Adulthood: 18
Annual per capita income: $US39,200 (2009 estimate); $53,268 (2021)
Area: 82,444 square km
Biggest City: Vienna
Capital: Vienna
Cars: 5,646,882 (2005)
Currency: euro EUR (prev. Austrian Schilling)
Driving: On the right
Drugs: All illicit drugs still criminalized; fines/and or imprisonment for possession. Heroin in the same class as cannabis, though small amounts of cannabis are usually not prosecuted.
Economic growth: -3.4% (2009); +0.60 (2023)
Economic output: Austria has a well-developed market economy and high standard of living. Austria's economy has strong links with Germany and neighboring Eastern European states.
Electricity: 220 AC, 50 cycles
Ethnic groups: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosnians), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, others 2.4%
Football Association: ÖFB, Österreichischer Fussball-Bund
Football League: Bundesliga - 2 divisions of 10 teams each
Government: federal republic, parliamentary democracy
Highest Mountain: Grossglockner 3798m
International access code: +43
Internet country code: .at
Internet users: 5.9 million (2008); 8.42 million (2022)
Main export partners:
Germany 30.96%, Italy 8.17%, Switzerland 4.99%, US 3.99%
(2009 estimate)
Main imports partners:
Germany 45.07%, Switzerland 6.76%, Italy 6.66%, Netherlands 4.03% (2009 estimate)
Military: compulsory military service
Mobile phones: 10.82m (2008 estmate); 13.08 million (2021)
National team uniform: black and white
Population density: 596 per square mile
Population: 8,210,281 (July 2010 estimate); 8.9 million (2021)
Principal cities & populations:
Vienna
3,390,000
Graz 250,000
Linz 188,968
Salzburg
150,000
Innsbruck
117,000
Pro soccer teams: 20 teams in 2 divisions of the Bundesliga
Ruling party: People's Party / Green Coalition
Stock market: Wiener Börse
Time: Central European Time: GMT +1 hour (Daylight saving time (DST) last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October)
Tourism: (visitors 2005): 19.95 million
Unemployment: 4.8% (2008 estimate); 6.5% (2021)
Urban population: 67% (2008 estimate)
Video system: PAL
Wettest month: July (in Vienna)
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