Population: 10,152,000 inhabitants (January 1st, 2003)

Density: 109.2 people/km²

Language: Hungarian

Life expectancy: men: 66.1 years, women: 74.7 years

Religion: Catholicism, 53.9 %; Protestantism, 21.6 %; Judaism, 0.9 %.

Economically active population: 4,010,700 people (between 15 y 74 years old)

Unemployment rate: 9 % (1998)

Capital city: Budapest (2 million inhabitants)

Administrative division: 19 provinces and the capital

Main cities: Debrecen, Miskolc, Szeged, Pécs and Gyõr

Main Rivers: Danube 417 km, Tisza 597 km (Hungarian section)

Main lakes: Balaton (598 km²), Fertõ (87 km²) and Velence (26 km²)

Railways: 7,700 km - 30% is electrified

Highways: 30.244 kms

Currency:
Forint (= 100 fillér) Exchange rate: 1 USD=215 HUF

National holidays: :
- March 15th: Anniversary of the Revolution and 1848-1849 Independence War, the birth of modern parliamentary Hungary
-August 20th: Saint Stephen, founder of the Hungarian State
-October 23rd: Anniversary of the Revolution and 1956 Independence War. 1989 Proclamation of the Hungarian Republic