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Austria - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
8,199,783 (July 2007 est.)total population: 79.21 years
male: 76.32 years
female: 82.26 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
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)Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)
LanguagesLiteracy
German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene,official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98%
male: NA
female: NA


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
federal republic Vienna
IndependanceNational day
976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 12 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the passage of the law on permanent neutrality
ConstitutionLegal system
1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$309.3 billion (2006 est.)3.3% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$35,500 (2006 est.)4.9% (2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
5.9% (2004)1.6% (2006 est.)
ExportsImports
$133.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)$134.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$12.72 billion (November 2006 est.)euro (EUR)
Military expenditures
0.9% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia 83,870 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showersoil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
8.16 million (2005).at
Internet hostsInternet users
2.062 million (2006)4.65 million (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
55 (2006)6,011 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
133,718 km gas 2,722 km; oil 663 km; refined products 149 km (2006)