Demographics of Austria

Austrians are a homogeneous people; According to the 2001 population census, 88,6% are native German speakers (96% Bavarian and 4 % Alemanic). Only three numerically significant minority groups exist -- 14,000 Slovenians (according to the 2001 census - inofficial numbers of Slovene organisations put the number to 30,000 - 50,000) in Austrian Carinthia (south central Austria) and about 25,000 Croats and 20,000 Hungarians in Burgenland (on the Hungarian border). The Slovenians form a closely knit community. Their rights as well as those of the Croats are protected by law and generally respected in practice. The present boundaries of Austria, once the center of the Habsburg Empire that constituted the second-largest state in Europe, were established in accordance with the Treaty of St. Germain in 1919. Some Austrians, particularly near Vienna, still have relatives in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. About 78% of all Austrians are Roman Catholic. The church abstains from political activity; however, lay Catholic organizations are aligned with the conservative People's Party. The Social Democratic Party long ago shed its anticlerical stance. Small Lutheran minorities are located mainly in Vienna, Carinthia, and Burgenland.

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Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

Population

8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 15.6% (male 656,058/female 624,574)
15-64 years: 67.8% (male 2,790,673/female 2,756,612)
65 years and over: 16.6% (male 543,626/female 813,148) (2005 est.)

Median age

Total: 40.44 years
Male: 39.3 years
Female: 41.61 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate

0.11% (2005 est.)

Birth rate

8.81 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate

9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate

1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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: 0.67 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 5.74 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 78.92 years
Male: 76.03 years
Female: 81.96 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.36 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: 10,000 (2003 est.)
Deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality

Noun: Austrian(s)
Adjective: Austrian

Ethnic groups

  • German speaking Austrians 88,8%: 96% Bavarians, 4% Alemanics
  • indigenous minorities 1,2%: Croatians 0,3%, Slovenes 0,3%-0,5%, Hungarians 0,2%, Czechs 0,2%, Slovaks 0,1%, Roma and Sinti 0,1%)
  • recent immigrant groups 10%: (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians, Germans) (2005)

Religions

Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4%

Languages

  • German (official nationwide) 92,5%
  • Slovene (official in Carinthia) 0,2-0,4%
  • Croatian (official in Burgenland) 0,3%
  • Hungarian (official in Burgenland) 0,2%
  • Czech 0,2%
  • Slovak 0,1%
  • Romany ?%
  • Languages from the recent immigrant groups 10%

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 98%
Male: NA%
Female: NA%
Illiterates: some 3-4% of the Austrians are functional illiterates (people who have problems with reading, writing and understanding a text and therefore can´t use their acquired knowledge properly) [1] (http://science.orf.at/science/lenz/117377)

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