Exact population: 8,192,880 (July 2006 est.)

Literacy: Total population: 98%; male: NA%; female: NA%

Ethnicities: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)

Area: Total: 83,870 sq km; land: 82,444 sq km; water: 1,426 sq km

Land boundaries: Total: 2,562 km; border countries: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km

Terrain: In the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping

Extremes: Lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 m; highest point: Grossglockner 3,798 m

Imports: Germany 46.3%, Italy 6.8%, Switzerland 4.3% (2004)

Exports: Germany 32%, Italy 8.9%, US 6%, Switzerland 4.8%, France 4.2%, UK 4.2% (2004)

Industries: Construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism

Source: CIA World Factbook