Austria – key data Area: 83,871 km² (of which land: 82,445 km², water: 1,426 km²) Population: 8.2 million (July 2011 estimate, CIA). Composition: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (mainly Croats, Slovenes, Serbs and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%,German 0.9%, others 2.4% (2001 census). Population density: 98 residents per km² Population growth: 0.034% per year (2011, CIA) Capital… Read More »
Vienna charms the traveler with its stunning cultural sites and beautiful architecture. The Austrian capital, Vienna, attracts the tourist with its ornate buildings, endless delicacies and fascinating history that takes you back in time to the glory of the Habsburg Empire. Austria about 1.8 million inhabitants, the capital city of Vienna is known, above all, the… Read More »
Yearbook 2012 Austria. In January, President Heinz Fischer withdrew an award that Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the right-wing Freedom Party (FPÖ), would receive after ten years in government service. The reason was that Strache said that his followers were like Jews during Nazism, thus persecuted, because of a demonstration against an annual ball organized by… Read More »
Economy With (2016) € 32,479 million, Tyrol contributes 9.2% to Austria’s gross domestic product (GDP). In a comparison of the federal states, it is in economic power with a GDP per resident of € 43,700 above the Austrian average of € 40,400 and takes fourth place in the comparison of the federal states. The service… Read More »