Austria has a population of 8,265,925 (as of 1.1.2006). The average population density is 99 inhabitants per square kilometre.
90.2% of the population are Austrians, 9.8% are foreigners.
Of the foreigners living in Austria, the main nationalities are as follows:
| Citizens of former Yugoslavia | 39,3% |
| Turkish | 14,8% |
| German | 12% |
| Catholic | 74% |
| Protestant | 4,7% |
| Muslim | 4,2% |
| Men | 76.65 years |
| Women | 82.24 years |