Austria People - 2024

Population

8,940,860 (2023 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

Roman Catholic 55.2%, Muslim 8.3%, Orthodox 4.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.8%, Jewish 0.1%, other 5.4%, none 22.4% (2021 est.)

note:  data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.08% (male 645,660/female 613,399)

15-64 years: 65.11% (male 2,914,056/female 2,907,233)

65 years and over: 20.81% (2023 est.) (male 820,022/female 1,040,490)

2023 population pyramid:

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: 44.8 years (2023 est.)

male: 43.5 years

female: 46.2 years

Population growth rate

0.31% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

9.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

9.9 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 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

1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female

total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

29.7 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

5 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

male: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 82.5 years (2023 est.)

male: 79.9 years

female: 85.2 years

Total fertility rate

1.51 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.74 (2023 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

11.5% of GDP (2020)

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

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

58.7% (2023 est.)

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)