Population: 10,558,001 (July 1991), growth rate - 0.1% (1991)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 14 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Hungarian(s); adjective--Hungarian

Ethnic divisions: Hungarian 96.6%, German 1.6%, Slovak 1.1%, Southern Slav 0.3%, Romanian 0.2%

Religion: Roman Catholic 67.5%, Calvinist 20.0%, Lutheran 5.0%, atheist and other 7.5%

Language: Hungarian 98.2%, other 1.8%

Literacy: 99% (male 99%, female 98%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

Labor force: 4,860,000; services, trade, government, and other 43.2%, industry 30.9%, agriculture 18.8%, construction 7.1% (1988)

Organized labor: 96.5% of labor force; Central Council of Hungarian Trade Unions (SZOT) includes 19 affiliated unions, all controlled by the government; independent unions legal; may be as many as 12 small independent unions in operation

NOTE: The information regarding Hungary on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hungary People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hungary People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.