Austria

Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia

47 20 N, 13 20 E

Europe

83,871 sq km

82,445 sq km

1,426 sq km

About the size of South Carolina; slightly more than two-thirds the size of Pennsylvania

2,524 km

Czech Republic 402 km; Germany 801 km; Hungary 321 km; Italy 404 km; Liechtenstein 34 km; Slovakia 105 km; Slovenia 299 km; Switzerland 158 km

0 km (landlocked)

None (landlocked)

Temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers

Mostly mountains (Alps) in the west and south; mostly flat or gently sloping along the eastern and northern margins

Grossglockner 3,798 m

Neusiedler See 115 m

910 m

Oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower

31.5% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 16% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0.8% (2023 est.)

Permanent pasture: 14.7% (2023 est.)

47.2% (2023 est.)

20.9% (2023 est.)

382 sq km (2016)

Lake Constance (shared with Switzerland and Germany) - 540 sq km

Donau (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth

Rhine-Maas (198,735 sq km), (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)

The northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two thirds of the populace lives in urban areas

Landslides; avalanches; earthquakes

Note 1: landlocked; strategic location at the crossroads of central Europe with many easily traversable Alpine passes and valleys; major river is the Danube; population is concentrated on eastern lowlands because of steep slopes, poor soils, and low temperatures elsewhere note 2: the world's largest and longest ice cave system at 42 km (26 mi) is the Eisriesenwelt (Ice Giants World) inside the Hochkogel mountain near Werfen, about 40 km south of Salzburg; ice caves are bedrock caves that contain year-round ice formations; they differ from glacial caves, which are transient and are formed by melting ice and flowing water within and under glaciers

9,174,390 (2025 est.)

4,471,802

4,702,588

Austrian(s)

Austrian

Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.)

German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)

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Roman Catholic 55.2%, Muslim 8.3%, Orthodox 4.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.8%, Jewish 0.1%, other 5.4%, none 22.4% (2021 est.)

14.1% (male 648,639/female 616,334)

64.7% (male 2,904,587/female 2,898,339)

21.2% (2024 est.) (male 839,672/female 1,060,411)

54.3 (2025 est.)

21.8 (2025 est.)

32.5 (2025 est.)

3.1 (2025 est.)

44.5 years (2025 est.)

43.6 years

46.3 years

0.28% (2025 est.)

8.81 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

10.21 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

4.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

The northern and eastern portions of the country are more densely populated; nearly two thirds of the populace lives in urban areas

59.5% of total population (2023)

0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

1.975 million VIENNA (capital) (2023)

1.05 male(s)/female

1.05 male(s)/female

1 male(s)/female

0.79 male(s)/female

0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

29.7 years (2020 est.)

6 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)

3.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)

3.6 deaths/1,000 live births

2.7 deaths/1,000 live births

82.7 years (2024 est.)

80.1 years

85.4 years

1.35 children born/woman (2025 est.)

0.66 (2025 est.)

Urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 0% of population (2022 est.)

12.1% of GDP (2021)

16.3% of national budget (2022 est.)

5.52 physicians/1,000 population (2023)

7.1 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 100% of population (2022 est.)

Urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)

Total: 0% of population (2022 est.)

20.1% (2016)

11.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

6.3 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

3.7 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

1.9 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

19.7% (2025 est.)

21.1% (2025 est.)

18.3% (2025 est.)

5.3% of GDP (2022 est.)

9.9% national budget (2022 est.)

16 years (2023 est.)

16 years (2023 est.)

17 years (2023 est.)

Some forest degradation from air and soil pollution; soil pollution from agricultural chemicals; air pollution from coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants, and from trucks transiting Austria; water pollution

Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling

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Temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers

31.5% (2023 est.)

Arable land: 16% (2023 est.)

Permanent crops: 0.8% (2023 est.)

Permanent pasture: 14.7% (2023 est.)

47.2% (2023 est.)

20.9% (2023 est.)

59.5% of total population (2023)

0.68% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

56.959 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

10.527 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

33.036 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

13.397 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

10.3 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)

5.22 million tons (2024 est.)

36% (2022 est.)

34.36 million cubic meters (2022 est.)

2.21 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

124 million cubic meters (2022 est.)

