Population  8.97 million (estimate in 2024)
Life expectancy : 77.1 years (male), 83.1 years (female) (estimated in 2013)

Ethnic groups: Austrians 80.8%, German 2.6%(2025 data)

Languages: German spoken by most people (88.6%). Slovene, Croatian and Hungarian are also spoken in some border areas (5.3%). (Data from 2001 census)

Religion: Roman Catholic 74%,  Protestant 5%,  Muslim (4%), declaring themselves as having no religion 12%. (2001 census)

Population below poverty line  6.2% (2012)

Education expenditure  6% of GDP (2009)