Population: 7,665,804 (July 1991), growth rate 0.3% (1991)

Birth rate: 12 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 5 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 74 years male, 81 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1991)

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

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

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

Language: German

Literacy: 99% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)

Labor force: 3,470,000 (1989); services 56.4%, industry and crafts 35.4%, agriculture and forestry 8.1%; an estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 177,840, about 6% of labor force (1988)

Organized labor: 60.1% of work force; the Austrian Trade Union Federation has 1,644,408 members (1989)

NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.