HUNGARY HUNGARY REGION EUROPE NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE 1001 A.D UNIFIED BY KING STEPHEN I NOVEMBER 15 1918 FROM AUSTRO HUNGARIAN EMPIRE DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION AUGUST 18 1949 POPULATION 10186372 1999 EST AREA 35919 SQ MI CAPITAL BUDAPEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES COAL BAUXITE NATURAL GAS MAIN INDUSTRIES IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTION MACHINERY MOTOR VEHICLES MINING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOOD PROCESSING TEXTILES CHEMICALS AGRICULTURE CORN WHEAT SUGAR BEETS POTATOES SUNFLOWERS PIGS CATTLE POULTRY CURRENCY FORINT GDP 75.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 7400 EST 1998 LANGUAGES HUNGARIAN OFFICIAL RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY ROMAN CATHOLICISM CALVINISM LUTHERANISM LITERACY RATE 99 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 76 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 11 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 13 PER 1000 POPULATION