At the beginning of 2025, exactly 9,198,214 people lived in Austria – an increase of 39,464 people or 0.4 percent compared to the previous year. The share of foreign citizens is now 20.2 percent (1,855,624 people) and is therefore above the value of the previous year of 19.7 percent.
Vienna leads with part of the foreigners of 36.4 percent, followed by Vorarlberg (20.9 percent) and Salzburg (20.8 percent). Carinthia records the lowest value by 13.6 percent.
The growth was less than in previous years – around 2023: plus 53,978 people or 0.6 percent in this way the Statistics Austria.
- More residents in Vienna, less in Burgenland: There was an increase of 1.1 percent in Vienna. At the start of the year, a total of 2,028,399 people lived in the federal capital. Vorarlberg’s growth (0.4 percent) was exactly on the national average, in the upper Austria (0.3 percent) and in Salzburg, Lower Austria, Tyrol and Styria (0.2 percent each), the increase was somewhat lower . With plus 0.1 percent there was the least population in Carinthia, while there was even a minimal decrease (minus 0.04 percent) in Burgenland.
A population increase was shown at a regional level in a total of 57 political districts.
- They fell the most Gain In the cities of Sankt Pölten (1.5 percent), Wiener Neustadt (1.4 percent), Vienna (1.1 percent) and Graz (0.9 percent).
- Declining The figures developed in 37 political districts: in addition to the small legal city Rust (2.5 percent), the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (one percent), Güssing (0.8 percent) as well as Gmünd, Lilienfeld, Murau, Hermagor and Waidhofen on the Thaya (per minus 0.6 percent).
Vienna: Donaustadt Klimt, city center loses
Seven districts registered a decrease within the federal capital, while the population increased in 16.
- Die strongest growth There were in the Donaustadt (3.3 percent), Leopoldstadt (2.4 percent), lies (two percent) and Floridsdorf (1.8 percent).
- Die great decline On the other hand, there was in the city center (1.5 percent), the Josefstadt (one percent) and Mariahilf (0.9 percent).
Source: Krone
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