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Hungarian people

Ethnic group
GroupHungarians
Magyarok
Populationc. 14-15 million
Significant populationsHungary Hungary 9,416,045 
Neighbours of Hungaryc. 2.5 million
Romania1,434,377 (2002)
Slovakia520,528 (2001)
Serbia293,299  (2002)
Ukraine156,600 (2001)
Austria40,583 (2001)
Croatia16,595 (2001)
Slovenia6,243 (2002)
Rest of Europec. 0.3-0.5 million
Germany120,000 (2004)
United Kingdom80,135 (2001)
Czech Republic14,672 (2001)
Turkey6,800 (2001)
Russia3,768 (2002)
Republic of Ireland3,328 (2006)
Republic of Macedonia2,003 (2002)
North Americac. 2 million
United States1,563,081 (2006)
Canada315,510 (2006)
South America0.2 - 1 million
Brazil80000
Argentina40,000-50,000
Chile40,000 
Oceania (AUS / NZL)70,000
Australia67,616  
New Zealand1476
Asiac. 10,000
Thailand3029
Philippines1114
Africa10,000

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Hungarians, also known as Magyars (pronounced mad-jar or mad-yar, from ), are a nation and an ethnic group native to and primarily associated with Hungary. There are around 14-15 million Hungarians, of whom 10 million live in today's Hungary (as of 2001). About 2.5 million Hungarians live in areas that belonged to the Kingdom of Hungary before the 1920 Treaty of Trianon, but are now parts of Hungary's seven neighbour countries, especially Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine. Significant groups of people with Hungarian ancestry live in various other parts of the world, most of them in the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Australia. Unlike the Hungarians living within the territory of pre-1920 Hungary, only some of the ethnic Hungarians in other areas preserve the Hungarian language and traditions. The Hungarians can be classified in several sub-groups according to local linguistic and cultural characteristics. Hungarian ethnic subgroups with distinct identity are the Székely, the Csángó, the Palóc and the Jassic people.


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