Population – rroma.org https://rroma.org Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:25:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Population – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Atlas of Roma Communities https://rroma.org/atlas-of-roma-communities-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atlas-of-roma-communities-3 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:25:29 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34450 A Hungarian view on the Atlas of Roma communities, the most accepted data source for the Roma population in Slovakia. Its latest data from 2019 indicates approximately 406,000 Roma, of which 58,000 belong to Hungarian-speaking communities. Actually, in the latest census, much more Roma identified themselves as Hungarians, and Hungarians in Slovakia actually fear that Roma declares tehmeselves as such, decreasing the overall Hungarian commun ity.

]]> Population Census https://rroma.org/population-census/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=population-census Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:31:23 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=34071 The article discusses the ongoing debate regarding the accurate population count of the Roma community in Hungary, highlighting discrepancies between census data and researchers’ estimates due to factors like identity and assimilation.

According to the latest census, about 210,000 people identified as Roma, (a 30% dreacres relative to the previous Hungar4ian Census) but estimates suggest the actual number could range from 500,000 to 1 million, with projections indicating a significant increase by 2050.

The Roma population is characterized by a young demographic structure, with higher birth rates compared to the general population, raising questions about future coexistence and integration with Hungarian society.

This latter statement is again unsubstanciated. It is assuming that all Roma have many children, whereas the majority is not. Many children is related to poverty, not to being Roma.

]]> Roma Minority in Slovakia https://rroma.org/roma-minority-in-slovakia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-minority-in-slovakia Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:45:55 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=26103 Roma have been in Slovakia since the 14th century. The first written document about the Roma population in Slovakia is a document from 1322, in which the presence of Roma in Spiš is mentioned by the Spišské novoveske mayor Ján Kunch. Later, larger groups of Roma arrived in Slovakia. In 1423, Sigismund of Luxembourg issued a document at Spiš Castle that guaranteed the Roma certain guarantees of protection and self-governing judicial powers.

The difference in number of Roma in the 2021 census and the number of Roma residents in the latest Atlas of Roma Communities from 2019 is almost threefold. While the 2019 atlas indicates that at least 417,535 Roma people live in Slovakia, in the 2021 census, only 156,164 Roma people declared themselves Roma.

]]> Hungarian Census https://rroma.org/hungarian-census/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hungarian-census Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:36:47 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=22255 Another article on the recent Hungarian Census. The overall population decreased by 3.4%, and, more astonishingly, the number of Roma passed from 300’000 to 200’000. All other “ethnic” minorities, Germans, Slovaks, etc. also decreased but not by as much as in the case of Roma.

The 300’000 number was anyhow a fallacy, as the government itself acknowledges more than half a million. So simply, Roma did not declare themselves as such …

]]> Hungarian Census 2022 https://rroma.org/hungarian-census-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hungarian-census-2022 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:52:36 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=21968 The preliminary results of the Hungarian 2022 census have been published. One astonishing fact is that according to the census, the Roma population decreased by more than a third, passing from 315’000 in 2011 to 209’000 now.

These numbers are totally out of whack with reality, as the estimated number of Roma in Hungary lies between 600 and 800’000… According to the Hungarian press, the decrease is due to people not stating their ethnicity in the census.

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