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Republic of Austria
National name: Republik Österreich
President: Thomas Klestil (1992)
Chancellor: Wolfgang Schüssel (2000)
Area: 32,375 sq. mi. (83,850 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 8,139,299 (average annual rate of natural increase: –0.04%); birth rate 9.6/1000; infant mortality rate: 5.1/1000; density per sq. mi.: 251
Capital and largest city (1991 est.): Vienna, 1,600,000
Other large cities (1995 est.): Graz, 237,150; Linz, 203,000; Salzburg, 144,000; Innsbruck, 118,000
Monetary units: Schilling and euro
Languages: German 98% (small Slovene, Croatian, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)
Religions: Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 6%, other 9%
Ethnicity/race: German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%, Slovene 0.2%
Literacy rate: 99%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $184.5 billion; $22,700 per capita. Real growth rate: 2.9%. Inflation: 0.9%. Unemployment: 7% (1999 est.). Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit, dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry, lumber. Labor force: (1998), 3.7 million: services 67.7%, industry and crafts 29%, agriculture and forestry 0.7%. Industries: construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism. Natural resources: iron ore, oil, timber, magnesite, lead, coal, lignite, copper, hydropower. Exports: $62.5 billion (1998): vehicles, machinery and equipment, paper and paperboard, metal goods, iron and steel, telecommunications equipment, textiles, medical and pharmaceutical products. Imports: $65.8 billion (1998): vehicles, machinery and equipment, apparel, metal goods, oil and oil products, office and data-processing machinery, medical and pharmaceutical products, telecommunication equipment, textiles. Major trading partners: EU (mostly Germany and Italy), Central and Eastern Europe, Japan, U.S., Asia.
