According to Statistics Austria, 9,159,993 people lived in Austria on January 1, 2024, 55,221 (plus 0.6 percent) more than at the beginning of 2023. “The Austrian population continues to grow, but not as fast as recently,” according to Statistics Netherlands. Director General Tobias Thomas Tuesday.
The largest increase was recorded in Vienna, while the increase was lowest in Carinthia. The share of foreign citizens increased from 19 to 19.7 percent within a year.
Moderate increase
“After the immigration of Ukrainian citizens caused a record growth of 1.4 percent in 2022, population growth in 2023 was significantly more moderate, at plus 0.6 percent,” Thomas analyzed. This means that Austria recorded a much smaller population growth in 2023 than the year before (2022: plus 125,843 people or plus 1.4 percent), but a slightly larger increase than two years ago (2021: plus 46,265 people or plus 0.5 percent ) .
Vienna passed the two million mark
“Vienna had the largest percentage population growth of all states,” Thomas continued: “Over the course of 2023, the federal capital will have surpassed the two million mark. The smallest increase occurred in Carinthia, where the population was surpassed by that of Salzburg for the first time in 2023.”
The increase is the lowest in Carinthia
Specifically, Vienna recorded a population growth of 1.2 percent. At the beginning of 2024, 2,006,134 people lived in the federal capital. Vorarlberg also showed strong growth (plus 0.9 percent). With an increase of 0.6 percent each, Tyrol and Salzburg exactly matched the national average, while Upper Austria (plus 0.5 percent), Styria (plus 0.4 percent), Lower Austria (plus 0.3 percent ) and Burgenland (plus 0.2 percent) recorded some growth. smaller increases. The increase was lowest in Carinthia at 0.1 percent. At the beginning of 2024, for the first time, more people lived in Salzburg (571,528) than in Carinthia (569,835).
At the regional level, there was population growth in 67 political districts in 2023. The gains were strongest in the statutory cities of Sankt Pölten (plus 2.1 percent), Eisenstadt (plus 1.8 percent), Wels, Wiener Neustadt and Graz (each plus 1.4 percent). These cities are also the only five districts with a larger increase than Vienna.
26 districts with min
The population fell in 26 political districts. The districts that shrank the most were Leoben (minus 1.1 percent), Murau (minus 0.9 percent), Gmünd (minus 0.6 percent) and Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (minus 0.5 percent). In the Scheibbs district, the population on January 1, 2024 was exactly the same as on January 1, 2023.
Within Vienna, ten municipal districts recorded a decrease and 13 an increase. The strongest increases occurred in the districts of Donaustadt (plus 3.8 percent), Liesing (plus 2.9 percent) and Leopoldstadt and Landstrasse (each plus 1.7 percent). The largest losses were recorded in Wieden (minus 1.4 percent), Alsergrund (minus 1.3 percent) and Margareten (minus 1.1 percent).
The share of foreigners in Vienna is 35.4 percent
According to preliminary data, the share of people with foreign citizenship in the population has risen to 1,801,184 as of January 1, 2024. According to Statistics Austria, there were above-average shares in Vienna (35.4 percent), Vorarlberg (20.6 percent) and Salzburg (20.3 percent), the lowest shares were recorded in Carinthia (13.2 percent) and Lower Austria ( 12.2 percent). ) and Burgenland (11.4 percent).
Source: Krone
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