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Population: 8,210,281 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.5% (male 609,748/female 581,144) 15-64 years: 67.5% (male 2,785,091/female 2,756,402) 65 years and over: 18% (male 612,613/female 865,283) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 42.2 years male: 41.1 years female: 43.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.052% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 9.91 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.5 years male: 76.6 years female: 82.56 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.39 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,800 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian

Ethnic groups: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)

Religions: Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)

Languages: German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 census)

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA