Austrian Population at Record Level

Politics ♦ Published: February 15, 2013; 13:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

Last year, Austria's population rose in 2012 by about 45 000 people. In total, the country has 8.5 million inhabitants.

Austrian Population at Record Level / Picture: © Vindobona.org

On 1 January 2013 about 8.49 million people lived in Austria according to preliminary results of Statistics Austria, about 45 000 people (+0.5%) more than at the beginning of 2012. The population growth 2012 was thus higher than in the previous year (2011: about +39 000 people).

On a regional level, more than half of the population increase of 2012 concentrated on the federal…