Talk:Magyars/@comment-217.237.188.27-20180814210345/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190625075826

Probably the same reason why the Teutons are not called Germans and the Britons are not called English. It may also have to do with the way the nations interacted in the time period in question (400-1600 AD). It may also be due to reducing confusion between 'Hun' and 'Hungarian,' even though there were legends linking the two peoples.

And yes, like the previous reply stated, Hungary was a very powerful country from 900-1526. It was in personal union with Croatia, much like Poland was with Lithuania. It shared monarchs with Poland on multiple occasions and often allied with the Poles. It had a population comparable to that of contemporary Poland, higher than contemporary England (3 million) Portugal (1 million) and around half that of France (10 million) or some 5 million by 1500. What people see today is the disaster that was the Turkish Wars and the idiocy of the international community following the world wars.

Between 1500 and 1700, the population of Hungary declined from 5 million to 4 million at a time when other countries had their populations double. This was most obvious in the portion that was annexed by the Ottoman Empire. Although constituting half of the area of Hungary, it was home to only a quarter of the population by 1700. Conversely, the portion that was a part of Austria, amounting to a quarter of the territory, was home to half of the population. If the population density in the Austrian part of Hungary in 1683 had been the same throughout the whole of Hungary, it would have had a population of roughly 8 million in 1700 (similar to that of Spain) as opposed to 4 million.

The Hungarians themselves became a minority in their own country, going from 80% of the population (excluding Croatia) prior to the Mongol invasion at Mohi in 1241 (shown in the Pax Mongolia scenario) to 75% in 1500 to 50% in 1700 and 40% by 1800. The Hungarians lived in the lowlands/plains where most of the fighting occurred and where there was the least shelter, hence their drop in number. The Slovaks, Ukrainians and Romanians lived in mountainous terrain where less fighting occurred and where people could hide, hence their increase. In addition, Germans, Romanians and Serbs were settled in Hungary to re-populate it by the Austrians between 1700-1800, and from 1772 onwards, Jews left highly-crowed Polish Galicia seized in the First Partition for less-crowded Hungary, going from a fraction of a percent of the population in 1700 to 5% by 1900.

Although between 1800-1910, the Hungarians became 'officially' 54.5% of Hungary minus Croatia, though the actual figure was probably closer to 48% as 80% of the Jews or 4% of the total population of Hungary claimed they were Hungarians. That rebound didn't last, and as of 2010/2011, the territory of the former Kingdom of Hungary minus Croatia is only 44% Hungarian, or roughly 11 million out of a population of 25 million.