The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

male: 38.8 years

       female: 41.2 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       0.14% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       9.56 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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: 0.65 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 5.76 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 78.87 years

       male: 76 years

       female: 81.89 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.35 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       0.3% (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       10,000 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 100 (2003 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Austrian(s)

       adjective: Austrian

      Ethnic groups:

       German 88.5%, indigenous minorities 1.5% (includes Croatians,

       Slovenes, Hungarians, Czechs, Slovaks, Roma), recent immigrant

       groups 10% (includes Turks, Bosnians, Serbians, Croatians) (2001)

      Religions:

       Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 0.1%,

       none 17.4%

      Languages:

       German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia),

       Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 98%

       male: NA

       female: NA

      Government Austria

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Austria

       conventional short form: Austria

       local short form: Oesterreich

       local long form: Republik Oesterreich

      Government type:

       federal republic

      Capital:

       Vienna

      Administrative divisions:

       9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland,

       Kaernten, Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark,

       Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien

      Independence:

       1156 (Duchy of Austria founded); 12 November 1918 (republic

       proclaimed)

      National holiday:

       National Day, 26 October (1955); note - commemorates the State

       Treaty restoring national sovereignty and the end of occupation and

       the passage of the law on permanent neutrality

      Constitution:

       1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)

      Legal system:

       civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of

       legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate

       administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; accepts compulsory

       ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential elections

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Heinz FISCHER (since 8 July 2004)

       head of government: Chancellor Wolfgang SCHUESSEL (OeVP)(since 4

       February 2000); Vice Chancellor Hubert GORBACH (since 21 October

       2003)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers chosen by the president on the advice

       of the chancellor

       elections: president elected by direct popular vote for a six-year

       term; presidential election last held 25 April 2004 (next to be held

       NA April 2010); chancellor traditionally chosen by the president

       from the plurality party in the National Council; vice chancellor

       chosen by the president on the advice of the chancellor

       note: government coalition - OeVP and FPOe

       election results: Heinz FISCHER elected president; percent of vote -

       Heinz FISCHER (SPOe) 52.4%, Benita FERRERO-WALDNER (OeVP) 47.6%

      Legislative branch:

       bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of Federal

       Council or Bundesrat (62 members; members represent each of the

       states on the basis of population, but with each state having at

       least three representatives; members serve a five- or six-year term)

       and the National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members elected

       by direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

       election results: National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP

       42.3%, SPOe 36.5%, FPOe 10.0%, Greens 9.5%; seats by party - OeVP

       79, SPOe 69, FPOe 18, Greens 17

       elections: National Council - last held 24 November 2002 (next to be

       held in the fall of 2006)

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof; Administrative

       Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court or

       Verfassungsgerichtshof

      Political parties and leaders:

       Austrian People's Party or OeVP [Wolfgang SCHUESSEL]; Freedom Party

       of Austria or FPOe [Ursula HAUBNER]; Social Democratic Party of

       Austria or SPOe [Alfred GUSENBAUER]; The Greens [Alexander VAN DER

       BELLEN]

      Political pressure groups and leaders:

       Austrian Trade Union Federation (nominally independent but

       primarily Socialist) or OeGB; Federal Economic Chamber;

       OeVP-oriented League of Austrian Industrialists or VOeI; Roman

       Catholic Church, including its chief lay organization,