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  • Population.......................................................................9,930,915 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................-0.254% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate......................................................9.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate.................................................12.99 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate................................0.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Ethnic groups........Hungarian 92.3%, Roma 1.9%, other or unknown 5.8% (2001 census)
Member of what is now the European Union since May of 2004.
Country Profile
Hungary: Transit Country Between East and West
Judit Juhasz of examines the forces that have made Hungary into a sending, transit, and destination country for migration.

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Other Resources

Hungarian Central Statistical Office
http://portal.ksh.hu/portal/

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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