Austria's People | Austria People

Population: 8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.6% (male 656,058/female 624,574) 15-64 years: 67.8% (male 2,790,673/female 2,756,612) 65 years and over: 16.6% (male 543,626/female 813,148) (2005 est.)

Median age: Total: 40.44 years male: 39.3 years female: 41.61 years (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.11% (2005 est.)

Death rate: 9.7 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio: At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: Total: 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: Total population: 78.92 years male: 76.03 years female: 81.96 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.36 children born/woman (2005 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.3% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 10,000 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: Less than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality: Noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian

Ethnic groups: 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)

Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)

Languages: German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)

Literacy: Definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA% female: NA%

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