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Geography and population

Austria covers an area of 83,878 square kilometres with a population of 9,159,993 residents (as of 1 January 2024; preliminary results), including 1,801,184 foreign citizens (19.6 % of total population). In 2023, an average of 2,4 million people with migration background lived in Austria, that is 26,7% of the entire population.

Austria is bordered by Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Italy.

Austria is a federal state comprised of nine provinces; each province has its own capital:

Province

Population

Provincial Capital

Population

Burgenland

301,966

Eisenstadt

16,016

Carinthia

566,835

Klagenfurt

104,862

Lower Austria

1,723,981

St. Pölten

58,846

Upper Austria

1,530,571

Linz

212,001

Salzburg

571,528

Salzburg

157,400

Styria

1,269,945

Graz

302,660

Tyrol

776,082

Innsbruck

132,174

Vorarlberg

409,951

Bregenz

29,630

Vienna

2,006,134

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 (S: Statistik Austria, 1.1.2024, preliminary results)

Economy

In 2023 the GDP rose by 6.7 % in real terms, according to preliminary calculations. The GDP at current prices was about € 477.2 bn in 2023, equalling a value of € 49,300 per inhabitant. (source: Statistik Austria).

The Austrian economic structure is mainly dominated by small and medium enterprises. The most important industrial branches are:

  • Food industries
  • Machine and steel industry
  • Chemical and vehicle industry
  • Electric and electronic industry
  • Wood and paper industry

Climate

Austria has a typical central European transitional climate, i.e. warm summers, cold winters and adequate precipitation.

Additionally, there are two distinct climatic regions in Austria:

  • The east shows a Pannonian climate (warm to hot summers, relatively low precipitation and cold winters).
  • The central Alpine region has the characteristic features of the Alpine climate (more precipitation in summer compared to the east and long winters with heavy snowfall).

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