• Name: Hungary / Magyarország (10 million inhabitants)
  • Capital: Budapest (1,930,000 inhabitants)
  • Form of state: parliamentary democracy (since 1990)
  • Language: Hungarian (of Finno-Ugric origin)
  • National flag: red, white and green
  • President of the Republic: Tamás Sulyok, since 5 March 2024
  • Prime Minister: Viktor Orbán (Fidesz)
  • Territory: 93,000 km²
  • Highest point: Kékes, 1,014 m
  • Major rivers: Danube, Tisza
  • Administrative regions: 19 counties
  • Religions: Catholic 67%, Protestant 25%, Jewish 1%, Orthodox 0.5%, others
  • Ethnic minorities: German 220,000; Slovak 110,000; Croatian 60,000; Romanian 25,000; Serbian 7,000; Greek 6,000; Roma 700,000
  • Larger cities: Debrecen (200,000 inhabitants), Miskolc (170,000), Pécs (160,000), Győr (130,000)
  • Big lakes: Balaton, Lake Tisza
  • Climate: continental, with warm summers (30 to 35 °C in July and August) and cold winters (around -5 °C in January)