Austria

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PROFILE
  • Area: 83,871 sq. km (32,383 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 8,711,770 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.51% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 81.5 years (2016)
  • Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%
  • Religions: Catholic 73.8% (includes Roman Catholic 73.6%), Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8% (includes other Christian), none 12%, unspecified 2%
  • Formal name: Republic of Austria
  • Alternate names: Österreich, Republic of Austria, Republik Österreich
  • Government type: federal parliamentary republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN; head of government: Chancellor Christian KERN
  • Capital: Vienna
  • Administrative divisions: 9 states
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $47,300 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products, natural gas; foodstuffs
  • Currency: euro (EUR)
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