77.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

3

Ore of the Alps; Styrian Eisenwurzen; Karawanken/Karavanke (includes Slovenia) (2023)

Republic of Austria

Austria

Republik Oesterreich

Oesterreich

The name Oesterreich means "eastern realm" and dates to the 10th century; the designation refers to the fact that Austria was the easternmost extension of Bavaria and the German peoples; the word Austria is a Latinization of the German name

Federal parliamentary republic

Vienna

48 12 N, 16 22 E

UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

The name may have evolved from the Roman name Vindobona, which was taken from the Celtic words vindo (white) and bona (fort)

9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten (Carinthia), Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria), Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria), Salzburg, Steiermark (Styria), Tirol (Tyrol), Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)

Civil law system; Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts

Several previous; latest adopted 1 October 1920, revised 1929, replaced May 1934, replaced by German Weimar constitution in 1938 following German annexation, reinstated 1 May 1945

Proposed through laws designated "constitutional laws" or through the constitutional process if the amendment is part of another law; approval required by at least a two-thirds majority vote by the National Assembly and the presence of one-half of the members; a referendum is required only if requested by one-third of the National Council or Federal Council membership; passage by referendum requires absolute majority vote

Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; accepts ICCt jurisdiction

No

At least one parent must be a citizen of Austria

No

10 years

16 years of age; universal

President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)

Chancellor Christian STOCKER (since 3 March 2025)

Council of Ministers proposed by the chancellor and appointed by the president

President directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 6-year term (eligible for a second term); chancellor appointed by the president but determined by the majority coalition parties in the Federal Assembly; vice chancellor appointed by the president on the advice of the chancellor

9 October 2022

2022: Alexander VAN DER BELLEN reelected in first round; percent of vote - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent) 56.7%, Walter ROSENKRANZ (FPO) 17.7%, Dominik WLAZNY (Beer Party) 8.3%, Tassilo WALLENTIN (independent) 8.1%, Gerald GROSZ (independent) 5.6% 2016: Alexander VAN DER BELLEN elected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Norbert HOFER (FPOe) 35.1%, Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent, allied with the Greens) 21.3%, Irmgard GRISS (independent) 18.9%, Rudolf HUNDSTORFER (SPOe) 11.3%, Andreas KHOL (OeVP) 11.1%, Richard LUGNER (independent) 2.3%; percent of vote in second round - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 53.8%, Norbert HOFER 46.2%

2028

Parliament (Parlament)

Bicameral

National Council (Nationalrat)

183 (all directly elected)

Proportional representation

Full renewal

5 years

9/29/2024

Freedom Party (FPÖ) (57); People's Party (ÖVP) (51); Social Democratic Party (SPÖ) (41); NEOS (“New Austria”) (18); Greens (16)

35.5%

September 2029

Federal Council (Bundesrat)

60 (all indirectly elected)

People's Party (OVP) (22); Social Democratic Party (SPO) (18); Freedom Party (16); Greens (3); NEOS (New Austria) (1)

46.7%

Supreme Court of Justice or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 85 judges organized into 17 senates or panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof (consists of 20 judges including 6 substitutes; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof - 2 judges plus other members depending on the importance of the case)

Supreme Court judges nominated by executive branch departments and appointed by the president; judges serve for life; Constitutional Court judges nominated by several executive branch departments and approved by the president; judges serve for life; Administrative Court judges recommended by executive branch departments and appointed by the president; terms of judges and members determined by the president

Courts of Appeal (4); Regional Courts (20); district courts (120); county courts

Austrian People's Party or OeVP Freedom Party of Austria or FPOe The Greens - The Green Alternative NEOS - The New Austria and Liberal Forum Social Democratic Party of Austria or SPOe

Ambassador Petra SCHNEEBAUER (since 19 APRIL 2023)

3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035

[1] (202) 895-6700

[1] (202) 895-6750

Washington-ob@bmeia.gv.at https://www.austria.org/

Los Angeles, New York

Chicago

Ambassador Art FISHER (since 19 November 2025)

Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090, Vienna

9900 Vienna Place, Washington DC 20521-9900

[43] (1) 31339 0

[43] (1) 31339 2017

ConsulateVienna@state.gov https://at.usembassy.gov/

ADB (nonregional member), AfDB (nonregional member), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, FATF, G-9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partners), ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, MINURSO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, Paris Club, PCA, PFP, Schengen Convention, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIFIL, UNOOSA, UNTSO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC

No official date of independence: 976 (Margravate of Austria established); 17 September 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 6 January 1453 (Archduchy of Austria acknowledged); 11 August 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed); 30 March 1867 (Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy established); 12 November 1918 (First Republic proclaimed); 27 April 1945 (Second Republic proclaimed)

National Day (commemorates passage of the law on permanent neutrality), 26 October (1955)

Description: three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red history: one of the oldest national flags in the world; according to tradition, after a fierce battle in the Third Crusade in 1191, Duke Leopold V of Austria's white tunic became blood-spattered; when his sash was removed, a white band was revealed, and the red-white-red color combination was adopted as his banner

Eagle, edelweiss, Alpine gentian

Red, white

"Bundeshymne" (Federal Hymn)

Paula von PRERADOVIC/Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART or Johann HOLZER (disputed)

Adopted 1947; Austria adopted a new national anthem after World War II to replace the former imperial anthem composed by Franz Josef HAYDN, which Germany had appropriated in 1922 and was thereafter associated with the Nazi regime; the Austrian Federal Assembly adopted a gender-neutral version of the lyrics in 2012

12 (11 cultural, 1 natural)

Historic Salzburg (c); Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (c); Halstadt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (c); Semmering railway (c); Historic Graz and Schloss Eggenberg (c); Wachau Cultural Landscape (c); Historic Vienna (c); Fertő/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape (c); Baden bei Wien (c); Primeval Beech Forests - Dürrenstein, Kalkalpen (n)

One of the strongest EU and euro economies; diversified trade portfolios and relations; enormous trade economy; Russian energy dependence, but investing in alternative energy; aging labor force but large refugee population; large government debt

$581.131 billion (2024 est.)

$588.031 billion (2023 est.)

$593.701 billion (2022 est.)

-1.2% (2024 est.)

-1% (2023 est.)

5.3% (2022 est.)

$63,300 (2024 est.)

$64,400 (2023 est.)

$65,700 (2022 est.)

$521.642 billion (2024 est.)

2.9% (2024 est.)

7.8% (2023 est.)

8.5% (2022 est.)

1.2% (2024 est.)

23.1% (2024 est.)

65.3% (2024 est.)

52.2% (2023 est.)

20.5% (2023 est.)

24.9% (2023 est.)

0.5% (2023 est.)

59.5% (2023 est.)

-57.3% (2023 est.)

Milk, sugar beets, maize, wheat, barley, potatoes, pork, grapes, triticale, soybeans (2023)

Construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and paper, electronics, tourism

-5.5% (2024 est.)

4.768 million (2024 est.)

5.5% (2024 est.)

5.3% (2023 est.)

5% (2022 est.)

11.7% (2024 est.)

11.4% (2024 est.)

12% (2024 est.)

14.8% (2021 est.)

30.9 (2022 est.)

10.1% of household expenditures (2023 est.)

3.5% of household expenditures (2023 est.)

2.8% (2022 est.)

24.6% (2022 est.)

0.7% of GDP (2024 est.)

0.6% of GDP (2023 est.)

0.6% of GDP (2022 est.)

$231.132 billion (2023 est.)

$241.516 billion (2023 est.)

78.3% of GDP (2023 est.)

25.9% (of GDP) (2023 est.)

$12.642 billion (2024 est.)

$6.783 billion (2023 est.)

-$3.911 billion (2022 est.)

$299.366 billion (2024 est.)

$303.914 billion (2023 est.)

$291.804 billion (2022 est.)

Germany 25%, USA 9%, Italy 7%, Switzerland 5%, Hungary 4% (2023)

Cars, packaged medicine, vaccines, vehicle parts/accessories, nitrogen compounds (2023)

$284.467 billion (2024 est.)

$293.692 billion (2023 est.)

$294.324 billion (2022 est.)

Germany 34%, China 7%, Italy 7%, Switzerland 5%, Czechia 4% (2023)

Cars, garments, vaccines, vehicle parts/accessories, refined petroleum (2023)

$35.406 billion (2024 est.)

$31.212 billion (2023 est.)

$33.078 billion (2022 est.)

Euros (EUR) per US dollar -

0.924 (2024 est.)

0.925 (2023 est.)

0.95 (2022 est.)

0.845 (2021 est.)

0.876 (2020 est.)

100% (2022 est.)

33.371 million kW (2023 est.)

64.611 billion kWh (2023 est.)

21.631 billion kWh (2023 est.)

21.55 billion kWh (2023 est.)

3.095 billion kWh (2023 est.)

14.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

11.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

56.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

7.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

1.288 million metric tons (2023 est.)

5.403 million metric tons (2023 est.)

2,000 metric tons (2022 est.)

4.179 million metric tons (2023 est.)

18,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)

244,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)

35.2 million barrels (2021 est.)

548.976 million cubic meters (2023 est.)

6.971 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)

7.084 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)

5.04 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

120.211 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

3.48 million (2024 est.)

38 (2024 est.)

11.4 million (2024 est.)

124 (2024 est.)

Public broadcaster, Oesterreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), is a major player in the TV and radio markets; private broadcasters, cable, and satellite TV are available in most homes are widely used; some German stations carry programs for Austrian viewers; national and regional newspapers compete fiercely for readers; the print media are owned by a handful of mostly Austrian and German media groups (2023)

.at

95% (2024 est.)

2.71 million (2023 est.)

30 (2023 est.)

OE

62 (2025)

112 (2025)

6,123 km (2022) 3,523 km electrified

1 (2023)

Other 1

Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer): Land Forces, Air Force, Cyber Forces, Special Operations Forces, Militia (reserves) (2025)

1% of GDP (2024 est.)

0.9% of GDP (2023 est.)

0.7% of GDP (2022 est.)

0.8% of GDP (2021 est.)

0.7% of GDP (2020 est.)

Approximately 22,000 active Armed Forces (includes about 14,000 regular troops and around 8,000 reservists/militia undergoing refresher training) (2025)

The military's inventory includes a mix of domestically produced and imported armaments from European countries and the US; the Austrian defense industry produces a range of equipment and partners with other countries (2025)

Registration requirement at age 17, the legal minimum age for voluntary military service; men above the age of 18 are subject to compulsory military service; women may volunteer; compulsory service is for 6 months, or optionally, alternative civil/community service (Zivildienst) for 9 months (2025)

210 Bosnia-Herzegovina (EUFOR stabilization force); 100 Kosovo (NATO/KFOR); 160 Lebanon (UNIFIL) (2025)

The military’s primary responsibilities are national defense and protecting Austria’s neutrality; it also has some domestic security and disaster response responsibilities; each of the nine federal states has a military command that provides a link between the military and civil authorities; the main tasks of these commands include providing military assistance during disasters and supporting security police operations the Austrian military contributes to international peacekeeping and humanitarian missions; Austria has been constitutionally militarily non-aligned since 1955 but is an EU member and actively participates in EU peacekeeping and crisis management operations under the EU Common Security and Defense Policy; Austria is not a member of NATO but joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace framework in 1995 and participates in some NATO-led crisis management and peacekeeping operations; more than 100,000 Austrian military and civilian personnel have taken part in more than 50 international peace support and humanitarian missions since 1960 (2025)

Aeronautics and Space Agency (ALR; established in 1972 as the Austrian Space Agency) (2025)

Established a national space program in 2002; develops, builds, operates, and tracks satellites, including remote sensing and research/scientific satellites; member of the ESA; works closely with ESA and EU member states and the commercial sector to develop a range of space capabilities and technologies, including applications for satellite payloads, space flight, and space research; participates in a range of ESA/EU programs, including Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST), Copernicus Earth observation, and Galileo global navigation satellite system; also cooperates with other foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, India, Russia, and the US (2025)

1981 - became an associate ESA member (full member in 1987) 1991 - first Austrian in space on Soviet Mir Space Station 2013 - first domestically built science/technology (star observation) satellites (TUGSAT-1 and UniBRITE) launched by India 2017 - worked with China to produce world’s first quantum-encrypted satellite communications teleconference from Beijing to Vienna 2024 - signed US-led Artemis Accords outlining best practices for cooperative space exploration

Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)

313,711 (2024 est.)

3,919 (2024 est.)