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Austria's population

Austria has a population of 8.9 million. Among Austria's national population, the Austrian ethnic group accounts for 88.8%, and ethnic minorities include Slovenes, Croats and Hungarians, accounting for about 0.5% of the total population. Official language German. 61.4% of the population is Catholic.

Based on Austria’s population data in 2020, the proportion of Austria’s population aged 65 and over in 2020 is 19%, and it has entered an aging society (the world’s aging standard is a country or region aged 65 and above) The above population reaches more than 7%); in terms of gender, the female population is relatively larger than the male population. In 2020, Austria's urbanization rate was 58.7%, and the urbanization rate has continued to increase year by year.

From the perspective of the gender structure of the Austrian population, in 2020, the male population in Austria accounted for 49.3%, and the population was 4.396 million; the female population accounted for 50.7%, and the population was 4.521 million. The male-to-female sex ratio (the ratio of males to females, taking 100 females) is 97.2. In terms of age composition, in 2020, Austria’s population aged 0-14 accounted for 14%, a decrease from the previous year. The population aged 15-64 accounted for 66%, and the population aged 65 and above was 1.7125 million, which is the same as in 2010. Compared with the annual population data, it increased by 223,900 people, accounting for 19% of the total population.