Austria

Main article: Countries of the world

Climate

Heat peak in summer

Winter weather records

Cities

• Vienna

Citizenship and residence permit

2021: How to obtain citizenship for a foreigner

For 2021, Austria has some of the most stringent laws on obtaining citizenship. The decision has to wait for years even with a significant contribution to the country's economy.

Austrian naturalization citizenship is obtained by those who meet several conditions:

• 10 years lived in Austria (under some conditions 6 years are enough), spent no more than 20% of the term abroad
• Have income from EUR 1,000 per month
• Passed citizenship test and confirmed possession of German at B1 level
• Did not commit offenses, have no criminal record
• Do not pose a threat to national security
• Ready to renounce previous citizenship

Administrative offences can prevent a foreigner from becoming an Austrian citizen. For example, a number of fines for parking and speeding or something more serious - drunk driving. And children who were born to foreigners in Austria claim citizenship not by birth, but after 6 years of permanent residence.

The Social Democratic Party of Austria requires simplifying the conditions for applicants for citizenship and for all categories to reduce the period of residence to 6 years, and children to automatically issue citizenship at birth if at least one of the parents legally lived in Austrian land for 5 years. 

The country formally has two investment programs (obtaining a residence permit and citizenship). Both programs have no clear criteria - each case is considered individually. Investors are allowed to retain their previous citizenship.

2019: Number of permits with a residence permit per 1000 inhabitants of Austria

Passport strength

Population

Population

2020: Population growth of 16.6% over 30 years

Birth rate

2022: Austria in the top three anti-leaders by number of childless women

Number of children per woman

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Male-to-female ratio

Share of the population living in the capital

Age

Migration

2021: Net population inflow in 4 years

Marriages and divorces

2018: Divorce rate - 35.1%

Poverty

2020: 3.9% of Austrians undernourished

Mortality

2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 9.8%

2018

Number of drug deaths per million residents

Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants

2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders

2012: Male-female suicide ratio

The number of cars per 1000 people of the population

Dominant haplogroup

See also:

• Subclade R1b1a2a1a2b (S28/U152)

National composition

Germans

Jews

Billionaires in Austria

2023: $11 billionaires

2018: Austria has 9.1 billionaires per 10 million people

Parliament

2022

Far-right FPÖ party seats share - 17%

Proportion of women in Parliament

Government

2021

Karl Nehammer is Austria's new chancellor

In early December 2021, Karl Nehammer became the new Chancellor of Austria. He replaced Alexander Schallenberg, who remained as head of government for less than two months. Nehammer was sworn in by Alexander Van der Bellen on December 4. Read more here.

Alexander Schallenberg - New Chancellor of Austria

On October 11, 2021, former Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg was sworn in by President Alexander Van der Bellen at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, after his predecessor Sebastian Kurz unexpectedly resigned amid a corruption scandal. Read more here.

Foreign policy

Austria is a member of the Three Seas Initiative, aimed at countering Russia.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Austria

Information Technology

Communications (Austrian market)

Main article: Communication (Austrian market)

Austria IT Market

2020: European tech companies attracting the most investment in 5 years

2018: Largest IT companies

Social media

Information security

2023: Data of all Austrian citizens put up for sale

The Dutch hacker, arrested in November 2022, received and put up for sale the full name, address and date of birth of almost every resident of Austria. This was announced on January 25, 2023 by the police of the Alpine country. The unprotected database was freely available on the Internet. Read more here.

MEDIA

Freedom of the press in Austria can be judged by the following fact: according to the amendments to the Austrian media law adopted in 2022, a fine of 50 thousand euros can be obtained for quoting Russian RT and Sputnik.

Health care

• Health care in Austria

Sport

2022: The most popular sport is football

Culture

Music

Language

Religion

2022

50.1% of the population believes in life after death

30% of the population attends divine services at least once a month

2021:12% of the population say religion is important in their lives

Churches

Education

Literacy rate

Army

Military equipment

Tanks

Fighter aircrafts

Arms trade

The Firearms Trade on the Dark Web

Crime

2021: Number of intentional murders

and

Prisons

2022: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 14

2018: Number of prisoners

History

1994: EU accession referendum

Main article: European Union (EU, EU)

1968

1965

1938

Anschluss - joining the German Reich

On March 12-13, 1938, the Anschluss ("accession," "union") took place - Austria's inclusion in Germany.

1934

Austria-Hungary

1918

End of World War I. Millions of victims in Russia

Main article: World War I

Supplies of grain, meat and sugar from Ukraine during the blockade of the country by Britain

In February 1918, by agreement with the government of the Central Rada, German and Austrian troops entered the territory of Ukraine. The governments of the central powers committed themselves to protecting the territory of the Ukrainian People's Republic from the troops of Soviet Russia and supplying coal and oil. In return, Kyiv politicians were supposed to help the German and Austrian military export food from Ukraine.

Thus, the government of the Central Rada pledged to supply Berlin and Vienna by July 31, 1918 1 million tons of grain, 400 million eggs, up to 50 thousand tons of cattle meat, lard, sugar.

For the Germans and Austrians, it was a matter of survival, food in these countries was sorely lacking due to the blockade arranged by Britain. Acorn coffee and margarine potatoes for a resident of Vienna or Berlin were a delicacy at the time.

1916: Death of King Franz Joseph I

1915

1910

1905

1893: Franz Ferdinand's visit to Ceylon

1870

1795: Final partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth between Prussia, Russia and the Habsburg Monarchy

The division of the territory of the Polish-Lithuanian state (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) between the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy occurred in 1772, 1793 and 1795.

1619: Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor

In August 1619, after the death of his older brother Matvey, Ferdinand II was elected emperor.

By character, Ferdinand was a pleasant secular person: kind to his close associates and gracious to servants, he easily converged with people, was generous, passionately loved music and was ardently fond of hunting. At the same time, it was an active and business sovereign who never neglected his duties.

But the main feature of his nature was the fanatical commitment of the Catholic Church, which he was ready to serve with both word and sword. The Jesuits had a huge influence on him. Two of them were always in his hallway and had the right to enter him at all times, even at night, for advice and edification.

1618

1240: As part of the Holy Roman Empire

The empire throughout its history (962-1806) remained a decentralized entity with a complex feudal hierarchical structure, uniting several hundred territorial-state entities. At the head of the empire was the emperor. The imperial title was not hereditary, but was awarded following the election of the electors by the college. The power of the emperor was never absolute and was limited to the highest aristocracy of Germany, and from the end of the 15th century - the Reichstag, representing the interests of the main classes of the empire.

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As part of the Roman Empire

Main article: Roman Empire

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