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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
To request citizenship, you need to live in the country for 10 years
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
2023: The average age of a woman at the birth of her first child is 29.9 years
2022: Austria in the top three anti-leaders by number of childless women
2019: Average age of women at birth of first child is 29 years or older
Number of children per woman
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Male-to-female ratio
Share of the population living in the capital
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Age
2021: Proportion of young people living with their parents - 21.8%
2018: Proportion of residents under 14 - 14.1%
Migration
2024: Number of Ukrainian refugees - less than 100,000
2021: Net population inflow in 4 years
Marriages and divorces
2018: Divorce rate - 35.1%
Poverty
2023: A slight reduction in homelessness
2020: 3.9% of Austrians undernourished
Sight
Main article: Vision
2014: 67.2% of the population wear glasses or lenses
Mortality
2023: Life expectancy - 82.6 years
2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 9.8%
2019: Number of drug overdose deaths - 1.6 per 100,000 population
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:
National and racial composition
Germans
Jews
Black
2020: Black population share 0.51%
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
2024: Austria refuses to join NATO
Austria will not join NATO, Austrian Foreign Minister said in May 2024
2022: Participation in the Three Seas Initiative
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
2022
Fine 50 thousand euros for quoting Russian RT and Sputnik
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.
79% of the population watches TV every day
Health care
Education
Literacy rate
Science and Research
2020: More than 100,000 animals are used for scientific purposes
Almost 8 million animals are used for scientific purposes in Europe and half of them are laboratory mice and rats.
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
Culture
2020: 83.8 museums per million residents
Music
Languages
2016: 13.8% of the population speaks no foreign 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
Army
Military equipment
Tanks
Fighter aircrafts
Arms trade
The Firearms Trade on the Dark Web
Crime
2021: Number of intentional murders
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Prisons
2022: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 14
2018: Number of prisoners
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