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Hungary population

Hungary population now

9,577,868

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 9.5–9.7 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 9,686,464

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 9.58582 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 9.5–9.7 million
Median age: 45.1
Aged 65+: 21.3%

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

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Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

HUN · 1950–2100 · in brief

Hungary in numbers

Hungary had 9,686,464 people in mid-2023, the 96th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.12% of the world's people. That is about as many as in 1950 (9.3 million).

Its population peaked in 1980 at 10.7 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 7.5 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 5.3 million to 10.1 million.

1981 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 30.1 in 1950 and 44.3 in 2023; the projection has 48.0 in 2100. 20.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 29.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1973 at 7.1 million; in 2023 it was 6.3 million.

Among countries it ranks 96th in 2023, 109th in 2050 and 112th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Greece in 2054 and Cuba in 2062. It is overtaken by Togo in 2025, Israel in 2026 and Sierra Leone in 2029.

Population, mid-2023: 9,686,464
Rank by population, 2023: 96 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.12%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.02% · +2,158 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 106
Land area, 2023: 91,260 km²
Births, 2023: 85,373
Deaths, 2023: 128,063
Net migration, 2023: +49,213
Children per woman, 2023: 1.49
Median age, 2023: 44.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 77.0 years
In a city, 2025: 27 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 9,337,880
Projected, mid-2050: 8,725,347
Projected, mid-2100: 7,460,742

