Land area:31,942 sq mi (82,730 sq km);

total area:32,382 sq mi (83,870 sq km)
Population (2009 est.):8,210,281 (growth rate: 0.05%); birth rate 8.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 4.4/1000; life expectancy: 79.5; density per sq mi: 257
Capital and largest city (2003 est.):Vienna, 2,041,300 (metro area), 1,523,600 (city proper)
Other large cities:Graz, 219,500; Linz, 185,300; Salzburg, 145,500; Innsbruck, 115,600
Monetary unit: Euro (formerly schilling)
National name:Republik Österreich
Current government officials
Languages:German (official nationwide); Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian (each official in one region)
Ethnicity/race:Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001)
Religions:Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant 5%, Islam 4%, none 12% (2001)

National Holiay:National Day, October 26
Literacy rate: 98%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007 est.): $319.7 billion; per capita $39,000. Real growth rate: 3.3%. Inflation: 1.9%. Unemployment: 4.3%. Arable land: 16.59%. Agriculture: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber. Labor force: 3.56 million (2007 est.); agriculture and forestry 3%, industry and crafts 27%, services 70%. Industries: construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism. Natural resources: oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower. Exports: $158.3 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): machinery and equipment, motor vehicles and parts, paper and paperboard, metal goods, chemicals, iron and steel, textiles, foodstuffs. Imports: $157.4 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, chemicals, metal goods, oil and oil products; foodstuffs. Major trading partners: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands (2006).