Hungary Magyarország (Hungarian) | |
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| Capital and largest city | Budapest 47°26′N 19°15′E / 47.433°N 19.250°E |
| Official languages | Hungarian[2] |
| Ethnic groups (microcensus 2016) |
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| Religion (census 2011)[4] |
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| Demonym(s) | Hungarian |
| Government | Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic |
| János Áder | |
| Viktor Orbán | |
| László Kövér | |
| Legislature | Országgyűlés |
| Foundation | |
| 895[5] | |
| 25 December 1000[6] | |
| 24 April 1222 | |
| 29 August 1526 | |
| 2 September 1686 | |
| 15 March 1848 | |
| 30 March 1867 | |
| 4 June 1920 | |
| 23 October 1989 | |
• Joined the European Union | 1 May 2004 |
| Area | |
• Total | 93,030[7] km2 (35,920 sq mi) (108th) |
• Water (%) | 0.74% |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 9,772,756[8] (91st) |
• Density | 105.1/km2 (272.2/sq mi) (103rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $350.000 billion[9] (53rd) |
• Per capita | $35,941[9] (44th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $180.498 billion[9] (54th) |
• Per capita | $18,535 [9] (47th) |
| Gini (2018) |  28.7[10]low · 16th |
| HDI (2018) |  0.845[11]very high · 43rd |
| Currency | Forint (HUF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | yyyy.mm.dd. |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +36 |
| ISO 3166 code | HU |
| Internet TLD | .hu |
Hungary
Hungary is a country in Central Europe. Spanning 93,030 square kilometres (35,920 sq mi) in the Carpathian Basin, it borders Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. With about 10 million inhabitants, Hungary is a medium-sized member state of the European Union. The official language is Hungarian, which is the most widely spoken Uralic language in the world, and among the few non-Indo-European languages to be widely spoken in Europe. Hungary's capital and largest city is Budapest; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs and Győr.