HUN · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Hungary, 1950–2100

Hungary: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	9,292,416		196,308	106,596	2.62	62.1
1951	estimate	9,383,345		191,531	109,730	2.54	62.5
1952	estimate	9,463,002		187,002	107,578	2.48	63.9
1953	estimate	9,544,852		206,947	112,308	2.75	63.9
1954	estimate	9,644,110		222,673	106,968	2.96	65.4
1955	estimate	9,765,061		210,813	97,521	2.82	66.9
1956	estimate	9,881,352		194,715	104,376	2.61	66.0
1957	estimate	9,826,625		167,888	103,468	2.30	66.3
1958	estimate	9,849,230		157,951	97,703	2.18	67.4
1959	estimate	9,912,125		150,589	103,840	2.08	67.3
1960	estimate	9,961,557		146,288	101,547	2.02	68.1
1961	estimate	10,005,191		140,218	96,396	1.94	69.0
1962	estimate	10,047,836		130,475	108,271	1.80	67.9
1963	estimate	10,068,296		131,947	100,037	1.82	68.9
1964	estimate	10,099,386		131,592	100,890	1.81	69.5
1965	estimate	10,129,356		132,232	108,169	1.82	69.2
1966	estimate	10,152,882		137,850	102,076	1.89	69.9
1967	estimate	10,187,927		147,924	109,739	2.01	69.5
1968	estimate	10,225,694		153,469	115,456	2.07	69.3
1969	estimate	10,263,394		153,517	116,783	2.04	69.4
1970	estimate	10,299,784		151,076	120,265	1.98	69.2
1971	estimate	10,330,502		149,824	122,879	1.93	69.1
1972	estimate	10,357,436		152,670	118,920	1.93	69.7
1973	estimate	10,391,171		157,266	123,216	1.95	69.6
1974	estimate	10,423,707		186,196	125,916	2.28	69.3
1975	estimate	10,484,119		194,072	130,677	2.36	69.4
1976	estimate	10,547,185		185,363	131,715	2.25	69.7
1977	estimate	10,600,358		177,068	131,449	2.16	69.9
1978	estimate	10,645,921		167,766	139,528	2.08	69.5
1979	estimate	10,674,455		160,224	136,251	2.02	69.7
1980	estimate	10,702,050		149,274	144,848	1.92	69.1
1981	estimate	10,688,683		142,671	144,511	1.88	69.2
1982	estimate	10,669,975		133,037	144,231	1.80	69.3
1983	estimate	10,642,257		126,239	148,723	1.75	68.9
1984	estimate	10,603,721		124,358	146,936	1.76	69.0
1985	estimate	10,564,935		128,630	148,068	1.85	68.9
1986	estimate	10,529,595		126,914	147,572	1.85	69.1
1987	estimate	10,492,601		124,320	143,146	1.83	69.6
1988	estimate	10,457,609		122,457	140,556	1.82	69.9
1989	estimate	10,423,453		122,212	145,284	1.82	69.4
1990	estimate	10,383,388		124,904	146,110	1.86	69.4
1991	estimate	10,379,174		126,314	145,174	1.86	69.4
1992	estimate	10,377,178		121,265	148,916	1.77	69.2
1993	estimate	10,365,770		116,996	150,342	1.69	69.2
1994	estimate	10,347,970		115,598	146,815	1.64	69.6
1995	estimate	10,331,904		111,933	145,091	1.57	70.0
1996	estimate	10,313,672		105,260	142,743	1.46	70.6
1997	estimate	10,290,798		100,324	138,901	1.38	71.0
1998	estimate	10,266,405		97,299	140,246	1.33	70.9
1999	estimate	10,237,028		95,112	142,398	1.29	71.0
2000	estimate	10,202,563		97,513	134,856	1.32	71.8
2001	estimate	10,178,636		97,095	131,373	1.31	72.4
2002	estimate	10,154,744		96,728	132,098	1.30	72.5
2003	estimate	10,122,187		94,772	135,109	1.27	72.5
2004	estimate	10,095,739		95,319	131,851	1.28	72.9
2005	estimate	10,075,843		97,761	134,954	1.31	72.9
2006	estimate	10,055,569		99,808	130,950	1.34	73.3
2007	estimate	10,044,317		98,015	132,187	1.32	73.4
2008	estimate	10,023,846		98,863	129,398	1.35	74.0
2009	estimate	10,009,468		96,291	129,761	1.32	74.2
2010	estimate	9,993,288		90,709	129,616	1.26	74.5
2011	estimate	9,964,969		89,092	127,537	1.25	74.9
2012	estimate	9,928,384		90,042	128,852	1.33	75.2
2013	estimate	9,904,862		89,379	126,040	1.35	75.7
2014	estimate	9,873,831		92,338	125,900	1.42	75.8
2015	estimate	9,851,853		91,977	131,114	1.45	75.7
2016	estimate	9,826,569		94,367	126,510	1.51	76.2
2017	estimate	9,794,495		93,191	131,174	1.52	76.0
2018	estimate	9,776,714		91,697	130,528	1.52	76.2
2019	estimate	9,772,073		91,271	129,068	1.53	76.5
2020	estimate	9,768,620		93,065	140,532	1.58	75.7
2021	estimate	9,730,293		93,719	158,981	1.60	74.2
2022	estimate	9,685,406		89,766	133,838	1.55	76.2
2023	estimate	9,683,205		85,373	128,063	1.49	77.0
2024	estimate	9,689,722		85,003	128,405	1.49	77.2
2025	projection	9,662,547	9.6–9.7 million	84,300	128,490	1.50	77.3
2026	projection	9,602,027	9.6–9.7 million	83,010	128,367	1.50	77.5
2027	projection	9,569,609	9.5–9.7 million	82,197	128,449	1.50	77.7
2028	projection	9,536,874	9.4–9.7 million	81,368	128,668	1.51	77.8
2029	projection	9,502,902	9.4–9.7 million	80,504	128,867	1.51	78.0
2030	projection	9,467,311	9.3–9.7 million	79,838	129,128	1.51	78.1
2031	projection	9,430,919	9.3–9.6 million	79,153	129,509	1.51	78.3
2032	projection	9,393,892	9.2–9.6 million	78,657	129,778	1.51	78.4
