Demographics of Hungary
Population: 10,198,315 (2001)
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.)
Net migration rate: 0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
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.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.37 years
male: 67 years
female: 76.05 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.25 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Ethnic groups: Hungarian 93%, Roma 2%, German 1.2%, Romanian 0.8%, Slovak 0.4%, Croat 0.2%, Serb 0.2%, Ukrainian 0.1%
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.
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 98% (1980 est.)
- See also : Hungary