Austria: Administrative Division

flag Contents: Österreich

Republic

8,969,068 Population [2021] – census

9,219,113 Population [2026] – estimate

83,879km² Area

109.9/km² Density [2026]

Contents: Federal States and Districts

The population of the states and districts of Austria according to census results and latest official estimates.

The Details icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, age groups, age distribution, citizenship, country of birth).

Name	Status	Population Census 1981-05-12	Population Census 1991-05-15	Population Census 2001-05-15	Population Census 2011-10-31	Population Census 2021-10-31	Population Estimate 2026-01-01
Burgenland	State	269,771	270,880	277,558	285,685	297,506	301,674	→
Eisenstadt (Stadt)	District	10,102	10,349	11,332	13,101	15,220	16,405	→
Eisenstadt-Umgebung	District	34,119	36,096	38,751	40,936	44,207	44,812	→
Güssing	District	28,960	27,977	27,193	26,624	25,685	25,708	→
Jennersdorf	District	18,937	18,045	17,934	17,573	17,148	17,154	→
Mattersburg	District	34,408	35,075	37,445	39,050	40,563	41,170	→
Neusiedl am See	District	48,458	49,397	51,726	55,337	60,834	61,697	→
Oberpullendorf	District	39,447	38,462	38,092	37,583	37,499	37,622	→
Oberwart	District	53,647	53,783	53,371	53,585	54,366	55,187	→
Rust (Stadt)	District	1,693	1,696	1,714	1,896	1,984	1,919	→
Kärnten [Carinthia]	State	536,179	547,798	559,346	556,173	564,328	570,167	→
Feldkirchen	District	27,268	28,632	30,272	30,285	29,880	30,096	→
Hermagor	District	20,092	20,245	19,752	18,718	18,064	17,913	→
Klagenfurt Land	District	49,572	52,874	56,384	58,499	60,945	62,067	→
Klagenfurt (Stadt)	District	87,321	89,415	90,145	94,483	102,527	105,759	→
Sankt Veit an der Glan	District	59,209	58,850	58,733	56,061	53,911	53,778	→
Spittal an der Drau	District	79,710	80,802	81,706	78,043	75,578	75,126	→
Villach Land	District	60,642	62,596	64,685	64,499	65,166	65,616	→
Villach (Stadt)	District	52,692	54,640	57,492	59,324	63,935	66,088	→
Völkermarkt	District	43,236	43,441	43,570	42,237	41,929	41,842	→
Wolfsberg	District	56,437	56,303	56,607	54,024	52,393	51,882	→
Niederösterreich [Lower Austria]	State	1,427,849	1,473,813	1,545,794	1,614,693	1,698,951	1,730,094	→
Amstetten	District	101,409	105,143	109,182	112,355	117,016	118,374	→
Baden	District	108,373	115,425	126,906	139,039	148,357	150,589	→
Bruck an der Leitha	District	75,794	79,180	83,827	92,808	106,323	110,711	→
Gänserndorf	District	75,288	80,687	88,472	95,841	106,939	110,135	→
Gmünd	District	43,733	41,314	40,045	37,761	36,154	35,264	→
Hollabrunn	District	50,262	49,066	50,062	50,301	51,653	51,957	→
Horn	District	34,599	32,465	32,397	31,429	30,833	30,685	→
Korneuburg	District	61,385	67,674	76,212	85,559	91,861	94,256	→
Krems an der Donau (Stadt)	District	23,076	22,783	23,713	24,032	24,821	25,612	→
Krems (Land)	District	52,352	52,589	54,409	55,874	56,622	56,408	→
Lilienfeld	District	27,677	27,072	27,083	26,369	25,420	25,081	→
Melk	District	72,191	73,319	75,279	76,344	78,465	79,743	→
Mistelbach	District	70,744	70,922	72,723	73,962	76,054	76,882	→
Mödling	District	92,183	100,456	106,379	114,086	119,600	121,511	→
Neunkirchen	District	85,914	85,503	85,769	85,460	86,626	87,339	→
Sankt Pölten (Land)	District	99,186	109,703	118,465	125,438	132,624	134,819	→
Sankt Pölten (Stadt)	District	50,419	50,026	49,117	51,955	56,180	60,114	→
Scheibbs	District	40,175	40,528	41,320	41,020	41,628	41,830	→
