According to data from 2016, only ten residents called Iborfia home, making the Zala County village Hungary's smallest independent municipality. Inside the quiet boundaries of the community, life clung to only a fraction of its 22 houses, while the rest stood empty and ruined. The majority of the residents back then were retirees, while others supplemented their livelihoods through small-scale backyard farming and livestock breeding. Iborfia completely lacked basic infrastructure, with no kindergarten, school, medical clinic, post office, church, grocery shop, or even a local pub. For decades, the complete absence of public transport drove the village into deep isolation and depopulation: while it boasted a historical peak of 173 residents in 1941, the population had nearly vanished by 2016.

Today (2026), however, the village is experiencing a quiet revival, breaking free from its long-standing isolation. Thanks to newcomers seeking peace and tranquility, the population has since crept up to 14 residents. In a historic breakthrough for the community, Volánbusz introduced three daily scheduled bus routes, finally connecting the once-unreachable village to the regional transport network. Although there is still no traditional grocery store, recent road upgrades funded by the Hungarian Village Program, combined with the rise of online home deliveries, have fundamentally modernized daily life for this tiny community.