25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
26 September 1907 (from UK)
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)
Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
Languages
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
Exports
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
External Debt
$184,500,000,000 $
$85,650,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.750%
1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
9
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia