Austria - Country Code 43
IDD Code: 00
Country Code: 43
ISO: AT
ISO3: AUT
Helpful Information About Austria
Time
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Capital: Vienna
Time Zone
UTC+01:00
Time Difference
Vienna, Austria is ()
Daylight Savings Time
Austria does not follow DST
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City Calling Codes
| City | Calling Code |
|---|---|
| Bad Gastein | +43-6434 |
| Baden bei Wien | +43-2252 |
| Graz | +43-316 |
| Horn | +43-2982 |
| Innsbruck | +43-512 |
| Kitzbuhel | +43-5356 |
| Klagenfurt | +43-4222 |
| Klosterneuburg | +43-2243 |
| Krems an der Donau | +43-2732 |
| Krumpendorf | +43-4229 |
| Linz | +43-70 |
| Linz | +43-732 |
| Lofer | +43-6588 |
| Neunkirchen | +43-2653 |
| Salzburg | +43-662 |
| Sankt Polten | +43-2742 |
| Thuringen | +43-5550 |
| Tulln | +43-2272 |
| Velden | +43-4274 |
| Vienna | +43-1 |
| Villach | +43-4242 |
| Weis | +43-7242 |
| Zell am See | +43-6542 |
| Zwetendorf | +43-2277 |
About Austria Country NameAustria
ContinentEurope
Lat/Long47.51623100, 14.55007200
BackgroundOnce the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the EU in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.
Population8,711,770 (July 2016 est.)
LanguagesGerman (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in South Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)
ReligionsCatholic 73.8% (includes Roman Catholic 73.6%, other Catholic 0.2%), Protestant 4.9%, Muslim 4.2%, Orthodox 2.2%, other 0.8% (includes other Christian), none 12%, unspecified 2% (2001 est.)
Ethnic GroupsAustrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, Germans 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census)
Economy
EconomyAustria, with its well-developed market economy, skilled labor force, and high standard of living, is closely tied to other EU economies, especially Germany's. Its economy features a large service sector, a relatively sound industrial sector, and a small, but highly developed agricultural sector.
Economic growth has been relatively weak in recent years, approaching 0.9% in 2015, but rising to 1.4% in 2016. Austria's 5.8% unemployment rate, while low by European standards, is at its highest rate since the end of World War II, driven by an increased number of refugees and EU migrants entering the labor market. Without extensive vocational training programs and generous early retirement, the unemployment rate would be even higher.
Although Austria's fiscal position compares favorably with other euro-zone countries, it faces several external risks, such as unexpectedly weak world economic growth threatening the export market, Austrian banks' continued exposure to Central and Eastern Europe, repercussions from the Hypo Alpe Adria bank collapse, political and economic uncertainties caused by the European sovereign debt crisis, the current refugee crisis, and continued unrest in Russia/Ukraine. The budget deficit stood at 1.4% of GDP in 2016 and public debt reached a post-war high of 86.2% of the GDP in 2015.
Economic growth has been relatively weak in recent years, approaching 0.9% in 2015, but rising to 1.4% in 2016. Austria's 5.8% unemployment rate, while low by European standards, is at its highest rate since the end of World War II, driven by an increased number of refugees and EU migrants entering the labor market. Without extensive vocational training programs and generous early retirement, the unemployment rate would be even higher.
Although Austria's fiscal position compares favorably with other euro-zone countries, it faces several external risks, such as unexpectedly weak world economic growth threatening the export market, Austrian banks' continued exposure to Central and Eastern Europe, repercussions from the Hypo Alpe Adria bank collapse, political and economic uncertainties caused by the European sovereign debt crisis, the current refugee crisis, and continued unrest in Russia/Ukraine. The budget deficit stood at 1.4% of GDP in 2016 and public debt reached a post-war high of 86.2% of the GDP in 2015.
GDP$387.3 billion (2016 est.)
CurrencyEuro
Communications
Internet TLD.at
Internet Users7.273 million
Land Lines3,609,900
Mobile Phones13.471 million
Broadcast MediaWorldwide cable and satellite TV are available; the public incumbent ORF competes with three other major, several regional domestic, and up to 400 international TV stations; TV coverage is in principle 100%, but only 90% use broadcast media; Internet streaming not only complements, but increasingly replaces regular TV stations (2016)