Capital of Hungary:
BudapestArea of Hungary: 93,028 km² (35,918 mi²) (
109th)
Population of Hungary: 9,676,135 (
96th) - (2024 est.)
Location: Eastern Europe
Languages of Hungary: Hungarian (official) 98.8%,
English 25.3%,
German 12.6%,
Russian 2.1%,
French 1.5%,
Romanian 1.4%, other 5.1% (2022 est.)
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note: Hungarian: The only official language of the country, unrelated to any of the neighbouring languages. It is the first language of some 98.9% of the total population.
Religions of Hungary: Catholic 30.1% (
Roman Catholic 27.5%,
Greek Catholic 1.7%, other Catholic 0.9%),
Calvinism 9.8%,
Lutheran 1.8%, other
Christian (includes Orthodox) 1.6%,
others 0.4%,
no religion 16.1%, no answer 40.1% (2022 est.)
Ethnic groups of Hungary: Hungarians 87.9%,
Roma 2.2%,
Germans 1.5%,
others 1.1%, unanswered 7.3% (2022 est.)
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note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group; Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 5–10% of Hungary's population.
Currency:
Forint (
HUF)
Time zone:
UTC+1 (
CETCentral European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time offset from UTC can be written as UTC+01:00. It is used in most parts of Europe and in several African countries. CET is also known as Middle European Time and by colloquial names such as Amsterdam Time, Berlin Time, Brussels Time, Budapest Time, Madrid Time, Paris Time, Stockholm Time, Rome Time, Prague time, Warsaw Time or Romance Standard Time (RST).), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+2 (
CESTCentral European Summer Time, sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time during the other part of the year. It corresponds to UTC+02:00, which makes it the same as Eastern European Time, Central Africa Time, South African Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time and Kaliningrad Time in Russia.)
Calling code: (
+36)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Border countries (7):
Austria: 366 km (227 mi),
Slovakia: 679 km (422 mi),
Ukraine: 103 km (64 mi),
Romania: 443 km (275 mi),
Serbia: 151 km (94 mi),
Croatia: 329 km (204 mi) and
Slovenia: 102 km (63 mi).
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Administrative divisions in Hungary
19 counties, 25 cities with county rights, and 1 capital city (fovaros)Counties: Bacs-Kiskun, Baranya, Bekes, Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Csongrad-Csanad, Fejer, Gyor-Moson-Sopron, Hajdu-Bihar, Heves, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok, Komarom-Esztergom, Nograd, Pest, Somogy, Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg, Tolna, Vas, Veszprem, Zala
Cities with county rights: Baja, Bekescsaba, Debrecen, Dunaujvaros, Eger, Erd, Esztergom, Gyor, Hodmezovasarhely, Kaposvar, Kecskemet, Miskolc, Nagykanizsa, Nyiregyhaza, Pecs, Salgotarjan, Sopron, Szeged, Szekesfehervar, Szekszard, Szolnok, Szombathely, Tatabanya, Veszprem, Zalaegerszeg
Capital city: Budapest.
Natural resources: bauxite,
coal,
natural gas, fertile soils, arable land.
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.