People & Society
Austria
Languages
Languages
German (nationwide official language) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other languages (including Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (estimate from 2001)
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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% (estimate from 2021)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1 male(s)/female
total population
0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.79 male(s)/female
Birth rate
8.81 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
43.6 years
total
44.5 years (2025 est.)
female
46.3 years
Population
male
4,471,802
total
9,174,390 (2025 est.)
female
4,702,588
Nationality
noun
Austrian(s)
adjective
Austrian
Tobacco use
male
21.1% (2025 est.)
total
19.7% (2025 est.)
female
18.3% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
59.5% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
14.1% (male 648,639/female 616,334)
15-64 years
64.7% (male 2,904,587/female 2,898,339)
65 years and over
21.2% (2024 est.) (male 839,672/female 1,060,411)
Ethnic groups
Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other nationalities 10% (estimate from 2018)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
54.3 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
21.8 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
3.1 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
32.5 (2025 est.)
Physician density
5.52 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
12.1% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
16.3% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
4.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
7.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.35 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
9.9% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
3.6 deaths/1,000 live births
total
3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
2.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.28% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.66 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
the northern and eastern regions of the nation are more heavily populated; approximately two-thirds of the population resides in urban settings
Life expectancy at birth
male
80.1 years
female
85.4 years
total population
82.7 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
6 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
6.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
3.7 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
11.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
1.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.7 years (2020 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
16 years (2023 est.)
total
16 years (2023 est.)
female
17 years (2023 est.)