Tulln	District	76,180	82,073	89,416	96,791	106,773	109,893	→
Waidhofen an der Thaya	District	30,391	28,607	28,192	26,738	25,549	25,213	→
Waidhofen an der Ybbs (Stadt)	District	11,337	11,435	11,662	11,455	11,118	11,058	→
Wiener Neustadt (Land)	District	61,727	66,462	71,907	75,064	79,436	81,239	→
Wiener Neustadt (Stadt)	District	35,006	35,134	37,626	41,305	47,069	50,065	→
Zwettl	District	48,338	46,247	45,631	43,707	41,830	41,316	→
Oberösterreich [Upper Austria]	State	1,269,545	1,333,480	1,376,607	1,413,762	1,504,237	1,537,669	→
Braunau	District	87,061	91,463	95,166	97,826	107,643	110,532	→
Eferding	District	27,163	28,726	30,711	31,741	33,490	33,887	→
Freistadt	District	57,770	61,101	63,988	65,113	67,153	68,341	→
Gmunden	District	90,502	95,949	99,331	99,403	102,354	102,986	→
Grieskirchen	District	57,092	59,744	61,951	62,555	65,603	66,759	→
Kirchdorf	District	49,605	51,608	55,161	55,557	57,501	58,135	→
Linz-Land	District	109,163	119,341	129,036	139,116	153,464	157,810	→
Linz (Stadt)	District	199,910	203,044	183,614	189,889	206,853	214,484	→
Perg	District	55,808	59,056	63,944	65,738	69,809	71,097	→
Ried	District	53,936	55,722	58,186	58,553	62,286	63,798	→
Rohrbach	District	54,422	55,990	57,257	56,170	56,793	57,236	→
Schärding	District	54,900	56,334	56,985	56,426	57,600	58,151	→
Steyr-Land	District	52,858	54,590	57,604	58,700	61,240	62,650	→
Steyr (Stadt)	District	38,942	39,337	39,339	38,205	37,867	37,926	→
Urfahr-Umgebung	District	61,425	70,274	78,278	81,918	87,083	88,444	→
Vöcklabruck	District	114,036	120,275	126,585	130,316	139,046	142,182	→
Wels-Land	District	53,892	58,332	62,990	67,945	75,270	77,429	→
Wels (Stadt)	District	51,060	52,594	56,481	58,591	63,182	65,822	→
Salzburg	State	442,301	482,365	515,454	529,066	561,714	573,748	→
Hallein	District	44,815	50,396	54,281	57,651	61,162	62,198	→
Salzburg (Stadt)	District	139,426	143,978	142,808	145,270	154,604	157,944	→
Salzburg-Umgebung	District	98,733	118,137	135,100	143,081	155,695	159,801	→
Sankt Johann im Pongau	District	67,410	71,955	77,865	78,138	81,686	83,459	→
Tamsweg	District	20,106	20,622	21,282	20,502	20,169	20,337	→
Zell am See	District	71,811	77,277	84,118	84,424	88,398	90,009	→
Steiermark [Styria]	State	1,186,525	1,184,720	1,183,246	1,208,575	1,251,683	1,272,195	→
Bruck-Mürzzuschlag	District	117,670	112,536	107,928	101,979	98,265	96,309	→
Deutschlandsberg	District	59,515	60,581	61,495	60,689	61,075	60,987	→
Graz (Stadt)	District	243,166	237,810	226,241	261,726	291,731	307,043	→
Graz-Umgebung	District	106,496	118,173	131,492	143,258	160,142	165,707	→
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld	District	87,659	89,674	91,403	90,117	90,884	91,029	→
Leibnitz	District	73,828	75,633	79,260	81,121	86,075	88,184	→
Leoben	District	79,154	72,210	66,745	61,912	58,941	58,776	→
Liezen	District	81,686	82,514	83,244	80,144	79,623	79,286	→
Murau	District	32,427	32,257	31,467	29,186	27,284	26,663	→
Murtal	District	82,748	79,638	77,877	73,684	71,291	71,213	→
Südoststeiermark	District	85,848	85,821	86,489	84,923	83,799	83,345	→
Voitsberg	District	55,806	54,577	53,588	52,063	51,073	51,111	→
Weiz	District	80,522	83,296	86,017	87,773	91,500	92,542	→
Tirol [Tyrol]	State	586,663	631,410	673,543	709,319	762,652	779,174	→
Imst	District	42,358	46,833	52,656	56,557	61,372	62,798	→
Innsbruck-Land	District	125,299	141,334	154,934	166,762	182,750	187,167	→
Innsbruck-Stadt	District	117,287	118,112	113,457	119,617	130,385	132,811	→
