Key Demographic Features of Austria*
Location: Central Europe, north of Italy
Map references: Europe
People
Population: 8,023,244 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 18% (male 720,696; female 685,179)
15-64 years: 67% (male 2,726,122; female 2,659,162)
65 years and over: 15% (male 451,231; female 780,854) (July
1996 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.41% (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 6.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1996
est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.53 years
male: 73.38 years
female: 79.84 years (1996 est.)
Ethnic divisions: German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%, Slovene
0.2%, other 0.1%
Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 6%, other 9%
Languages: German
Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1974 est.)
total population: 99%
male: NA%
female: NA%
Government
Country Abbreviation: AU
Type of government: federal republic
Independence: 12 November 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian
Empire)
National holiday: National Day, 26 October (1955)
Constitution: 1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)
Legal system: civil law system with Roman law origin;
judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court;
separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; has not
accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; compulsory for
presidential elections
Other political or pressure groups:
International organization participation: AfDB, AG
(observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS, CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, EBRD,
ECE, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,
ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat,
Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MTCR, NACC, NAM (guest),
NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNAMIR, UNCTAD,
UNDOF, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMIH, UNMOT, UNOMIG,
UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO,
ZC
Diplomatic representation in US:
chief of mission: Ambassador Helmut TUERK
chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC
20008-3035
telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700
FAX: [1] (202) 895-6750
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York
US diplomatic representation:
chief of mission: Ambassador Swanee G. HUNT
chancery: Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1091, Vienna
mailing address: use embassy street address
telephone: [43] (1) 313-39
FAX: [43] (1) 310-0682
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and
red
Economy
Economic overview:
GDP: purchasing power parity - $152 billion (1995 est.)
GDP real growth rate: 2.4% (1995 est.)
GDP per capita: $19,000 (1995 est.)
Unemployment rate: 4.6% (1995 est.)
Communications
Telephones: 3.47 million (1986 est.)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 21 (repeaters 545),
shortwave 0
Radios: NA
Television broadcast stations: 47 (repeaters 870)
Televisions: 2,418,584 (1984 est.)
*Source: World Factbook 1996, U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency
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