Austria: People

The World Factbook 1993: Austria People

Population: 7,915,145 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.55% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 11.54 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 10.42 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.4 years male: 73.18 years female: 79.8 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.47 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Nationality: noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian

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) total population: 99% male: NA% female: NA%

Labor force: 3.47 million (1989)

by occupation: services 56.4%, industry and crafts 35.4%, agriculture and forestry 8.1%

note: an estimated 200,000 Austrians are employed in other European countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 177,840, about 6% of labor force (1988)