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GeographyLocation: Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,989 km, Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbiaand Montenegro 151 km (all with Serbia), Slovakia 515 km, Slovenia 82 km, Ukraine 103 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 10,318,838 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.02% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 12.65 births/1,000 population Death rate: 12.44 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.82 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Hungarian 89.9%, Gypsy 4%, German 2.6%, Serb 2%, Slovak 0.8%, Romanian0.7% Religions: Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20%, Lutheran 5%, atheist and other7.5% Languages: Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Budapest Independence: 1001 (unification by King Stephen I) Constitution: 18 August 1949, effective 20 August 1949, revised 19 April 1972; 18October 1989 revision ensured legal rights for individuals and constitutional checks on the authority of the prime minister and also established the principleof parliamentary oversight
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $58.8 billion National product real growth rate: 3% National product per capita: $5,700 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 21% Unemployment rate: 10.4%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |