Facts and Figures

Official name: Republic of Austria

Capital: Vienna

Area: 83,858 sq km; 32,378 sq mi

Population: 8,199,783 (2007 estimate)

Largest cities, with population
Vienna: 1,651,437 (2006 estimate)
Graz: 244,604 (2006 estimate)
Linz : 188,362 (2006 estimate)
Salzburg: 148,473 (2006 estimate)
Innsbruck: 116,851 (2006 estimate)

Ethnic groups
German: 99.4 percent
Croatian: 0.3 percent
Slovene: 0.2 percent
Other: 0.1 percent

Languages
German (official), Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, English

Religions
Roman Catholic: 76 percent
Protestant: 5 percent
Nonreligious: 7 percent
Muslims: 2 percent
Other: 10 percent

Literacy rate
Total 99 percent (1995)

Form of government: Federal republic with parliamentary democracy

Head of state: Federal president

Head of government: Federal chancellor

Legislature: Bicameral legislature
Nationalrat (National Council): 183 members
Bundesrat (Federal Council): 64 members

Constitution: 1920; revised 1929; reinstated 1 May 1945

Highest court: Supreme Constitutional Court, Supreme Administrative Court, Supreme Judicial Court

Economy
Gross domestic product: (GDP, in U.S.$) $306.1 billion (2005)
GDP per capita (U.S.$) : $37,175 (2005)

GDP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing: 1.5 percent (2005)
Industry: 30.7 percent (2005)
Services : 67.8 percent (2005)

Employment
Number of workers: 3,979,320 (2005)

Workforce share of economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing: 6 percent (2005)
Industry: 28 percent (2005)
Services: 67 percent (2005)
Unemployment rate: 4.9 percent (2004)