Population: 7,585,766 (July 1989), growth rate 0.1% (1989)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 8 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 71 years male, 79 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Austrian(s); adjective--Austrian

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

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

Language: German

Literacy: 98%

Labor force: 3,200,000; 56.4% services, 35.4% industry and crafts, 8.1% agriculture and forestry; an estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 138,700, about 4.3% of labor force (1984)

Organized labor: 1,672,820 members of Austrian Trade Union Federation (1984)

NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.