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People of Austria

Population:8,199,783 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure:0-14 years: 15.1% (male 633,375/female 603,459)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 2,781,291/female 2,749,539)
65 years and over: 17.5% (male 585,747/female 846,372) (2007 est.)
Median age:total: 41.3 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 42.4 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate:0.077% (2007 est.)
Birth rate:8.69 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate:9.84 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate:1.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.012 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.692 male(s)/female
total population: 0.953 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate:total: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:total population: 79.21 years
male: 76.32 years
female: 82.26 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate:1.37 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:0.3% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:10,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:less than 100 (2003 est.)
Nationality:noun: Austrian(s)
adjective: Austrian
Ethnic groups:Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Religions:Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Languages:German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene,official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA
female: NA

Austria Quickstats

  • Population: 8,199,783 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 83,870 sq km
  • Density: 99 /km² (99th)
  • GDP (total): $279.5 billion (34th)
  • GDP (per capita): $35,500 (8th)
  • Literacy: 98%

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  • Currency: euro (€) ² (EUR)
  • Dial code: +43

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