The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims:

       none (landlocked)

      Climate:

       temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

      Terrain:

       mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the

       Slovakian border

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Tisza River 78 m

       highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

      Natural resources:

       bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land

      Land use: arable land: 50.09% other: 47.85% (2001) permanent crops: 2.06%

      Irrigated land: 2,100 sq km (1998 est.)

      Environment - current issues: the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution with environmental requirements for EU accession will require large investments

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

       Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,

       Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental

       Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,

       Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic

       Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94

      Geography - note:

       landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between

       Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and

       Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza

       Rivers divide the country into three large regions

      People Hungary

      Population:

       10,032,375 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 16% (male 826,032; female 782,687)

       15–64 years: 69% (male 3,407,931; female 3,517,450)

       65 years and over: 15% (male 545,488; female 952,787) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 38.4 years

       male: 35.9 years

       female: 41.1 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.25% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       13.16 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.57 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 7.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 9.34 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 72.25 years

       male: 68.07 years

       female: 76.69 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.31 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       2,800 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 100 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Hungarian(s)

       adjective: Hungarian

      Ethnic groups:

       Hungarian 89.9%, Roma 4%, German 2.6%, Serb 2%, Slovak 0.8%,

       Romanian 0.7%

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other

       7.5%

      Languages:

       Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 99.4%

       male: 99.5%

       female: 99.3% (2003 est.)

      Government Hungary

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Hungary

       conventional short form: Hungary

       local long form: Magyar Koztarsasag

       local short form: Magyarorszag

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

       Budapest

      Administrative divisions:

       19 counties (megyek, singular - megye), 20 urban counties (singular

       - megyei varos), and 1 capital city (fovaros)

       : counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen,

       Csongrad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves,

       Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy,

       Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala

       : urban counties: Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Gyor,

       Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa,

       Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szolnok,

       Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg

       : capital city: Budapest

      Independence:

       1001 (unification by King Stephen I)

      National holiday:

       Saint Stephen's Day, 20 August

      Constitution:

       18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949, revised 19 April 1972; 18

       October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individuals and

       constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister and

       also established the principle of parliamentary oversight; 1997

       amendment streamlined the judicial system

      Legal system:

       rule of law based on Western model

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: