Demographics of Austria


This article is about the demographic features of the population of Austria, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Austrians are a homogeneous people, although four decades of strong immigration from other parts of Europe have significantly changed the composition of the population of Austria.
According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers 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.

Total fertility rate from 1870 to 1899

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.
Years18701871187218731874187518761877187818791880
Total Fertility Rate in Austria4.694.654.754.834.84.814.924.724.614.614.62

Years189118921893189418951896189718981899
Total Fertility Rate in Austria4.484.314.364.344.44.44.334.354.35

Vital statistics since 1900

Data according to Statistik Austria.
Average populationLive birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate Crude death rate Natural change Total fertility rateInfant mortality rate Life expectancy malesLife expectancy femalesNet reproduction rate
19005,973,000187,094138,50948,58531.323.28.14.33----
19016,035,000189,539134,23455,30531.422.29.24.34----
19026,099,000191,926134,47957,44731.522.09.44.35----
19036,164,000184,244133,43550,80929.921.68.24.13----
19046,228,000187,963131,30956,65430.221.19.14.17----
19056,292,000181,685142,67339,01228.922.76.23.99----
19066,357,000184,477129,08455,39329.020.38.74.01----
19076,421,000181,026132,00649,02028.220.67.63.89----
19086,485,000184,477136,43448,04328.421.07.43.83----
19096,550,000180,106134,15245,95427.520.57.03.80----
19106,614,000176,588127,24349,34526.719.27.53.69----
19116,669,000168,916132,61536,30125.319.95.43.50----
19126,724,000170,555122,75947,79625.418.37.13.50----
19136,767,000163,354124,38838,96624.118.45.83.33----
19146,680,000161,692124,56037,13224.218.65.63.20----
19156,690,000125,680144,259-18,57918.821.6-2.83.07----
19166,660,00098,895139,324-40,42914.820.9-6.12.94----
19176,610,00092,289150,346-58,05714.022.7-8.82.81----
19186,543,00092,560172,573-80,01314.126.4-12.22.68----
19196,420,000118,518130,658-12,14018.520.4-1.92.55----
19206,455,000146,644122,77523,86922.719.03.73.14----
19216,504,000151,138110,45140,68723.217.06.33.21----
19226,528,000150,958113,46737,49123.117.45.73.19----
19236,543,000146,88599,92446,96122.415.37.23.10----
19246,562,000142,14198,05544,08621.714.96.72.99----
19256,582,000135,84194,98840,85320.614.46.22.85----
19266,603,000127,25098,90528,34519.315.04.32.66----
19276,623,000118,66999,08019,58917.915.03.02.47----
19286,643,000116,72995,95920,77017.614.43.12.43----
19296,664,000112,04797,30014,74716.814.62.22.32----
19306,684,000112,33090,31522,01516.813.53.32.32----
19316,705,000106,32493,89512,42915.914.01.92.19----
19326,725,000102,27793,5998,67815.213.91.32.10----
19336,746,00096,36988,9777,39214.313.21.11.97----
19346,755,00091,56785,6855,88213.612.70.91.87----
19356,761,00088,68992,524-3,83513.113.7-0.61.81----
19366,758,00088,26489,078–,81413.113.2-0.11.80----
19376,755,00086,35190,035-3,68412.813.3-0.51.54----
19386,753,00093,81294,755–,94313.914.0-0.11.92----
19396,658,000137,825101,70936,11620.715.35.42.86----
19406,705,000145,92699,47546,45121.814.86.92.70----
19416,731,000135,39894,12141,27720.114.06.12.53----
19426,799,000116,17290,51025,66217.113.33.82.37----
19436,815,000122,44394,26928,17418.013.84.12.21----
19446,837,000126,938109,62217,31618.616.02.52.04----
19456,793,000101,369173,767-72,39814.925.6-10.71.88----
19467,000,000111,30294,07717,22515.913.42.52.0181.4---
19476,971,000128,95390,02738,92618.512.95.62.3578.3---
19486,953,000123,22184,21339,00817.712.15.62.2576.2---
19496,942,000113,37589,24724,12816.312.93.52.0775.2---
19506,935,000107,85485,71022,14415.612.43.22.0966.1---
19516,934,000102,76488,25314,51114.812.72.12.0261.3---
19526,928,000103,01283,37219,64014.912.02.82.0651.9---
19536,932,000102,86783,39919,46814.812.02.82.0949.9---
