0.4% more than in 2024

Austria’s population grew to 9.2 million

A total of 2,028,399 people lived in the federal capital of Vienna, 36.4 percent of whom were foreigners.

(Bild: APA/GEORG HOCHMUTH)

At the beginning of 2025, there were exactly 9,198,214 people living in Austria - an increase of 39,464 people or 0.4% compared to the previous year. The proportion of foreign nationals is now 20.2 percent (1,855,624 people), which is higher than the previous year's figure of 19.7 percent. 

Vienna leads with a foreign share of 36.4 percent, followed by Vorarlberg (20.9 percent) and Salzburg (20.8 percent). Carinthia recorded the lowest figure at 13.6 percent.

Growth was lower than in previous years - around 2023: up 53,978 people or 0.6% according to Statistics Austria.

• More residents in Vienna, fewer in Burgenland: Vienna saw an increase of 1.1 percent. At the beginning of the year, a total of 2,028,399 people lived in the federal capital. The increase in Vorarlberg (0.4 percent) was exactly in line with the national average, while the increase was slightly lower in Upper Austria (0.3 percent) and in Salzburg, Lower Austria, Tyrol and Styria (0.2 percent each). At plus 0.1 percent, Carinthia recorded the smallest population increase, while Burgenland even saw a minimal decline (minus 0.04 percent).

At regional level, the population increased in a total of 57 political districts.

• The strongest increases were recorded in the cities of Sankt Pölten (1.5 percent), Wiener Neustadt (1.4 percent), Vienna (1.1 percent) and Graz (0.9 percent).
• The figuresdeclined in 37 political districts: In addition to the small statutory town of Rust (2.5 percent), the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (one percent), Güssing (0.8 percent) as well as Gmünd, Lilienfeld, Murau, Hermagor and Waidhofen an der Thaya (minus 0.6 percent each) shrank the most.

Vienna: Donaustadt gains, Innere Stadt loses
Within the federal capital, seven districts recorded a decline, while 16 saw an increase in population.

• The strongest increases were recorded in Donaustadt (3.3 percent), Leopoldstadt (2.4 percent), Liesing (two percent) and Floridsdorf (1.8 percent).
• By contrast, the largest declines were recorded in the Innere Stadt (1.5 percent), Josefstadt (one percent) and Mariahilf (0.9 percent).