Hungary: People & Society#
| Population | 9,874,784 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Hungarian(s) adjective: Hungarian |
| Ethnic groups | Hungarian 85.6%, Roma 3.2%, German 1.9%, other 2.6%, unspecified 14.1% note: percentages add up to more than 100% because respondents were able to identify more than one ethnic group (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2% note: shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 37.2%, Calvinist 11.6%, Lutheran 2.2%, Greek Catholic 1.8%, other 1.9%, none 18.2%, unspecified 27.2% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.76% (male 750,516/female 706,780) 15-24 years: 11.19% (male 570,097/female 534,856) 25-54 years: 41.74% (male 2,071,865/female 2,049,939) 55-64 years: 13.66% (male 620,362/female 728,387) 65 years and over: 18.65% (male 693,609/female 1,148,373) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 47.9% youth dependency ratio: 21.5% elderly dependency ratio: 26.3% potential support ratio: 3.8% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.8 years male: 39.9 years female: 44.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.24% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 12.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 1.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger and denser populations |
| Urbanization | urban population: 71.2% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | BUDAPEST (capital) 1.714 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.6 male(s)/female total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.2 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 17 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.9 years male: 72.2 years female: 79.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.44 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 7.4% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.1 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
| Hospital bed density | 7.2 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 97.8% of population rural: 98.6% of population total: 98% of population unimproved: urban: 2.2% of population rural: 1.4% of population total: 2% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 100 (2013 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: intermediate vectorborne diseases: tickborne encephalitis (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 26% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 4.2% of GDP (2013) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.1% male: 99.1% female: 99% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 20.4% male: 20% female: 20.9% (2014 est.) |