19546,940,000103,98584,63219,35315.012.22.82.1548.3---
19556,947,000108,57584,99523,58015.612.23.42.2945.6---
19566,952,000115,82786,82429,00316.712.54.22.4843.3---
19576,966,000118,71289,29829,41417.012.84.22.5744.2---
19586,987,000119,75585,98033,77517.112.34.82.6040.7---
19597,014,000124,37787,97036,40717.712.55.22.6939.8---
19607,048,000125,94589,60336,34217.912.75.22.7037.5---
19617,087,000131,56385,67345,89018.612.16.52.7932.71.29
19627,130,000133,25390,85442,39918.712.75.92.8032.81.30
19637,176,000134,80991,57943,23018.812.86.02.8231.31.31
19647,224,000133,84189,08144,76018.612.36.22.8029.21.30
19657,271,000129,92494,27335,65117.913.04.92.7128.31.26
19667,322,000128,57791,44037,13717.612.55.12.6628.11.24
19677,377,000127,40495,43831,96617.413.04.42.6226.41.23
19687,415,000126,11596,01430,10117.113.04.12.5925.51.21
19697,441,000121,37798,71522,66216.413.43.12.5025.41.17
19707,467,000112,30198,81913,48215.113.31.82.2925.966.573.41.07
19717,500,000108,51097,33411,17614.613.11.52.2026.166.673.71.03
19727,544,000104,03395,3238,71013.912.71.22.0925.266.974.00.98
19737,586,00098,04192,7685,27313.012.30.71.9423.867.574.60.91
19747,599,00097,43094,3243,10612.912.50.41.9123.567.574.70.90
19757,579,00093,75796,041-2,28412.412.7-0.31.8320.567.774.70.86
19767,566,00087,44695,140-7,69411.612.6-1.01.6918.268.275.10.80
19777,568,00085,59592,402-6,80711.312.2-0.91.6316.868.575.50.77
19787,562,00085,40294,617-9,21511.312.5-1.21.6115.068.575.70.76
19797,549,00086,38892,012-5,62411.412.2-0.71.6014.768.876.00.76
19807,549,00090,87292,442-1,57012.012.2-0.21.6514.369.076.10.78
19817,569,00093,86792,5851,28212.412.20.21.6712.769.376.40.80
19827,574,00094,84091,3393,50112.512.10.51.6612.869.476.60.79
19837,562,00090,11893,041-2,92311.912.3-0.41.5611.969.576.60.74
19847,561,00089,23488,46676811.811.70.11.5211.470.077.20.73
19857,565,00087,44089,578-2,13811.611.8-0.31.4711.270.477.30.70
19867,570,00086,96487,071–,10711.511.5-0.01.4510.370.977.70.69
19877,575,00086,50384,9071,59611.411.20.21.439.871.478.10.68
19887,585,00088,05283,2634,78911.611.00.61.458.171.978.60.69
19897,620,00088,75983,4075,35211.610.90.71.448.371.978.70.69
19907,678,00090,45482,9527,50211.810.81.01.467.872.278.90.70
19917,755,00094,62983,42811,20112.210.81.41.517.572.379.00.72
19927,841,00095,30283,16212,14012.210.61.51.517.572.579.20.72
19937,906,00095,22782,51712,71012.010.41.61.506.572.879.40.72
19947,936,00092,41580,68411,73111.610.21.51.476.373.179.70.70
19957,948,00088,66981,1717,49811.210.20.91.425.473.380.00.68
19967,959,00088,80980,7908,01911.210.21.01.455.173.780.10.69
19977,968,00084,04579,4324,61310.510.00.61.394.774.080.60.67
19987,977,00081,23378,3392,89410.29.80.41.374.974.580.80.66
19997,992,00078,13878,200–,629.89.80.01.344.474.880.90.64
20008,012,00078,26876,7801,4889.89.60.21.364.875.181.10.66
20018,042,00075,45874,7676919.49.30.11.333.775.681.60.64
20028,082,00078,39976,1312,2689.79.40.31.394.375.881.70.67
20038,121,00076,94477,209–,2659.59.5-0.01.384.075.981.50.66
20048,172,00078,96874,2924,6769.79.10.61.424.076.482.10.68
20058,228,00078,19075,1893,0019.59.10.41.413.776.682.20.68
20068,269,00077,91474,2953,6199.49.00.41.414.077.182.70.68
20078,301,00076,25074,6251,6259.29.00.21.393.877.382.80.67
20088,337,00077,75275,0832,6699.39.00.31.423.377.683.00.68
20098,363,00076,34477,381-1,0379.19.3-0.21.403.777.482.90.67
20108,388,00078,74277,1991,5439.49.20.21.443.877.783.20.69
20118,421,00078,10976,4791,6309.39.10.21.433.878.183.40.69
20128,464,00078,95279,436-4849.39.4-0.11.443.278.383.3
20138,518,00079,33079,526-1969.39.3-0.01.443.178.4583.56
20148,584,00081,72278,2523,4709.69.10.51.463.078.9183.74
20158,700,00084,38183,0731,3089.79.50.21.493.178.6383.59-
20168,773,00087,67580,6697,00610.09.20.81.533.179.1483.95-
20178,822,00087,63383,2704,36310.09.50.51.522.979.383.9-
20188,857,96085,53583,9751,5609.79.50.21.48--
20198,902,60084,95283,3861,5669.69.40.22.9--

