Austria vs. Switzerland
Demographics
| Austria | Switzerland | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,884,864 (July 2021 est.) | 8,453,550 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.01% (male 635,803/female 605,065) 15-24 years: 10.36% (male 466,921/female 451,248) 25-54 years: 41.35% (male 1,831,704/female 1,831,669) 55-64 years: 14.41% (male 635,342/female 641,389) 65 years and over: 19.87% (male 768,687/female 991,621) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 15.34% (male 664,255/female 625,252) 15-24 years: 10.39% (male 446,196/female 426,708) 25-54 years: 42.05% (male 1,768,245/female 1,765,941) 55-64 years: 13.48% (male 569,717/female 563,482) 65 years and over: 18.73% (male 699,750/female 874,448) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 44.5 years male: 43.1 years female: 45.8 years (2020 est.) | total: 42.7 years male: 41.7 years female: 43.7 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.32% (2021 est.) | 0.65% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.48 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 10.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.85 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.44 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.07 years male: 79.42 years female: 84.85 years (2021 est.) | total population: 83.03 years male: 80.71 years female: 85.49 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.5 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.58 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2017 est.) | 0.2% (2020) |
| Nationality | noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian | noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss |
| Ethnic groups | Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.) note: data represent population by country of birth | Swiss 69.3%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovo 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.6% (2019 est.) note: data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 7,400 (2017 est.) | 17,000 (2020) note: estimate does not include children |
| Religions | Catholic 57%, Eastern Orthodox 8.7%, Muslim 7.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.3%, other/none/unspecified 23.1% (2018 est.) note: data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimates | Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 1.6%, none 29.5%, unspecified 0.8% (2019 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2017 est.) | <200 (2020) note: estimate does not include children |
| Languages | German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.) major-language sample(s): Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.) major-language sample(s): Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German) The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2018) | total: 16 years male: 17 years female: 16 years (2018) |
| Education expenditures | 5.4% of GDP (2017) | 5.1% of GDP (2017) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 59% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 74% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.79% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 1.945 million VIENNA (capital) (2021) | 1.408 million Zurich, 434,000 BERN (capital) (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 10.3% (2018) | 11.9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 5.17 physicians/1,000 population (2017) | 4.3 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Hospital bed density | 7.4 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 4.7 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 20.1% (2016) | 19.5% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.7 years (2019 est.) | 30.7 years (2019 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 79% (2019) note: percent of women aged 16-49 | 71.6% (2017) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.6 youth dependency ratio: 21.7 elderly dependency ratio: 28.9 potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 51.6 youth dependency ratio: 22.7 elderly dependency ratio: 29 potential support ratio: 3.5 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
