| Population :
| 8,174,762 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 15,90%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 665 680.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 633 560.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 68,10%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 2 799 411.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 2 764 426.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 16%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 518 748.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 792 937.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 40 years .
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| Median age male :
| 38.8 years .
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| Median age female :
| 41.2 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.14% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 9.56 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.05 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.01 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 0.65 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 78.87 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 76 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 81.89 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| 0.3% (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids people :
| 10,000 (2003 est.) .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| less than 100 (2003 est.) .
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| Nationality noun :
| Austrian(s) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Austrian .
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| 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) .
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| Religions :
| Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%, none 17.4% .
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| Languages :
| German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland) .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 98%.
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| Literacy male :
| NA .
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| Literacy female :
| NA .
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| Government type :
| federal republic .
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| Independence :
| 1156 (from Bavaria) .
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| National holiday :
| National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the State Treaty restoring national sovereignty and the end of occupation and the passage of the law on permanent neutrality .
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| Suffrage :
| 18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections .
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| Economy overview :
| Austria, with its well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's. Membership in the EU has drawn an influx of foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European ma.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 3.9% (1999) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture and forestry 4%, industry and crafts 29%, services 67% (2001 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber .
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| Industries :
| construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism .
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| Exports commodities :
| machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel; textiles, foodstuffs .
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| Exports partners :
| Germany 31.9%, Italy 9.6%, Switzerland 5.2%, US 4.9%, France 4.8%, UK 4.7% (2003 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the State Treaty restoring national sovereignty and the end of occupation and the passage of the law on permanent neutrality .
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| Imports partners :
| National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the State Treaty restoring national sovereignty and the end of occupation and the passage of the law on permanent neutrality .
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| Internet users :
| 3.73 million (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| Land der Berge, Land der Ströme,
Land der Äcker, Land der Döme,
Land der Hämmer, zukunftsreich.
Heimat bist du grosser Söhne,
Volk begnadet für das Schöne,
Vielgerühmtes Österreich,
vielgerühmtes Österreich !.
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