Austria Demographics Profile 2013

Population

8,219,743 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 13.9% (male 583,162/female 555,976)
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
male: 42.3 years
female: 44.5 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

0.026% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

8.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

10.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

1.79 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 68% of total population (2010)
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
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.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births
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
male: 77 years
female: 82.97 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.41 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

15,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

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)

Religions

Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (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)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA
female: NA

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2008)

Education expenditures

5.4% of GDP (2007)

Maternal mortality rate

4 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Health expenditures

11% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

4.749 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

7.71 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

11% (2008)