The current population of Austria is 9,171,198 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 9,178,482 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2005, population has increased from 8.23M people to 9.17M (11.5% growth in 20 years).
- The UN estimates that Austria's population is going to decline by -4.27% to 8.78M people by 2050.
- Austria's population peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and has been in decline since.
- Austria is ranked 99/197 by population and was ranked 91st in 2005.
- Austria accounts for 0.11% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of 0.57% per year.
Austria population clock
Austria
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World
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
9171198
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8266870341
|
| Population rank | 99/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.11% | N/A |
| One net population change |
11.2 minutes
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
6.77 minutes
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0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.87 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +128 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +46,721 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.51% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 132/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
59.6 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +8,813 | N/A |
Austria population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,047,539 | - |
| 1961 | 7,086,299 | 0.55% |
| 1962 | 7,129,864 | 0.61% |
| 1963 | 7,175,811 | 0.64% |
| 1964 | 7,223,801 | 0.67% |
| 1965 | 7,270,889 | 0.65% |
| 1966 | 7,322,066 | 0.7% |
| 1967 | 7,376,998 | 0.75% |
| 1968 | 7,415,403 | 0.52% |
| 1969 | 7,441,055 | 0.35% |
| 1970 | 7,467,086 | 0.35% |
| 1971 | 7,500,482 | 0.45% |
| 1972 | 7,544,201 | 0.58% |
| 1973 | 7,586,115 | 0.56% |
| 1974 | 7,599,038 | 0.17% |
| 1975 | 7,578,903 | -0.26% |
| 1976 | 7,565,525 | -0.18% |
| 1977 | 7,568,430 | 0.04% |
| 1978 | 7,562,305 | -0.08% |
| 1979 | 7,549,425 | -0.17% |
| 1980 | 7,549,433 | 0% |
| 1981 | 7,568,710 | 0.26% |
| 1982 | 7,574,140 | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 7,561,910 | -0.16% |
| 1984 | 7,561,434 | -0.006% |
| 1985 | 7,564,985 | 0.05% |
| 1986 | 7,569,794 | 0.06% |
| 1987 | 7,574,586 | 0.06% |
| 1988 | 7,585,317 | 0.14% |
| 1989 | 7,619,567 | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 7,677,850 | 0.76% |
| 1991 | 7,754,891 | 1% |
| 1992 | 7,840,709 | 1.11% |
| 1993 | 7,905,633 | 0.83% |
| 1994 | 7,936,118 | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 7,948,278 | 0.15% |
| 1996 | 7,959,017 | 0.14% |
| 1997 | 7,968,041 | 0.11% |
| 1998 | 7,976,789 | 0.11% |
| 1999 | 7,992,324 | 0.19% |
| 2000 | 8,011,566 | 0.24% |
| 2001 | 8,042,293 | 0.38% |
| 2002 | 8,081,957 | 0.49% |
| 2003 | 8,121,423 | 0.49% |
| 2004 | 8,171,966 | 0.62% |
| 2005 | 8,227,829 | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 8,268,641 | 0.5% |
| 2007 | 8,295,487 | 0.32% |
| 2008 | 8,321,496 | 0.31% |
| 2009 | 8,343,323 | 0.26% |
| 2010 | 8,363,404 | 0.24% |
| 2011 | 8,391,643 | 0.34% |
| 2012 | 8,429,991 | 0.46% |
| 2013 | 8,479,823 | 0.59% |
| 2014 | 8,546,356 | 0.78% |
| 2015 | 8,642,699 | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 8,736,668 | 1.09% |
| 2017 | 8,797,566 | 0.7% |
| 2018 | 8,840,521 | 0.49% |
| 2019 | 8,879,920 | 0.45% |
| 2020 | 8,916,864 | 0.42% |
| 2021 | 8,955,797 | 0.44% |
| 2022 | 9,041,851 | 0.96% |
| 2023 | 9,131,761 | 0.99% |
| 2024 | 9,178,482 | 0.51% |
| 2025 | 9,171,198 | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 9,164,846 | -0.07% |
| 2027 | 9,159,036 | -0.06% |
| 2028 | 9,153,783 | -0.06% |
| 2029 | 9,147,235 | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 9,137,754 | -0.1% |
| 2031 | 9,126,423 | -0.12% |
| 2032 | 9,113,762 | -0.14% |
| 2033 | 9,100,660 | -0.14% |
| 2034 | 9,086,498 | -0.16% |
| 2035 | 9,071,197 | -0.17% |
| 2036 | 9,056,140 | -0.17% |
| 2037 | 9,039,487 | -0.18% |
| 2038 | 9,023,097 | -0.18% |
| 2039 | 9,007,376 | -0.17% |
| 2040 | 8,990,550 | -0.19% |
| 2041 | 8,973,934 | -0.18% |
| 2042 | 8,956,944 | -0.19% |
| 2043 | 8,939,342 | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 8,920,544 | -0.21% |
| 2045 | 8,900,652 | -0.22% |
| 2046 | 8,879,996 | -0.23% |
| 2047 | 8,857,554 | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 8,833,340 | -0.27% |
| 2049 | 8,807,087 | -0.3% |
| 2050 | 8,779,494 | -0.31% |
Austria has a population of 9.17M as of 2025, compared to 8.64M in 2015, 8.23M in 2005, and 7.95M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 0.61% per year. Austria is ranked 130th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Austria will have 8,900,652 people (-2.95% decline) with a rank change from 99th to 106th.
By the year 2100, Austria's population is projected to decline by 18.8% to 7.45M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Austria
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Vienna | 1.97M |
| Graz | 293K |
| Linz | 212K |
| Salzburg | 155K |
| Innsbruck | 131K |
| Klagenfurt | 101K |
| Wels | 65.3K |
| Villach | 65.1K |
| Sankt Polten | 55.5K |
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Austria population statistics
|
Austria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.3 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 43.7 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 288.1 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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