Hungary

In the Journal of Global Catholicism

Marc Roscoe Loustau, "Introduction: Consumer Contexts and Divine Presences in Hungarian Catholicism," Journal of Global Catholicism 4, no. 1 (2020): 6-17, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1064.

Krisztina Frauhammer, "Longings, Letters and Prayers: Visitor's Books at Hungarian Marian Shrines," Journal of Global Catholicism 4, no. 1 (2020): 18-41, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1065.

István Povedák, "'Give me some beautiful holy images that are colorful, play music, and flash!' The Roma Pilgrimage to Csatka, Hungary," Journal of Global Catholicism 4, no. 2 (2020): 36-67, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1075.

Kinga Povedák, "Rockin' the Church: Vernacular Catholic Musical Practices," Journal of Global Catholicism 4, no. 1 (2020): 42-63, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1066.

Cecília Sándor, "The Interwoven Existences of Official Catholicism and Magical Practice in the Lived Religiosity of a Transylvanian Hungarian Village," Journal of Global Catholicism 4, no. 1 (2020): 64-87, DOI: 10.32436/2475-6423.1067.

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Author Meets Critics: Marc Roscoe Loustau - December 14, 2022

Demographics

National Demographics

Total Population:

9,688,847 1

Urban:

71.40% 1

Rural:

28.60% 1

Immigrants as % of Population:

4.6% 2

Level of Public Corruption:

57 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4

Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics:

101 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7

Fertility Rate:

1.37 births per adult woman 5

Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5:

0.60% 5

Life Expectancy at Birth:

75 years 5

Adult Literacy Rate:

99.05% 5

Internet Users:

76% 5

Gross National Income per Capita:

US$13,340 5

Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day:

0.3% 5

Catholic Demographics

These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

Baptized Catholics:

5,978,000

Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population:

61.19%

Baptisms per Year (Under age 7):

27,667

Baptisms per Year (Over age 7):

2,524

First Communions per Year:

15,055

Confirmations per Year:

9,279

Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools:

59,250

Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools:

36,232

Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education:

19,405

Church Marriages per Year:

7,829

Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics:

5,784

Priests:

2,027

Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters):

595

Catholics per Priest:

2,949

Parishes:

2,044

Catholic Hospitals:

Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids:

1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
2.United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
3.United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
4.Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
5.UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
6. Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
7.World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.

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