Austria: Capital, Population, Currency and Facts

Key facts

Capital: Vienna
Region: Europe, Central Europe
Population: 9,208,163 (2025)
Area: 83,858 km²
Currency: euro (EUR)
Languages: German, Croatian, Hungarian, Slovenian
Calling code: +43
Internet domain: .at
ISO codes: AT, AUT, 040
Time zone: UTC+1:00
United Nations: Member state
Postal code pattern: #### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Austria covers about 83,858 square kilometres. By area it ranks 117th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Azerbaijan and a little larger than United Arab Emirates. It shares a land border with 8 neighbours: Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia, Slovakia. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 47° north, 13° east, in the northern hemisphere.

Neighbours

People

About 9.21 million people live in Austria (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 98th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.11 percent of the world's people. On average there are 110 people to each square kilometre. About 70 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: German, Croatian, Hungarian, Slovenian. A person from Austria is called Austrian.

Money and economy

The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 579 billion (2025), which is about US$ 62,930 for each person (2025).

Time

Austria uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Vienna). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City	People
Vienna	1,691,468
Graz	303,270
Linz	204,846
Salzburg	157,245
Innsbruck	132,493
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	100,316

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Central Europe

Poland. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.