2033	projection	9,356,146	9.1–9.6 million	78,334	129,979	1.52	78.6
2034	projection	9,318,047	9.1–9.6 million	78,275	130,180	1.52	78.8
2035	projection	9,279,400	9.0–9.6 million	78,269	130,357	1.52	78.9
2036	projection	9,240,406	8.9–9.6 million	78,240	130,365	1.52	79.1
2037	projection	9,201,827	8.9–9.6 million	78,436	130,351	1.53	79.2
2038	projection	9,162,703	8.8–9.6 million	78,713	130,292	1.53	79.4
2039	projection	9,124,595	8.7–9.6 million	78,883	130,094	1.53	79.5
2040	projection	9,086,323	8.7–9.6 million	79,180	129,743	1.54	79.7
2041	projection	9,048,911	8.6–9.6 million	79,263	129,332	1.54	79.9
2042	projection	9,012,240	8.5–9.6 million	79,320	128,891	1.54	80.0
2043	projection	8,976,079	8.5–9.6 million	79,482	128,299	1.54	80.2
2044	projection	8,941,050	8.4–9.6 million	79,396	127,668	1.54	80.3
2045	projection	8,906,444	8.3–9.5 million	79,220	126,951	1.54	80.5
2046	projection	8,871,984	8.3–9.5 million	79,219	126,079	1.55	80.7
2047	projection	8,838,286	8.2–9.5 million	78,999	125,249	1.55	80.8
2048	projection	8,805,212	8.2–9.5 million	78,755	124,354	1.55	81.0
2049	projection	8,773,050	8.1–9.5 million	78,395	123,586	1.55	81.1
2050	projection	8,741,023	8.0–9.5 million	78,070	122,869	1.55	81.3
2051	projection	8,709,671	8.0–9.5 million	77,787	122,254	1.56	81.4
2052	projection	8,678,275	7.9–9.5 million	77,240	121,736	1.56	81.6
2053	projection	8,647,022	7.9–9.5 million	76,672	121,369	1.56	81.7
2054	projection	8,615,672	7.8–9.5 million	76,040	121,109	1.56	81.9
2055	projection	8,583,535	7.8–9.5 million	75,445	120,872	1.56	82.0
2056	projection	8,551,053	7.7–9.5 million	74,612	120,831	1.56	82.2
2057	projection	8,517,619	7.6–9.5 million	73,977	120,896	1.56	82.3
2058	projection	8,484,293	7.6–9.5 million	73,457	120,865	1.56	82.5
2059	projection	8,450,685	7.5–9.5 million	72,954	120,956	1.57	82.6
2060	projection	8,415,367	7.4–9.5 million	72,419	120,866	1.57	82.8
2061	projection	8,379,795	7.4–9.5 million	71,903	120,838	1.57	82.9
2062	projection	8,343,881	7.3–9.5 million	71,502	120,755	1.57	83.1
2063	projection	8,307,466	7.3–9.5 million	71,105	120,604	1.57	83.2
2064	projection	8,270,959	7.2–9.5 million	70,851	120,241	1.57	83.3
2065	projection	8,233,552	7.2–9.5 million	70,625	119,767	1.57	83.5
2066	projection	8,196,844	7.1–9.5 million	70,481	119,262	1.57	83.6
2067	projection	8,161,313	7.0–9.5 million	70,487	118,496	1.58	83.8
2068	projection	8,126,382	7.0–9.5 million	70,529	117,581	1.58	83.9
2069	projection	8,091,916	6.9–9.5 million	70,533	116,521	1.58	84.0
2070	projection	8,058,538	6.9–9.5 million	70,471	115,342	1.58	84.2
2071	projection	8,026,010	6.8–9.5 million	70,488	113,989	1.58	84.3
2072	projection	7,994,775	6.7–9.5 million	70,451	112,619	1.58	84.5
2073	projection	7,964,951	6.7–9.5 million	70,391	111,077	1.58	84.6
2074	projection	7,936,629	6.6–9.5 million	70,432	109,584	1.58	84.7
2075	projection	7,909,541	6.6–9.5 million	70,497	108,153	1.59	84.9
2076	projection	7,884,136	6.5–9.5 million	70,456	106,711	1.59	85.0
2077	projection	7,860,033	6.5–9.5 million	70,281	105,268	1.59	85.1
2078	projection	7,837,372	6.4–9.5 million	70,098	103,923	1.59	85.3
2079	projection	7,815,900	6.4–9.6 million	69,886	102,673	1.59	85.4
2080	projection	7,794,850	6.3–9.6 million	69,679	101,500	1.59	85.5
2081	projection	7,774,698	6.3–9.6 million	69,391	100,479	1.59	85.7
2082	projection	7,755,446	6.2–9.6 million	69,056	99,486	1.59	85.8
2083	projection	7,736,823	6.2–9.6 million	68,727	98,635	1.59	85.9
2084	projection	7,719,194	6.1–9.6 million	68,448	97,840	1.59	86.0
2085	projection	7,702,221	6.1–9.6 million	68,117	97,082	1.59	86.2
2086	projection	7,684,761	6.0–9.7 million	67,715	96,204	1.59	86.3
2087	projection	7,667,523	5.9–9.7 million	67,302	95,388	1.59	86.4
2088	projection	7,651,200	5.9–9.7 million	66,977	94,688	1.59	86.5
2089	projection	7,635,555	5.9–9.7 million	66,592	93,948	1.59	86.7
2090	projection	7,619,662	5.8–9.8 million	66,265	93,260	1.60	86.8
2091	projection	7,604,529	5.8–9.8 million	65,873	92,637	1.59	86.9
2092	projection	7,589,522	5.7–9.9 million	65,485	92,015	1.59	87.0
2093	projection	7,574,907	5.7–9.9 million	65,097	91,504	1.59	87.2
2094	projection	7,559,704	5.6–9.9 million	64,794	91,090	1.59	87.3
2095	projection	7,544,667	5.6–10.0 million	64,603	90,792	1.59	87.4
2096	projection	7,529,732	5.5–10.0 million	64,408	90,541	1.59	87.5
2097	projection	7,514,914	5.5–10.0 million	64,283	90,396	1.59	87.7
2098	projection	7,500,220	5.4–10.0 million	64,033	90,355	1.59	87.8
2099	projection	7,484,809	5.4–10.1 million	63,864	90,315	1.59	87.9
2100	projection	7,468,752	5.3–10.1 million	63,708	90,245	1.59	88.0

