Hungary

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Demographics

Historical

• around 900 - according to various sources 250,000 - 400,000 Magyars settled in the Pannonian plain, inhabited predominantly by Slavs and Germans
• 1222 - 2,000,000 at the time of Golden Bull
• 1242 - 1,200,000 after the Mongol-Tatars invasion
• 1370 - 2,500,000 at the time of Angevin kings
• 1490 - 4,000,000 before the Ottoman conquest (3.2 million Magyars)
• 1699 - 3,300,000 at the time of Treaty of Karlowitz (less then 2 million Magyars)
• 1711 - 3,000,000 at the end of Kuruc War (1.6 million Magyars)
• 1790 - 8,000,000 (39% Magyars)
• 1828 - 11,495,536
• 1846 - 12,033,399
• 1880 - 13,749,603 (46% Magyars)
• 1900 - 16,838,255 (51,4% Magyars)
• 1910 - 18,264,533 (54,5% Magyars)
• 1920 - 7.516.000 after the Treaty of Trianon (90% Magyars)

Present

Main article: Demographics of Hungary

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For some 95% of the population, mostly Hungarians, the mother tongue is Hungarian, a Finno Ugric language unrelated to any neighbouring language. Several ethnic minorities exist: Roma (6%), Germans (1.2%), Romanians (0.8%), Slovaks (0.4%), Croats (0.2%), Serbs (0.2%) and Ukrainians (0.1%).

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Hungarians - Hungarian - Finno Ugric - Roma - German - Romanians - Slovaks - Croats - Serbs - Ukrainians

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The largest religion in Hungary is Catholicism – Roman and Greek – (approx two thirds of the population), with a Calvinist minority (around 20%) and Lutherans (5%). However, these are book values, as the Hungarian population is not particularly religious; at most 25% practise their faith. Most of the country's Jews (1%) live in Budapest.

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Catholicism - Calvinist - Lutheran - Jew - Budapest

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Several large Hungarian minority populations exist across the borders in neighbouring countries, notably in Ukraine (in Transcarpathia), Slovakia, Romania (in Transylvania), and Serbia (in Vojvodina). Smaller ones are present in Austria (in Burgenland), Croatia, and Slovenia.

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Hungarian - Ukraine - Transcarpathia - Slovakia - Romania - Transylvania - Serbia - Vojvodina - Austria - Burgenland - Croatia - Slovenia

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Minorities

Several ethnic minorities exist: Roma (2%), Germans (1.2%), Romanians (0.8%), Slovaks (0.4%), Croats (0.2%), Serbs (0.2%) and Ukrainians (0.1%). As regards education, there are special problems associated with the Roma minority. Currently slightly more than 70 per cent of Roma children complete primary schooling, but only onethird continue studies into the intermediate (secondary) level. This is far lower than the more than 90 per cent proportion of children of non-Roma families who continue studies at an intermediate level. The situation is made still worse by the fact that a large proportion of young Roma are qualified in subjects that provide them with only limited chances for employment. Less than 1 per cent of Roma hold higher educational certificates.

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Roma - German - Romanians - Slovaks - Croats - Serbs - Ukrainians

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