Population: 7,954,974 (July 1994 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.45% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 11.38 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 10.34 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.65 years
male: 73.44 years
female: 80.03 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.48 children born/woman (1994 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Austrian(s)
adjective: Austrian

Ethnic divisions: German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%, Slovene 0.2%, other 0.1%

Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 6%, other 9%

Languages: German

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Labor force: 3.47 million (1989)
by occupation: services 56.4%, industry and crafts 35.4%, agriculture and forestry 8.1%
note: an estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 177,840, about 6% of labor force (1988)

NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.