Total Population: 8,315,427

Annual growth rate: 0.4%

Density: 101 inhabitant/km²

Urban population: 66.9%

Population of main cities including suburbs: Vienna (2,000,000); Graz (320,000); Linz (280,000); Salzburg (220,000); Innsbruck (190,000).

Ethnic Origins: 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)  

Official Language: German (official nationwide), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Slovene (official in Carinthia) and Hungarian (official in Burgenland).

Other languages spoken: Turkish, Serbian.

Business language:

Though German is the national official language but English is also used as a business language, especially when dealing with foreign companies.

Religion: Almost 74% of the population is Roman Catholic followed by  Protestant (4.7%), Muslim 4.2%, others 5.5%.

Type of State: Federal Republic based on parliamentary democracy.

Type of economy: Austria is a well-developed country abd has a social-market but high-income economy. It has a high standard of living in which the government has played an important role. The economy is highly dependent on the economy of EU countries, especially Germany..
A country of small and medium enterprises; alive to environmental protection.

HDI*: 0,951/1

HDI (world rank): 14th/177

Telephone code:
To call from Austria, dial 00
To call in Austria, dial +43

Internet suffix: .at

Computers: 60.7 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 40.1 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 59.4 per 100 inhabitants

Access to electricity: 100% of the population