Austria: People

People Austria
Population:
 8,174,762 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
 0-14 years: 15.9% (male 665,680; female 633,560)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 2,799,411; female 2,764,426)
65 years and over: 16% (male 518,748; female 792,937) (2004 est.)
Median age:
 total: 40 years
male: 38.8 years
female: 41.2 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
 0.14% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
 8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
 9.56 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
 2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
 total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
 total population: 78.87 years
male: 76 years
female: 81.89 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate:
 1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 0.2% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 9,000 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 less than 100 (2001 est.)
Nationality:
 noun: Austrian(s)
adjective: Austrian
Ethnic groups:
 German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001)
Religions:
 Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Muslim 4%, other 17%
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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