25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
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)
Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
Languages
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
Exports
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
External Debt
$184,500,000,000 $
$2,352,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.750%
0.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
3
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
