Population change 1961-2003, as reported by FAO, 2005. Population numbers are in thousands.

Population: 9,910,315 (2005) Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in Hungary (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... Image File history File links Subject : evolution of demography in Hungary (1961-2003) Source : Data FAOSTAT, year 2005 : http://faostat. ... Headquartered in Rome, Italy, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations programs seek to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living; to improve the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of food and agricultural products; to promote rural development; and, by these means, to eliminate hunger. ... 2005 (Roman: MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (male 878,661; female 834,607)
15-64 years: 68% (male 3,407,368; female 3,535,818)
65 years and over: 15% (male 548,672; female 933,718) (2000 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.33% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 9.26 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Death rate: 13.34 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) In Western culture, skeletons are often the symbol of death. ...

Net migration rate: 0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Migration occurs when living things move from one biome to another. ...

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.59 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2001)

Infant mortality rate: 9.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) For early system failures, see failure rate. ...

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.37 years
male: 67 years
female: 76.05 years (2000 est.) Life expectancy is the most likely number of years remaining for a living being (or the average for a class of living beings) of a given age to live. ...

Total fertility rate: 1.25 children born/woman (2000 est.) Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. ...

Ethnic groups: Hungarian 89%, Roma 6%, German 1.2%, Romanian 0.8%, Slovak 0.4%, Croat 0.2%, Serb 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.1% The Roma people (pronounced rahma, singular Rom, sometimes Rroma, and Rrom) along with the closely related Sinti people are commonly known as Gypsies in English, and as Tsigany in most of Europe. ... Croats (Croatian: Hrvati) are a south Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. ... Serbs (in the Serbian language Срби, Srbi) are a south Slavic people living chiefly in Serbia and Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. ...

Religion: The largest religion in Hungary is Catholicism (both Roman and Greek; approx. two thirds of the population), with a Calvinist minority (around 20%) and Lutherans (5%). However, these are book values, as the Hungarian population is not particularly religious; at most 25% practise their faith. Most of the country's Jews (1%) live in Budapest. The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest organizational body of Christians. ... Latin Rite, in the singular and accompanied, in English, by the definite article (The Latin Rite), is a term by which documents of the Catholic Church designate the particular Church, distinct from the Eastern Rite Churches, that developed in western Europe and northern Africa, where Latin was the language of... Calvinism is a system of Christian theology advanced by John Calvin, a Protestant Reformer in the 16th century, and further developed by his followers, associates and admirers. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lutheranism is a Christian tradition committed to the main theological insights of Martin Luther. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1980 est.) Literacy is the ability to read and write. ...

See also : Hungary