25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
15 August 1945 (from Japan)
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)
Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% (1995 census)
Languages
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
Exports
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
External Debt
$170,000,000,000 $
$413,400,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
South Korean won (KRW) per US dollar - 1,101.7 (2008 est.), 929.2 (2007), 954.8 (2006), 1,024.1 (2005), 1,145.3 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.750%
2.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
31
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
