Demographic features of the population of Austria include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers (96% Austro-Bavarian language and 4% Alemannic language) while the remaining 11.4% speak several minority languages. The non-German speakers of Austria can be divided into two groups: traditional minorities, who are related to territories formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy, and new minorities, resulting from recent immigration.
Despite a low fertility rate recently making the natural change negative, the Austrian population keeps steadily increasing due to an immigration rate increase compensating for the low amount of births, and by 2023, Austria reached a population of 9 million people.
Population Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review. One birth every 6 minutes One death every 6 minutes One net migrant every 26 minutes Net gain of one person every 26 minutes
Fertility The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period in the present-day Hungary. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation. +Total fertility rates in Austria 1870–1899 Year 1870187118721873187418751876187718781879 Rate4.694.65 4.754.834.84.814.924.724.614.61 Year 1880188118821883188418851886188718881889 Rate4.624.554.56 4.514.584.494.514.494.434.44 Year 1890 189118921893189418951896189718981899 Rate4.244.484.31 4.364.344.44.44.334.354.35
Total fertility rate
1.48 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 199th
Mother's mean age at first birth
29 years (2014 est.)
Life expectancy
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 81.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 24th male: 79 years female: 84.5 years (2018 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years: 14% (male 630,739 /female 600,663) 15–24 years: 10.82% (male 484,515 /female 467,064) 25–54 years: 42.1% (male 1,851,209 /female 1,851,100) 55–64 years: 13.63% (male 595,146 /female 603,249) 65 years and over: 19.44% (male 743,174 /female 966,511) (2018 est.)
Median age
total: 44.2 years. Country comparison to the world: 12th male: 42.9 years female: 45.4 years (2018 est.)
Cities, urbanisation and population density
urban population: 58.3% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)
Vital statistics Data according to Statistik Austria.
Notable events in Austrian demographics:
1914-1919 – First World War 1938 – Anschluss 1940-1944 – Second World War