Austria

Interesting Facts About Austria

• Austria has a population of about 9.2 million and is a federation of nine states, with Vienna being the capital and most populous city.
• Vienna's population exceeds 2 million, representing about a quarter of Austria's entire population.
• The official language is German, but the de facto common spoken languages are Bavarian and Alemannic dialects rather than the standardized Austrian German taught in schools.
• Austria is home to legally recognized indigenous non-German speaking minorities, including approximately 25,000 Romani people and Carinthian Slovenes.
• Austria has the 14th oldest population in the world, with an average age of 44.5 years and life expectancy of 82.3 years in 2024.
• At the beginning of 2024, there were 1.8 million foreign-born residents in Austria, representing 22.3% of the total population.

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Vienna

Capital de Austria