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EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TODAY: AUSTRIA

The People of Austria Population: 8,711,770 (July 2016 est.)

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% (last census) Age Structure: 0–14 years: 14.02% 15–24 years: 11.33% 25–54 years: 42.71% 55–64 years: 12.85% 65 years and above: 19.09% Population Growth Rate: 0.51% (2016 est.) Birth Rate: 9.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) Death Rate: 9.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2016 est.) Migration Rate: 5.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) Infant Mortality Rate: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births Life Expectancy at Birth: Total Population: 81.5 years Male: 78.9 years Female: 84.3 years (2016 est.) Total Fertility Rate: 1.47 children born/woman (2016 est.) Religions: Catholic 73.8%, Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8%, none 12%, unspecified 2% Languages: German 73.6%, Turkish 4.%, Serbian 4.2%, Croatian 3.5%, Slovene 2%, Hungarian 12% (last census) Literacy rate: 98%

Source: www.cia.gov 2017

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