Country information

General overview

• Population: 10,197,119 persons (1 February 2001)
• Capital: Budapest
• Largest cities (31 January 2001): Budapest (1,775,203 residents), Debrecen (211,038 residents), Miskolc (184,129 residents), Szeged (168,276 residents), Pécs (162,502 residents) and Gyõr (129,415 residents)
• Official language: Hungarian
• Administration structure: 19 counties and the capital city.
• Geographic regions: Alföld (Great Plain), Kisalföld (Small Plain), Nyugat-Magyarországi peremvidék or Alpokalja (Western Hungary or Lower Alps), Dunántúli-dombság (Transdanubia hills), Dunántúli-középhegység (Transdanubia mountain range) and Északi-középhegység (Northern mountain range).
• Main national and ethnic groups: Hungarian, Croatian, German, Roma, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene.
• Main religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant (Calvinist and Lutheran), Greek Catholic, Jewish and Orthodox.
• National and ethnic minorities: Roma (ca. 5%), German (ca. 2%), Slovak, Croat, Romanian, Serb (under 1%).

See the Hungarian government website

D 13 July 2012