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| Austria Table of Contents
Demographic
Development For recent population estimates, see Facts about Austria.
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Source: U.S. Library of Congress |
The demographic history of Austria corresponds to the general changes
that have taken place in other industrial nations, but with a number of
regional and historical differences. An increasing life expectancy, a
declining fertility rate (or a lower birth rate), and a greater
concentration of population in urban areas are trends Austria shares
with other advanced industrial nations. The cataclysmic events of World
War I and World War II, the substantial population movements--both
forced and voluntary--during the interwar period and after World War II,
the influx of foreign workers starting in the 1960s, and the opening of
Eastern Europe beginning in the late 1980s all affected the size and
structure of Austria's population.