Indicator	Value
Total population	9,120,000–9,180,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 9,121,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 9,178,000 people
Median age	43.4 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	82 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 82 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 81.96 years
Ethnic groups	Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.); note: data represent population by country of birthCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Roman Catholic 55.2%, Muslim 8.3%, Orthodox 4.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.8%, Jewish 0.1%, other 5.4%, none 22.4% (2021 est.); note: data on Muslim is a 2016 estimate; data on other/none/unspecified are from 2012-2018 estimatesCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	59.5% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.505 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	8.4 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	9.6 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	69.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Austrian Sign Language / Balkan Romani / Bavarian / Central Alemannic / Central Romani / Czech / Friulian / German / Hungarian / Italian / Romansh / Sinte-Manus Romani / Slovak / Slovenian / Vlax Romani / Walser / YenicheGlottolog [2026]