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.[4]
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 31.X.2011): [18]
Age Group
Male
Female
Total
%
Total
4,093,938
4,308,002
8,401,940
100
0–4
202 637
192 069
394 706
4.70
5–9
207 779
198 248
406 027
4.83
10–14
218 499
208 458
426 957
5.08
15–19
251 251
237 567
488 818
5.82
20–24
267 651
260 024
527 675
6.28
25–29
277 236
275 547
552 783
6.58
30–34
270 267
268 040
538 307
6.41
35–39
280 207
284 610
564 817
6.72
40–44
338 455
336 787
675 242
8.04
45–49
358 163
352 225
710 388
8.46
50–54
312 890
313 272
626 162
7.45
55–59
253 019
264 261
517 280
6.16
60–64
231 598
249 067
480 665
5.72
65–69
189 221
213 608
402 829
4.79
70–74
187 956
222 358
410 314
4.88
75–79
110 870
151 333
262 203
3.12
80–84
83 066
135 067
218 133
2.60
85–89
40 153
101 619
141 772
1.69
90–94
10 997
35 365
46 362
0.55
95–99
1 836
7 552
9 388
0.11
100+
187
925
1 112
0.01
Age group
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0–14
628 915
598 775
1,227,690
14.61
15–64
2,840,737
2,841,400
5,682,137
67.63
65+
624 286
867 827
1,492,113
17.76
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2020): [18]
Age Group
Male
Female
Total
%
Total
4,378,772
4,522,292
8,901,064
100
0–4
224 096
211 739
435 835
4.90
5–9
219 209
206 018
425 227
4.78
10–14
216 381
205 617
421 998
4.74
15–19
225 558
212 297
437 855
4.92
20–24
266 200
251 570
517 770
5.82
25–29
308 142
293 260
601 402
6.76
30–34
309 081
298 547
607 628
6.83
35–39
307 461
302 843
610 304
6.86
40–44
283 167
281 274
564 441
6.34
45–49
308 507
313 946
622 453
6.99
50–54
356 947
354 457
711 404
7.99
55–59
342 150
343 335
685 485
7.70
60–64
275 937
289 698
565 635
6.35
65–69
213 220
237 161
450 381
5.06
70–74
179 931
211 723
391 654
4.40
75–79
165 737
211 808
377 545
4.24
80–84
102 723
144 999
247 722
2.78
85–89
51 519
91 697
143 216
1.61
90–94
19 354
46 360
65 714
0.74
95–99
3 278
12 924
16 202
0.18
100–104
167
966
1 133
0.01
105–109
7
52
59
<0.01
110+
0
1
1
<0.01
Age group
Male
Female
Total
Percent
0–14
659 686
623 374
1,283,060
14.41
15–64
2,983,150
2,941,227
5,924,377
66.56
65+
735 936
957 691
1,693,627
19.03
Ethnic groups
Traditional ethnic minorities in Austria
Only three numerically significant traditional minority groups exist – 13,109 Carinthian Slovenes (according to the 2001 census – unofficial estimates of Slovene organisations put the number at 50,000) in Austrian Carinthia (south central Austria) and about 25,000 Croats and 20,000 Hungarians in Burgenland (on the Hungarian border). The Slovenes (also called 'Windische') 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
Austria does not collect data on the ethnicity or race of its citizens but does collect data on the nationality of residents currently in the country.[19]
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 7.4million Austrian citizens living today in the country.[citation needed]
Of these new citizens 110,000 came from the former Yugoslavia and 90,000 from Turkey.[citation needed] Considering pre-1985 naturalizations, in 2005 at least 18% (in Vienna more than 30%) 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.[citation needed]
Foreign nationals within Austria in 2022
Immigration
As of 2011, Statistik Austria official estimates have shown that 81% of residents, or 6.75million[20] had no migration background and more than 19% or 1.6million inhabitants[20] had at least one parent of immigrant background.[clarification needed] There are more than 415,000 descendants of foreign-born immigrants[20] residing in Austria, the great majority of whom have been naturalized.
According to Eurostat, there were 1.27million foreign-born residents in Austria in 2010, corresponding to 15.2% of the total population. Of these, 764,000 (9.1%) were born outside the EU and 512,000 (6.1%) were born in another EU member state.[21]
350,000 ethnic Turks[22] (including a minority of Turkish Kurds) 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 Luxembourg.
As of 2023[update], the most common groups of foreign residents in Austria were as follows:[27]
Rank
Nationality
Population
% of foreign nationals
Total
1,729,820
100
1
Germany
225,012
13.0
2
Romania
147,490
8.5
3
Turkey
120,706
7.0
4
Serbia
116,116
6.8
5
Bosnia and Herzegovina
102,468
6.0
6
Croatia
101,803
5.8
7
Hungary
101,679
5.8
8
Syria
82,169
4.8
9
Ukraine
79,615
4.6
10
Poland
67,168
4.0
11
Afghanistan
50,378
3.0
12
Slovakia
48,477
2.8
13
Bulgaria
38,469
2.2
14
Italy
37,718
2.2
15
Russia
35,586
2.1
Other nationalities
379,178
21.9
Naturalisation
Foreign nationals may apply for Austrian citizenship under the following preconditions: at least 10 years of continuous stay in Austria (a minimum of five years of which as a permanent resident), sufficient financial means/secure income, no criminal record, sufficient knowledge of the German language, positive attitude towards the Republic of Austria. EEA citizens may apply for citizenship after six years of permanent residence in Austria.[28]
In 2001, about 74% of Austria's population were registered as Roman Catholic,[31] while about 5% considered themselves Protestants.[31] Austrian Christians, both Catholic and Protestant,[32] are obliged to pay a mandatory membership fee (calculated by income—about 1%) to their church; this payment is called "Kirchenbeitrag" ("Ecclesiastical/Church contribution"). 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.[33] 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[31] in 2001; this share had grown to 20% by 2015.[34] 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.[31] The number of Muslims has doubled in 15 years to 700,000 in 2016.[35] About 680,000 are members of Eastern Orthodox Church (mostly Romanians and Serbs), about 21,000 people are active Jehovah's Witnesses[36] and about 8,100 are Jewish.[31]
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 NaziHolocaust.
In 2017, 41,259 out of the 87,633 newborns had a Catholic mother (father: 38,096), 12,514 Muslim mother (father: 12,851) and 2,635 had a Protestant mother (father: 2,352).
In 2016, 43,190 out of the 87,675 newborns had a Catholic mother (father: 38,884), 12,794 Muslim mother (father: 12,996) and 2,841 had a Protestant mother (father: 2,398).
In 2015, 41,783 out of the 84,381 newborns had a Catholic mother (father: 37,036), 10,760 Muslim mother (father: 10,972) and 2,595 had a Protestant mother (father: 2,212).
Notes
↑ In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases.
↑ Note: Crude migration change (per 1000) is a trend analysis, an extrapolation based average population change (current year minus previous) minus natural change of the current year (see table vital statistics). As average population is an estimate of the population in the middle of the year and not end of the year.
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