Ságvári Ágnes (szerk.): Budapest. The History of a Capital (Budapest, 1975)
Historical Statistics of Budapest
a. In pre-1945 Budapest Population of Budapest by Mother Tongue In figures 1880* 1890* 1900* 1910 1920 Hungarian 201,505 326,533 559,965 756,070 837,858 German 122,454 115,573 98,515 78,822 60,425 Slovak 21,847 27,126 24,091 20,359 14,011 Rumanian 398 774 1,058 2,777 1,686 Ruthenian 59 42 74 242 247 Croat 683 1,125 1,735 2,7% 1,962 Serb 1,025 1,699 1,830 3,972 1,102 Czech and Moravian 3,689 5,288 5,003 2,865 Polish 2,511 13,799 7,411 5,782 4,447 Other and unknown 1,511 3,481 4,488 4,393 Total 355,682 486,671 703,448 880,371 928,996 In percentage Hungarian 57.6 67.1 79.6 85.8 90.2 German 34.4 23.8 14.0 9.0 6.5 Slovak 6.2 5.6 3.3 2.3 1.5 Rumanian 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 Ruthenian 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Croat 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 Serb 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 Czech and Moravian 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.3 Polish 0.7 2.8 1.1 0.7 0.5 Other and unknown 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Source: Budapest from 1873 to Our Days, pp. 44-45 * Only the “ordinary” population 158
