Austria Demographics Profile 2009

Population

8,210,281 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.5% (male 609,748/female 581,144)
15-64 years: 67.5% (male 2,785,091/female 2,756,402)
65 years and over: 18% (male 612,613/female 865,283) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 42.2 years
male: 41.1 years
female: 43.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.052% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

8.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

9.98 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 67% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 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: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.39 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.5 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 82.56 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.39 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

9,800 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

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: 16 years (2006)

Education expenditures

5.4% of GDP (2005)