Kitzbühel	District	49,747	54,127	59,185	61,705	64,812	66,371	→
Kufstein	District	76,966	84,627	93,704	101,047	111,778	114,370	→
Landeck	District	37,553	40,207	42,795	43,591	44,328	45,166	→
Lienz	District	47,494	48,338	50,395	49,319	48,872	48,946	→
Reutte	District	27,370	29,140	31,583	31,618	33,219	34,003	→
Schwaz	District	62,589	68,692	74,834	79,103	85,136	87,542	→
Vorarlberg	State	305,164	331,472	351,048	370,440	401,037	412,356	→
Bludenz	District	53,104	56,944	60,461	61,025	64,565	65,769	→
Bregenz	District	105,345	115,500	121,097	126,930	135,898	138,283	→
Dornbirn	District	68,708	72,750	75,893	82,386	90,850	94,626	→
Feldkirch	District	78,007	86,278	93,597	100,099	109,724	113,678	→
Wien [Vienna]	State	1,531,346	1,539,848	1,550,261	1,714,227	1,926,960	2,042,036	→
Alsergrund (9. Bezirk)	District	45,314	40,416	37,821	39,291	41,440	41,802	→
Brigittenau (20. Bezirk)	District	73,696	71,876	76,267	83,356	84,395	86,752	→
Döbling (19. Bezirk)	District	67,522	67,377	64,033	68,307	73,908	76,246	→
Donaustadt (22. Bezirk)	District	99,801	106,589	136,446	161,419	202,569	235,446	→
Favoriten (10. Bezirk)	District	147,101	147,636	150,648	177,989	211,818	225,165	→
Floridsdorf (21. Bezirk)	District	116,033	119,415	128,231	143,962	177,529	191,576	→
Hernals (17. Bezirk)	District	49,126	50,944	47,621	52,520	55,969	56,703	→
Hietzing (13. Bezirk)	District	55,331	54,909	49,580	50,626	53,817	56,515	→
Innere Stadt (1. Bezirk)	District	19,537	18,002	17,056	16,374	15,774	15,893	→
Josefstadt (8. Bezirk)	District	24,769	23,850	22,582	23,529	24,132	24,276	→
Landstraße (3. Bezirk)	District	85,887	84,336	81,287	84,527	93,509	100,020	→
Leopoldstadt (2. Bezirk)	District	95,892	93,542	90,922	96,113	104,580	114,236	→
Liesing (23. Bezirk)	District	72,998	81,853	84,716	94,456	114,553	124,899	→
Margareten (5. Bezirk)	District	52,436	51,521	49,116	52,595	53,722	54,104	→
Mariahilf (6. Bezirk)	District	28,771	30,298	27,873	29,375	30,995	31,097	→
Meidling (12. Bezirk)	District	79,408	79,610	78,275	88,503	97,578	102,387	→
Neubau (7. Bezirk)	District	29,490	30,396	28,305	30,019	31,295	31,433	→
Ottakring (16. Bezirk)	District	88,587	88,933	86,149	95,694	101,351	101,608	→
Penzing (14. Bezirk)	District	78,996	80,820	78,180	84,871	92,943	99,519	→
Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (15. Bezirk)	District	70,066	69,309	64,898	71,286	75,607	75,450	→
Simmering (11. Bezirk)	District	66,026	67,045	76,901	91,087	105,664	112,244	→
Währing (18. Bezirk)	District	52,759	49,761	44,997	47,627	50,782	51,195	→
Wieden (4. Bezirk)	District	31,800	31,410	28,357	30,701	33,030	33,470	→
Österreich [Austria]	Republic	7,555,338	7,795,786	8,032,857	8,401,940	8,969,068	9,219,113

Source: Statistik Austria.

Explanation: 2026 population figures are preliminary estimates.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2025)
Males	4,532,880
Females	4,664,333

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	1,580,505
18-64 years	5,757,031
65+ years	1,859,677

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	82,941
80-89 years	473,158
70-79 years	762,167
60-69 years	1,213,188
50-59 years	1,338,584
40-49 years	1,210,754
30-39 years	1,271,522
20-29 years	1,078,639
10-19 years	894,563
0-9 years	871,697

Citizenship (E 2025)
Austria	7,341,794
EU, EFTA, UK	945,169
Other Citizenship	910,250

Country of Birth (E 2025)
Austria	7,112,135
EU, EFTA, UK	925,844
Other country	1,159,234