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Overview
- Capital:
- Vienna
- Area:
- 83,870 km²
- Population:
- 8,192,880 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- German (official), Slovene, Croatian, Hungarian.
- Religion(s):
- Roman Catholic - 73.6%, Protestant - 4.7%, Muslim - 4.2%, others - 17.5%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- Austrian - 91.1%, former Yugoslav - 4% (includes Croatian, Slovene, Serb, and Bosniak), Turk - 1.6%, German - 0.9%, other or unspecified - 2.4%.