Austria: People & Society#
| Population | 8,711,770 (July 2016 est.) |
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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%, Germans 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 South Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.) |
| Religions | Catholic 73.8% (includes Roman Catholic 73.6%, other Catholic 0.2%), Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8% (includes other Christian), none 12%, unspecified 2% (2001 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.02% (male 625,391/female 596,310) 15-24 years: 11.33% (male 503,333/female 483,748) 25-54 years: 42.71% (male 1,859,985/female 1,860,641) 55-64 years: 12.85% (male 554,191/female 565,189) 65 years and over: 19.09% (male 719,012/female 943,970) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 49.2% youth dependency ratio: 21.2% elderly dependency ratio: 28% potential support ratio: 3.6% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 43.8 years male: 42.7 years female: 44.9 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.51% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 5.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | the northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two-thirds of the populace lives in urban areas |
| Urbanization | urban population: 66% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.4% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | VIENNA (capital) 1.753 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 28.5 (2011 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 4 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 81.5 years male: 78.9 years female: 84.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.47 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 69.6% note: percent of women aged 18-46 (2008/09) |
| Health expenditures | 11.2% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 4.83 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 7.6 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| 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 (2015 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 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 20.1% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 5.6% of GDP (2013) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 10.3% male: 10.6% female: 9.9% (2014 est.) |