability that a member meets someone of the same nationality, and interaction the probability of meeting a Korean resident. The three run on different ranges, so they are selected one at a time.

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YearIndex of dissimilarity (D)Isolation indexInteraction with Koreans
20140.6390.0000.973
20150.6790.0000.972
20160.6450.0000.971
20170.6020.0000.970
20180.6460.0000.965
20190.6260.0000.965
20200.6210.0000.970
20210.5850.0000.971
20220.5450.0000.970
20230.5670.0000.965
20240.5610.0000.964
20250.5440.0000.962
Table 6.Hungary nationality, mother-tongue compositionUnit: %
First languageShare
Hungarian98.5
Romani0.5

Source: Ethnologue 24th edition, first-language shares by country.

Note: the estimated demand on the language page is this share multiplied by the registered foreign population of each nationality. Shares below 0.5% are not listed, and a person who speaks more than one language is not distinguished.

Figure 5.By province, Hungary nationality, 2025Unit: persons
2025

Count range

    Note: The boundaries are shapes simplified for display and are drawn as pen lines. The fill values are the provincial totals from the yearbook and do not depend on the shapes.

    Source: MOJ Statistical Yearbook (registered foreigners by nationality and district), summed to the province level.

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    ProvinceHungary NationalityShare of national
    Seoul15453.3
    Gyeonggi-do4314.9
    Chungcheongnam-do175.9
    Incheon134.5
    Daegu113.8
    Busan93.1
    Daejeon82.8
    Ulsan72.4
    Jeollabuk-do62.1
    Gyeongsangbuk-do51.7
    Gangwon-do41.4
    Gyeongsangnam-do41.4
    Sejong20.7
    Jeju-do20.7
    Chungcheongbuk-do20.7
    Gwangju10.3
    Jeollanam-do10.3