YearCatholicProtestantOrthodoxMuslim
201839.24%2.36%4.29%13.80%
201743.40%2.68%4.80%14.66%
201644.35%2.73%4.64%14.82%
201543.89%2.62%4.40%12.75%

YearCatholicProtestantOrthodoxMuslim
201842.54%2.65%4.99%13.37%
201747.08%3.01%5.54%14.28%
201649.26%3.24%5.3%14.59%
201549.52%3.08%5.08%12.75%

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review.
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook. and Statistik Austria.
;Nationality:
;Population:
;Age structure:
of Austria in 2017.
;Median age:
;Birth rate:
;Death rate:
;Total fertility rate:
;Net migration rate:
;Mother's mean age at first birth:
;Population growth rate:
;Life expectancy at birth:
;Ethnic groups:
Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4%, Turks 1.6%, Germans 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4%
;Languages:
German 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian 1.6%, other 5.3%
;Religions:
Catholic 73.8%, Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8%, none 12%, unspecified 2%
;Urbanization:
;Infant mortality rate:
;Maternal mortality ratio:
;Dependency ratios:
;School life expectancy :
;Unemployment, youth ages 15–24:
;Sex ratio:
;HIV/AIDS:
;Health expenditures:
;Physicians density:
;Hospital bed density:
;Education expenditures:
;Literacy:

Ethnic groups

Traditional ethnic minorities in Austria

Only three numerically significant traditional minority groups exist – 14,000 Carinthian Slovenes in Austrian Carinthia and about 25,000 Croats and 20,000 Hungarians in Burgenland. The Slovenes 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 Monarchy that constituted the second-largest composite monarchy in Europe, were established in accordance with the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1919. Some Austrians, particularly near Vienna, still have relatives in countries that made up the Monarchy, namely Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary.

New ethnic minorities in Austria

According to the Austrian Statistical Bureau, 814,800 foreigners legally lived in Austria in mid-2006, representing 9.8% of the total population, one of the highest rates in Europe.
Of these foreign residents, 305,100 came from the former Yugoslavia and 110,800 from Turkey.
Owing to a growing naturalization rate, 330,000 people have been naturalized between 1985 and the end of 2003, representing about 4% of the 7.4 million Austrian citizens living today in the country.
Of these new citizens 110,000 came from the former Yugoslavia and 90,000 from Turkey. Considering pre-1985 naturalizations, in 2005 at least 18% of the population was either foreign or of foreign origin. Native Austrians have had stagnant demographics since World War I, and have been in absolute decline since the 1970s.

Immigration

As of 2011, Statistik Austria official estimates have shown that 81% of residents, or 6.75 million had no migration background and more than 19% or 1.6 million inhabitants had at least one parent of immigrant background. There are more than 415,000 descendants of foreign-born immigrants residing in Austria, the great majority of whom have been naturalized.
According to Eurostat, there were 1.27 million foreign-born residents in Austria in 2010, corresponding to 15.2% of the total population. Of these, 764,000 were born outside the EU and 512,000 were born in another EU member state.
350,000 ethnic Turks currently live in Austria. At about 3% of the total population, they make up the biggest single ethnic minority in Austria.
In 2018, the percentage of foreign born people was around 19% of the total population which is also the second highest foreign born proportion of all EU countries after Luxemburg.
RankNationalityPopulation
1200,059
2123,461
3122,364
4117,640
596,635
687,604
783,605
864,454
951,441
1043,643
1143,585
1232,868
1332,566
1432,506
1526,047
1624,100
1721,461
1814,896
1914,186
2013,874

Languages

In 2001, about 74% of Austria's population were registered as Roman Catholic, while about 5% considered themselves Protestants. Austrian Christians, both Catholic and Protestant, are obliged to pay a mandatory membership fee to their church; this payment is called "Kirchenbeitrag". Since the second half of the 20th century, the number of adherents and churchgoers has declined. Data for the end of 2016 from the Austrian Roman Catholic church lists 5,162,622 members, or 58.8% of the total Austrian population. Sunday church attendance was 605,828 or 7% of the total Austrian population in 2015. The Lutheran church also recorded a loss of 74,421 adherents between 2001 and 2016.
About 12% of the population declared that they have no religion. in 2001; this share had grown to 20% by 2015. Of the remaining people, around 340,000 were registered as members of various Muslim communities in 2001, mainly due to the influx from Turkey, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. The number of Muslims has doubled in 15 years to 700,000 in 2016. About 680,000 are members of Orthodox Churches, about 21,000 people are active Jehovah's Witnesses and about 8,100 are Jewish.
An estimated 15,000 Jews or adherents of Judaism live in Austria, primarily in Vienna – a remnant of the post-World War II community after the Nazi Holocaust.