| Population |
8,174,762 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 15.9% (male 665,680; female 633,560)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 2,799,411; female 2,764,426)
65 years and over: 16% (male 518,748; female 792,937) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 40 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.2 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
0.14% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
9.56 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 78.87 years
male: 76 years
female: 81.89 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.3% (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
10,000 (2003 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 100 (2003 est.) |
| Nationality |
noun: austrian(s)
adjective: austrian |
| Ethnic groups |
German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001) |
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4% |
| Languages |
German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland) |
| Literacy |
conventional long form: republic of austria
conventional short form: austria
local short form: oesterreich
local long form: republik oesterreich |