The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Pollutants, 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-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:

       10,006,835 (July 2005 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 15.8% (male 813,203/female 769,687)

       15–64 years: 69.1% (male 3,405,559/female 3,511,141)

       65 years and over: 15.1% (male 547,323/female 959,922) (2005 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 38.57 years

       male: 36.1 years

       female: 41.24 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.26% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.76 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Death rate:

       13.19 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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 (2005 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 8.57 deaths/1,000 live births

       male: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 7.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 72.4 years

       male: 68.18 years

       female: 76.89 years (2005 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.32 children born/woman (2005 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 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 51.9%, Calvinist 15.9%, Lutheran 3%, Greek Catholic

       2.6%, other Christian 1%, other or unspecified 11.1%, unaffiliated

       14.5% (2001 census)

      Languages:

       Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)

      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: Laszlo SOLYOM (since 5 August 2005)

       head of government: Prime Minister Ferenc GYURCSANY (since 29

       September 2004)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers elected by the National Assembly on

       the recommendation of the president

       elections: president elected by the National Assembly for a

       five-year term; election last held 6–7 June 2005 (next to be held by

       June 2010); prime minister elected by the National Assembly on the

       recommendation of the president; election last held 29 September 2004

       election results: Laszlo SOLYOM elected president by a simple

       majority in the third round of voting, 185 to 182; Ferenc GYURCSANY

       elected prime minister; result of legislative vote - 197 to 12

       note: to be elected, the president must win two-thirds of

       legislative vote in the first two rounds or a simple majority in the

       third round

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules