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Austria

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Capital: Vienna

Population

Total Population (million): 8.32
Annual growth rate: n.c.%
Density: 100 inhab./km²
Urban population: 66.12%
Population of principal agglomerations: Vienna (1939344); Graz (313574); Linz (278608); Salzburg (218283); Innsbruck (189832); Bregenz (187652)
Ethnic Origins:
Official Language: German
Other languages spoken: English and French are spoken in large cities. In Austria, it is common to meet ethnic minorities who have kept their mother tongue i.e. Czechs and Slovaks in Vienna, Hungarians and Croatians in the region of Burgenland and Slovenians in the south of Carinthia.
Business language: German and English.
Religion: Catholics 81.1%; Atheists 8.1%; Protestants 5.9%; Muslims 2.2%; Jews 0.2%; Others 2.5%.
Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Vienna

Exchange rate on :


Country overview

Area: 83,870 km²
Type of State: Federal Republic based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy: High-income economy, OECD member
A country of small and medium enterprises; alive to environmental protection.
HID*: 0.948
HDI (world rank): 15/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Weather in Vienna
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13°

Low: 12°  |  High: 17°

Humidity: 78%  |  Wind: 13 km/h
Sunrise: 6:45 am  |  Sunset: 4:31 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Austria, dial 00
To call in Austria, dial 43
Internet suffix: .at
Computers: 61.1 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 0.0
Internet users: 0.0
Access to electricity: 100% of the population

Indicator of economic freedom

Score:
70/100
Position:
Mostly free
World Rank:
30 out of 157
Regional Rank:
16 out of 41

Distribution of Economic freedom in the world
Source: 2008 Index of Economic freedom, Heritage Foundation

 

Country risk

See the country risk analysis from provided by Ducroire.

 

Indicator of political freedom

Political freedom:
1/7
Civil liberties:
1/7
Ranking:
Free

Map of freedom 2007
Source: Freedom House

 

Indicator of freedom of the press

World Rank:
16/169
Evolution:
Same rank in relation to 2006

Source: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, Reporters Without Borders

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