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Facts

Also Known As Republic of Hungary • Magyarország • Magyar Köztársaság
Head Of Government Prime Minister: Péter Magyar
Capital Budapest
Population (2026 est.) 9,497,000
Head Of State President: Tamás Sulyok
Form Of Government unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (National Assembly [199])
Official Language Hungarian
Official Religion none
Official Name Magyarország (Hungary)
Total Area (Sq Km) 93,023
Total Area (Sq Mi) 35,916
Monetary Unit forint (Ft)
Population Rank (2026) 94
Population Projection 2030 9,377,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi (2026) 264.4
Density: Persons Per Sq Km (2026) 102.1
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2024) 73.2% • Rural: (2024) 26.8%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2024) 73.6 years • Female: (2024) 79.6 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000) (2024) 198,643
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) (2024) 20,770

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Flag of Hungary featuring three horizontal stripes of red, white, and green.
Political map of Hungary showing national and regional boundaries, major cities, rivers, and neighboring countries including Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. An inset locator map highlights Hungary's position within Europe.
Parliament Building, Budapest
Map highlighting Hungary in central Europe, surrounded by Slovakia, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, and Ukraine, with Budapest marked as the capital. Neighboring countries including Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo are also labeled.
Budapest: Buda Castle
Map of Hungary showing its physical features, including major rivers such as the Danube and Tisza, mountain ranges like the Matra and Mecsek, Lake Balaton, national parks, and surrounding countries. A small locator map in the bottom right highlights Hungary's location within Europe.
Győr, on the Rába River
Vineyard rows descend a hillside beside Lake Balaton in Hungary, with wooded shores and distant hills across the water.
Tihany Abbey with twin towers stands on a hill above the village of Tihany, overlooking Lake Balaton's north shore in Hungary, with houses and greenery surrounding the water.
Rows of grapevines in a vineyard stretch across fertile soil with houses in the middle ground, a flat-topped volcanic hill, and Lake Balaton visible in the background in Badacsony, Hungary.
A cultural guide to Budapest
Learn briefly about Budapest's formation while taking in scenes of the Hungarian capital on the Danube River
How is paprika produced?
Making traditional Hungarian goulash: A family affair
Hungary's historic removal of the iron border
National anthem of Hungary
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