Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Historical Statistics of Budapest
Historical Statistics of Budapest The tables that follow are selections from the wealth of statistical material available on Budapest’s past. They include the changing population figures, with sub-divisions according to mother tongue, occupation and educational qualifications, the developments in the number of dwellings and transport communications, the figures for industrial workers and employees in Budapest, and the percentage in national terms, and finally a few typical figures for international comparison. The compilation and presentation of official statistics has naturally changed and improved in the course of time; figures provided in Table II, between 1880 and 1900, for instance only considered the “ordinary population” of Budapest, that is the permanently registered civil population, and its totals consequently do not agree with those of the total population shown in Tables I or III. It must be remembered that the earlier figures refer respectively to Pest-Buda and to Budapest prior to January 1st 1950, while later figures refer to the whole of Greater Budapest. But the statistics include figures relating to the Greater Budapest of today calculated in relation to the earlier periods (Tables I and VI). A dot in the table indicates lack of information. Changes in Population Area of Pest-Buda and later Budapest Sources: Gábor Preisich: History of the Construction of the City of Budapest, vol. 1. p. 96, vol. III. pp. 8-9 Budapest from 1873 to Our Days, pp. 44-45 Statistical Pocket-book of Budapest 1941, p. 63 and 1971 p. 15. The last figure i.e. 1970 is the provisional conclusion of the census. Table I Area of Greater Budapest 1686 900 1870 270,349 1870 302,086 1715 9,670 1880 370,767 1880 402,706 1777 35,039 1890 506,384 1890 560,079 1799 54,176 1900 733,358 1900 861,434 1821 78,599 1910 880,371 1910 1,110,453 1831 102,702 1920 928,996 1920 1,232,026 1848 151,016 1930 1,006,184 1930 1,442,869 1861 187,891 1941 1,164,963 1941 1,712,791 1949 1960 1970 1,590,316 1,804,606 1,940,212 157
