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Austria

Introduction

Capital: Vienna

Population

Total Population: 8,214,160
Annual Growth Rate: 0.4%
Density: 101 Inhabitants/km²
Urban Population: 67.2%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Vienna (2,000,000); Graz (320,000); Linz (280,000); Salzburg (220,000); Innsbruck (190,000).
Ethnic Origins: 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)  
Official Language: German (official nationwide), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Slovene (official in Carinthia) and Hungarian (official in Burgenland).
Other Languages Spoken: Turkish, Serbian.
Business Language:

Though German is the national official language but English is also used as a business language, especially when dealing with foreign companies.

Religion: Almost 74% of the population is Roman Catholic followed by  Protestant (4.7%), Muslim 4.2%, others 5.5%.

Local Time:

It is %T:%M %A In Vienna

Exchange Rate on :

National Currency:
Euro (EUR)

Country Overview

Area: 83,870 km²
Type of State: Federal Republic based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of Economy: Austria is a well-developed country abd has a social-market but high-income economy. It has a high standard of living in which the government has played an important role. The economy is highly dependent on the economy of EU countries, especially Germany..
A country of small and medium enterprises; alive to environmental protection.
HDI*: 0.951/1
HDI (World Rank): 14th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an Indicator Which Synthesizes Several Data Such as Life Expectancy, Level of Education, Professional Careers, Access to Culture etc.


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12°

Low: 13°  |  High: 19°

Humidity: 76%  |  Wind: 12 km/h
Sunrise: 6:19 am  |  Sunset: 7:24 pm

Vienna, Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To Make a Call From Austria, Dial 00
To Make a Call to Austria, Dial +43
Internet Suffix: .at
Computers: 60.7 per 100 Inhabitants
Telephone Lines: 40.1 per 100 Inhabitants
Internet Users: 59.4 per 100 Inhabitants
Access to Electricity: 100% of the Population

Foreign Trade in Figures

 
Foreign Trade Indicators 20052006200720082009
Imports of Goods (millions USD) 127,327137,212163,037184,294143,527
Exports of Goods (millions USD) 125,182136,751163,620181,289137,217
Imports of Services (millions USD) 30,62533,40739,00742,73837,755
Exports of Services (millions USD) 42,20145,67553,70861,44753,190

Source: WTO - World Trade Organization

 

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