King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
Population
9,958,453
9,103,788
Life Expectancy
75.020 years
81.180 years
Capital City
Budapest
Stockholm
Largest city
Budapest (population: 1,696,130)
Stockholm (population: 1,253,310)
Human Development Index
0.877
0.958
GDP per capita
$19,800 US
$40,900 US
Literacy Rate
99.4%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
5.1
9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
11.1%
47%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
10.900%
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy
Independence date
25 December 1000 (crowning of King STEPHEN I, traditional founding date)
6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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)
Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Languages
Hungarian 93.6%, other or unspecified 6.4% (2001 census)
Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
Exports
machinery and equipment 61.1%, other manufactures 28.7%, food products 6.5%, raw materials 2%, fuels and electricity 1.6% (2003)
machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
External Debt
$184,500,000,000 $
$1,016,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
forints (HUF) per US dollar - 171.8 (2008), 183.83 (2007), 210.39 (2006), 199.58 (2005), 202.75 (2004)
Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.750%
1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
5
Location
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