Show the numbers: Hungary, mid-2026, by single year of age

Hungary: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	42,941	40,473
1	43,449	40,910
2	43,929	41,362
3	45,335	42,728
4	47,630	44,936
5	48,674	45,910
6	48,566	45,694
7	48,491	45,692
8	48,842	46,224
9	49,500	46,827
10	48,969	46,320
11	48,390	45,921
12	47,873	45,359
13	47,543	44,634
14	47,102	44,243
15	46,601	44,362
16	48,924	46,640
17	51,760	49,187
18	52,498	49,945
19	53,642	50,984
20	54,600	51,495
21	53,368	50,150
22	52,294	49,382
23	52,613	49,756
24	53,289	50,227
25	53,583	50,272
26	52,700	49,392
27	52,108	49,125
28	53,783	50,372
29	56,872	52,992
30	60,211	56,551
31	62,252	58,632
32	63,094	59,404
33	64,432	60,146
34	66,370	61,621
35	66,590	62,250
36	65,070	60,840
37	64,029	59,520
38	63,731	59,321
39	63,659	59,876
40	64,124	60,652
41	62,870	59,974
42	61,552	59,632
43	63,815	61,580
44	67,342	65,454
45	70,630	69,541
46	74,736	73,403
47	78,756	77,240
48	82,044	80,757
49	85,629	84,194
50	88,878	87,452
51	87,852	87,185
52	78,634	78,533
53	71,084	71,320
54	69,459	70,024
55	68,637	69,701
56	68,377	70,042
57	67,274	70,082
58	64,435	68,488
59	59,223	63,590
60	54,463	59,192
61	51,853	57,477
62	49,892	56,500
63	47,591	55,186
64	46,960	55,904
65	47,906	58,527
66	47,373	59,624
67	46,874	60,628
68	47,160	62,195
69	49,195	66,632
70	52,226	72,407
71	53,214	75,279
72	49,781	72,275
73	43,106	64,555
74	38,952	60,584
75	37,658	59,753
76	35,384	56,939
77	32,249	53,537
78	29,330	50,127
79	25,328	44,323
80	21,606	39,301
81	20,630	39,102
82	19,127	37,310
83	16,701	33,817
84	14,497	30,472
85	12,276	27,178
86	10,142	23,870
87	8,121	20,196
88	6,556	17,266
89	5,211	14,509
90	4,256	12,120
91	3,468	9,858
92	2,754	7,976
93	2,152	6,416
94	1,608	4,872
95	1,242	3,722
96	920	2,722
97	602	1,838
98	378	1,200
99	233	760
100+	338	1,182

