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GeographyLocation: Central Europe, north of Italy
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,496 km, Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 37 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 262 km, Switzerland 164 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 7,986,664 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.35% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.21 births/1,000 population Death rate: 10.27 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 2.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.48 children born/woman 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.)
Government
Names:
Type: federal republic Capital: Vienna Independence: 12 November 1918 (from Austro-Hungarian Empire) Constitution: 1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $139.3 billion National product real growth rate: 2.5% National product per capita: $17,500 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3% Unemployment rate: 4.3%
Electricity:
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