Austria People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
8,913,088 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Austrian(s)
adjective: Austrian
Ethnic groups
Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.)
note: data represent population by country of birth
Languages
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)
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Religions
Catholic 57%, Eastern Orthodox 8.7%, Muslim 7.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.3%, other/none/unspecified 23.1% (2018 est.)
note: data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates
Age structure
0-14 years: 14.01% (male 635,803/female 605,065)
15-24 years: 10.36% (male 466,921/female 451,248)
25-54 years: 41.35% (male 1,831,704/female 1,831,669)
55-64 years: 14.41% (male 635,342/female 641,389)
65 years and over: 19.87% (male 768,687/female 991,621) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 51.1
youth dependency ratio: 21.7
elderly dependency ratio: 29.4
potential support ratio: 3.4 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 44.5 years
male: 43.1 years
female: 45.8 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.32% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
9.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
3.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
the northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two-thirds of the populace lives in urban areas
Urbanization
urban population: 59.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.960 million VIENNA (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.7 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 82.27 years
male: 79.64 years
female: 85.04 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
79% (2019)
note: percent of women aged 16-49
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
10.4% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
5.29 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
7.3 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.1% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 11.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 6.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 3.7 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 26.4% (2020 est.)
male: 27.7% (2020 est.)
female: 25% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
5.1% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 11%
male: 10.7%
female: 11.3% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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