Rise in Population Caused by Immigration

Politics ♦ Published: May 14, 2012; 14:53 ♦ (Vindobona)

Demographic trends 2011: positive natural population increase, life expectancy rises by around 0.3 years. 35,600 people immigrated to Austria last year.

Rise in Population Caused by Immigration / Picture: © Vindobona.org

There were 8 443 018 people living in Austria on 1 January 2012 according to final results of Statistics Austria, 38 766 people (+0.46%) more than at the beginning of 2011. The population growth was thus significantly higher than in the previous year (2010: +28 962 people resp. +0.35%). As in previous years the population growth could be mainly attributed to gains from…