Austria People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 7,546,OCX (July 1986), average annual growth rate 0%

Nationality: noun—Austrian(s); adjective— Austrian

Ethnic divisions: 99.4% German, 0.3% Croatian, 0.2% Slovene, 0.1% other

Religion: 88% Roman Catholic, 6% Protestant, 6% none or other

Language: German

Infant mortality rate: 16/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: 73

Literacy: 98%

Labor force: 2.9 million (1984); 41.10% industry and crafts, 57.55% services, 1.35% agriculture and forestry; 4.5% unemployed (average 1984); an estimated 200,0'X) Austrians are employed in other European countries; foreign laborers in Austria number 138,700, about 5.4% of labor force (1984)

Organized labor: 1,672,820 members of Austrian Trade Union Federation (1984)

NOTE: The information regarding Austria on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Austria 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Austria 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.