Hungarian diaspora

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Country	Hungarian population	Note	Article
Neighboring countries
Romania	1 002 151 (2021)[5] (excluding Csángós)[6]	Native to Transylvania,[7] Csángós in Western Moldavia (moved from Transylvania there in the past), and a very small community of Szeklers also in Bukovina (see also Székelys of Bukovina)	Hungarians in Romania
Slovakia	422 065 (2021)[8]	Autochthonous[9]	Hungarians in Slovakia
Serbia	184 442 (2021)[10]	Autochthonous in Vojvodina	Hungarians in Serbia
Ukraine	156 600 (2001)[11]	Autochthonous in Zakarpattia Oblast	Hungarians in Ukraine
Austria	107 347 (2024)[12]	Autochthonous in Burgenland	Hungarians in Austria
Croatia	10 315 (2021)[13]	Autochthonous in Croatia, except in Istria and Dalmatia	Hungarians in Croatia
Slovenia	10 500 (2021)[citation needed]	Autochthonous in Prekmurje	Hungarians in Slovenia
Other countries
United States	1,563,081 (2006)[14]	Immigrants	Hungarian Americans
Canada	348,085 (2016)[15]	Immigrants	Hungarian Canadians
Germany	296,000 (2021)[16]	Immigrants	Hungarians in Germany
Israel	200,000 to 250,000 (2000s)[17]	Immigrants; most are Hungarian Jews
United Kingdom	200,000 to 250,000 (2020)[18][19]	Immigrants	Hungarians in the United Kingdom
France	200,000 (2021)[20]	Immigrants	Hungarians in France
Brazil	80,000 (2002)[21]	Immigrants	Hungarian Brazilians
Australia	69,167 (2011)[22]	Immigrants	Hungarian Australians
Argentina	200,000 (2025)[23]	Immigrants	Hungarian Argentines
Sweden	33,018 (2018)[24]	Immigrants	Hungarians in Sweden
Switzerland	27,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Netherlands	26,172 (2020)[26]	Immigrants
Czech Republic	20,000 (2013)[27]	People of Hungarian descent forcibly relocated from the Slovak part of the Third Czechoslovak Republic
Belgium	15,000 (2013)[27]	Immigrants
Italy	14,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Spain	10,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Ireland	9,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Norway	8,316 (2015)[28]	Immigrants
New Zealand	7,000 (2013)[27]	Immigrants	Hungarian New Zealanders
Turkey	6,800 (2001)	Immigrants	Hungarians in Turkey
Denmark	6,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Japan	5,600 (2022)[25]	Immigrants
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,000[citation needed]	Immigrants
South Africa	4,000 (2013)[27]	Immigrants
Venezuela	4,000 (2013)[27]	Immigrants	Hungarian Venezuelans
Mexico	3,500 (2006)	Immigrants	Hungarian Mexicans
Finland	3,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants	Hungarians in Finland
Uruguay	3,000 (2013)[27]	Immigrants	Hungarian Uruguayans
Greece	2,387 (2018)[19]	Immigrants
Chile	2,000 (2012)[29]	Immigrants	Hungarians in Chile
Luxembourg	2,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Poland	1,728 (2011)[30]	Immigrants	Hungarians in Poland
Russia	1,460 (2021)[31]	Immigrants
Portugal	1,230 (2022)[32]	Foreign citizens only; for instance, excludes 79 Luso-Hungarians who have acquired Portuguese citizenship since 2008[33]
Jordan	1,000 (2019)[25]	Immigrants
Cyprus	620 (2018)[19]	Immigrants
Kazakhstan	500 (2021)[34]	Immigrants
Montenegro	400[citation needed]	Immigrants
Latvia	300[citation needed]	Immigrants
Uzbekistan	300[citation needed]	Immigrants
Philippines	206 (2010)[35]	Immigrants
Iceland	200 (2015)[28]	Immigrants
North Macedonia	200[citation needed]	Immigrants
Estonia	173 (2018)[19]	Immigrants
Bulgaria	153 (2015)[28]	Immigrants
Vietnam	100 (2015)[36]	Immigrants
Liechtenstein	44 (2015)[28]	Immigrants
Lithuania	23 (2015)[28]	Immigrants
Total	5.2–5.5 million		Hungarians

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Hungarian immigration patterns to Western Europe increased in the 1990s and especially since 2004, after Hungary's admission in the European Union. Thousands of Hungarians from Hungary sought available work through guest-worker contracts in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Spain, and Portugal.

A proposal supported by the DAHR to grant Hungarian citizenship to Hungarians living in Romania but without meeting Hungarian-law residency requirements was narrowly defeated at a 2004 referendum in Hungary.^[37] The referendum was invalid because of not enough participants. After the failure of the 2004 referendum, the leaders of the Hungarian ethnic parties in the neighboring countries formed the HTMSZF organization in January 2005, as an instrument lobbying for preferential treatment in the granting of Hungarian citizenship.^[38]

In 2010, some amendments were passed in Hungarian law facilitating an accelerated naturalization process for ethnic Hungarians living abroad; among other changes, the residency-in-Hungary requirement was waived.^[39] In May 2010, Slovakia announced it would strip Slovak citizenship from anyone applying for Hungarian citizenship.^[40] Romania's President Traian Băsescu declared in October 2010: "We have no objections to the adoption by the Hungarian government and parliament of a law making it easier to grant Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living abroad."^[41]

The new citizenship law took effect on 1 January 2011. It did not grant the right to vote, even in national elections, to Hungarian citizens unless they also resided in Hungary on a permanent basis.^[42] In February 2011, the Fidesz government announced that it intended to grant the right to vote to its new citizens.^[43] Between 2011 and 2012, 200,000 applicants took advantage of the new, accelerated naturalization process;^[44] there were another 100,000 applications pending in the summer of 2012.^[45] As of February 2013, the Hungarian government had granted citizenship to almost 400,000 Hungarians ‘beyond the borders’.^[46] In June 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén announced that he expected the number to reach about half a million by the end of the year.^[47]

Hungarian citizens abroad have been able to participate in the parliamentary elections without Hungarian residency starting from the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, however, they cannot vote for a candidate running for the seat in a single-seat constituency, but for a party list.

Since the Hungarian diaspora could start voting in elections in Hungary from 2012,^[70] they have overwhelmingly supported the ruling Fidesz. In the 2014 Hungarian parliamentary election, Fidesz won over 95% of the vote,^[71] in the 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election, over 96%, while in the 2019 European Parliament election in Hungary, Fidesz received 96%.^[72]

In the 2022 Hungarian parliamentary election, over 93%, while in the 2024 European Parliament election in Hungary, Fidesz received 90%.

Minority interest parties

In several Eastern European countries, parties that represent the interests of Hungarian minorities have emerged.

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Country	Party	Party support at last election
Croatia	Democratic Union of Hungarians of Croatia
Romania	Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania	585,589 6.34%
Romania	Hungarian Alliance of Transylvania
Serbia	Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians	64,747 1.74%
Slovakia	Hungarian Alliance	130,183 4.39%
Ukraine	Party of Hungarians of Ukraine (KMKSZ)

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  John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist of Hungarian descent.
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  Mickey Hargitay was a Hungarian-American actor and 1955 Mr. Universe.

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