Hungary 

Facts
Population: 9,956,108 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.3% (male 785,643/female 741,907)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 3,399,926/female 3,498,403)
65 years and over: 15.4% (male 554,356/female 975,873) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: -0.253% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 9.66 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 13.05 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.059 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.972 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.568 male(s)/female
total population: 0.909 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 8.21 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 7.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.92 years
male: 68.73 years
female: 77.38 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.33 children born/woman (2007 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.).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $175.2 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 3.9% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $17,600 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3.1%
industry: 32.1%
services: 64.8% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 4.2 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 33.3%
services: 61.2% (2003).
Population below poverty line: 8.6% (1993 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%: 22.2% (2002).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.7% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 7.4% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $48.73 billion
expenditures: $59.62 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, sunflower seed, potatoes, sugar beets; pigs, cattle, poultry, dairy products.
Industries: mining, metallurgy, construction materials, processed foods, textiles, chemicals (especially pharmaceuticals), motor vehicles.
Industrial production growth rate: 9.5% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 31.83 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 37.1 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 6.3 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 13.8 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $67.99 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003).
Exports - partners: Germany 30.2%, Italy 5.7%, Austria 5.6%, France 5.3%, UK 5.1% (2005).
Imports: $69.75 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment 51.6%, other manufactures 35.7%, fuels and electricity 7.7%, food products 3.1%, raw materials 2.0% (2003).
Imports - partners: Germany 27.5%, Russia 7.4%, China 7.1%, Austria 6.6%, France 4.9%, Italy 4.9%, Netherlands 4.3% (2005).
Debt - external: $107.3 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $3.4 billion in available EU structural adjustment and cohesion funds (2004-06).
Currency (code): forint (HUF).
Exchange rates: forints per US dollar - 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004), 224.31 (2003), 257.89 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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(Independent political weekly), Budapest
http://www.168ora.hu/
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(Cultural monthly), Budapest
(Liberal weekly), Budapest
http://beszelo.c3.hu/
(Business-oriented), Budapest
http://www.bbj.hu/
(Daily), Budapest
http://www.budapestsun.com
(Weekly (German)), Budapest
http://www.budapester.hu/
(Weekly (Hungarian)), Fejer
http://www.dunaujvaros.com/
Hungary in the News
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David Koch reviews the Hungarian press on the April 22 parliamentary run-off elections
David Koch reviews Hungarian press coverage of a controversial set of laws that cut to the quick of what it means to be Hungarian.