HUN · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Hungary, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

HUN · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Hungary

Hungary had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1973: 7,054,230 people aged 15–64, against 6,266,700 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

32 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 38 years: 1950–1952, 1968–1975 and 1991–2017.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

HUN · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Hungary, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Hungary gains 24,820 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 4,416 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of 49,213 (2023), and a loss of 145,065 (1956).

In 2024, 689,565 people living in Hungary had been born in another country, 7 of every 100 people there, against 3 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

HUN · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Hungary

Of every 100 babies born in Hungary in 2023, 5 had a mother under 20, 73 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 22 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 10 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
10 · 76 · 14

2023
5 · 73 · 22

2050 · projected
1 · 75 · 24

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 85,373
Average age when women have a baby: 30.0 years; 27.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 18; 52 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Hungary by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	64	235	141	69	8	8
15–19	19,801	29,767	7,831	4,233	1,090	956
20–24	67,866	81,621	28,477	11,056	7,772	6,841
25–29	58,053	51,709	35,302	22,913	22,543	18,595
30–34	24,000	22,241	18,641	28,056	28,136	22,215
35–39	19,243	6,950	5,870	15,199	14,693	12,013
40–44	6,979	1,471	1,184	3,522	3,554	2,838
45–49	302	59	67	324	273	241
50–54	0	19	0	1	1	1
All babies	196,308	194,072	97,513	85,373	78,070	63,708

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

HUN · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Hungary

A baby born in Hungary in 2021 could expect 74.4 years of life, 64.8 of them in full health (95% range 64.2–65.5). That leaves 9.6 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

66.7 in full health, 11.1 not: 77.8 years

Men

62.9 in full health, 8.0 not: 70.9 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 66.7 healthy years of 77.8. Men: 62.9 of 70.9. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.6.

HUN · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Hungary

At the end of 2025, Hungary was hosting 71,374 people who had crossed a border into it, about 7 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad71,374
Hungary nationals abroad2,954

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Hungary living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 101 people asked for asylum in Hungary for the first time; 591 people from Hungary asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Hungary whose claims were decided that year, 59 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

HUN · of every 100 people

How people live in Hungary

Of every 100 people in Hungary in 2025, 27 lived in a city, 36 in a town or suburb and 37 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 6.2 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

HUN · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Hungary went in school

Of every 100 adults in Hungary in 2020, 1 never went to school and 78 finished upper secondary or went further.

1 never went to school 2 finished primary 19 finished lower secondary 51 finished upper secondary 27 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

HUN · cities · 2025

Cities in Hungary

Hungary had 13 cities in 2025, home to 2.6 million people. The largest, Budapest, holds 17 of every 100 people in Hungary.

Budapest1,609,260
Debrecen140,350
Pécs118,475
Szeged117,571
Miskolc114,342
Gyor78,698
Szőlőhegy77,391
Nyíregyháza77,381
Székesfehérvár69,347
Kecskemét68,557

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Hungary are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.