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Nationality:
noun: Austrian(s)
adjective:
Austrian
Ethnic groups:
Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Languages:
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
Population:
8,219,743 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 13.9% (male 583,162/female 555,976)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
11.9% (male 498,563/female 477,945)
25-54 years:
43.4% (male 1,791,114/female 1,775,337)
55-64 years:
12.3% (male 499,893/female 515,138)
65 years and over:
18.5% (male 640,806/female 881,809) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 43.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
42.3 years
female:
44.5 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.026% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
8.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 214
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
10.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
1.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 41
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
VIENNA (capital) 1.693 million (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.73 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 179
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 195
male:
5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
3.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 79.91 years
country comparison to the world: 33
male:
77 years
female:
82.97 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.41 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 200
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
11% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 20
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
4.749 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
7.71 beds/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
