This is a list of the most populous urban areas in Hungary, based on official data of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Methodology The functional urban areas identified with the methodology described in the book Redefining “urban”: A new way to measure metropolitan areas (OECD Publishing, 2012) are here listed by size, according to four different classes:OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARY Small urban areas (population between 50,000 and 200,000) Medium-sized urban areas (population between 200,000 and 500,000) Metropolitan areas (population between 500,000 and 1.5 million) Large metropolitan areas (population above 1.5 million)

List of most populous urban areas

RankFunctional urban areaOECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARYClass-type (according to OECD)Population (2000, OECD)OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARYPopulation (2011, OECD)OECD - FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN OECD COUNTRIES: HUNGARYPopulation (2018, Eurostat)Population on 1 January by age groups and sex - functional urban areas, 2018 - EurostatMajor subdivisions1BudapestLarge metropolitan area2,786,1502,909,3752,978,067Budapest, Érd, Dunakeszi, Szigetszentmiklós, Vác, Gödöllő, Budaörs, Szentendre2DebrecenMedium-sized urban area312,464336,639326,626Debrecen3MiskolcMedium-sized urban area329,618305,463287,287Miskolc4Székesfehérvár Medium-sized urban area267,540276,541270,835Székesfehérvár5GyőrMedium-sized urban area244,098243,874251,317Győr6PécsMedium-sized urban area274,112263,804247,720Pécs, Komló7SzegedMedium-sized urban area 236,262249,790242,013Szeged8NyíregyházaMedium-sized urban area 237,770240,690235,449Nyíregyháza9KecskemétSmall urban area147,504187,608186,782Kecskemét10SzombathelySmall urban area134,602149,639147,933SzombathelyTOTAL

See also List of cities and towns of Hungary Regions of Hungary Counties of Hungary

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