Viennese population at over two million

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Statistics Austria announced on Tuesday that Exactly 9,198,214 people were living in Austria at the beginning of 2025, which is 39,464 or 0.4 percent more than a year ago. The proportion of foreigners is 20.2 percent (1,855,624 people), compared to 19.7 percent in the previous year. At 36.4 percent, Vienna is the front-runner here, ahead of Vorarlberg (20.9) and Salzburg (20.8), while Burgenland has the lowest percentage at 11.5 percent.

Growth was lower than in previous years – around 2023, plus 53,978 people or 0.6 percent. “Vienna once again had the highest percentage population growth of all the federal states with a plus of 1.1 percent, while the population in Carinthia only grew slightly by 0.1 percent and even fell slightly in Burgenland,” said Statistics Austria Director General Tobias Thomas. At the beginning of the year, a total of 2,028,399 people lived in the federal capital. The increase in Vorarlberg (0.4 percent) was exactly in line with the national average, while in Upper Austria (0.3 percent) as well as Salzburg, Lower Austria, Tyrol and Styria (0.2 percent each) the increase was slightly lower. At plus 0.1 percent, Carinthia recorded the smallest population increase, while Burgenland even saw a minimal decline (minus 0.04 percent).

At the regional level, the population increased in 57 political districts. The strongest increases were in the cities of Sankt Pölten (1.5 percent), Wiener Neustadt (1.4 percent), Vienna (1.1 percent) and Graz (0.9 percent). The figures declined in 37 political districts: In addition to the small statutory town of Rust (2.5 percent), the districts of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag (1.0 percent), Güssing (0.8 percent) as well as Gmünd, Lilienfeld, Murau, Hermagor and Waidhofen an der Thaya (minus 0.6 percent each) shrank the most.

Population increase in most Viennese districts
Within the federal capital, seven districts recorded a decline, while 16 saw an increase in population. The strongest increases were recorded in Donaustadt (3.3%), Leopoldstadt (2.4%), Liesing (2.0%) and Floridsdorf (1.8%). In contrast, the largest decreases were recorded in the Innere Stadt (1.5 percent), Josefstadt (1.0 percent) and Mariahilf (0.9 percent).