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  1. Date of Independence: 1001 A.D. (unified by King Stephen I); November 15, 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian Empire)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: August 18, 1949
  3. Population: 10,186,372 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 35,919 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Budapest
  6. Form of Government: republic
  7. Natural Resources: coal, bauxite, natural gas
  8. Main Industries: iron and steel production, machinery, motor vehicles, mining, construction materials, food processing, textiles, chemicals
  9. Agriculture: corn, wheat, sugar beets, potatoes, sunflowers, pigs, cattle, poultry
  10. Currency: forint
  11. GDP: $75.4 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $7,400 (est. 1998)
  13. Languages: Hungarian (official)
  14. Religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Calvinism, Lutheranism)
  15. Literacy Rate: 99%
  16. Life Expectancy:    67 years (male)
  17.                 76 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 11 per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 13 per 1,000 population