“In the first quarter of 2022, the population increased by around 48,000 people, a good 40,000 of whom are Ukrainian citizens.” According to preliminary results from Statistics Austria, 9,027,999 people lived in Austria on April 1, 2022, 48,105 (plus 0.54 percent) more than at the beginning of the year (8,979,894). According to an evaluation of the registration date of main residences, the nine million mark should have been reached on March 17th. The population rose somewhat more in the first three months of this year than in the whole of 2021 (plus 47,230 people or plus 0.53 percent).
According to preliminary results, on April 1, 2022, a total of 52,803 people with Ukrainian citizenship lived in Austria. Compared to January 1, 2022 (12,668 people), this means an increase of 40,135 people. This means that around 83 percent of the total population growth in the first quarter was attributable to Ukrainian nationals.
Of the 52,803 Ukrainian nationals, 37 percent (19,520 people) were children and young people under the age of 20. 33,283 people were 20 years or older, including 26,476 women and 6,807 men, which resulted in a proportion of women in this age group of 80 percent. If children and young people are also taken into account, 69 percent of all Ukrainian nationals were female.
Largest increase in the east
In relation to the population of the federal states, the proportion of Ukrainian nationals in Vienna (1.09 percent) was largest. In Lower Austria (0.62 percent) and Burgenland (0.59 percent), the proportion of Ukrainians was slightly above the national average (0.58 percent). Their shares were significantly lower in Upper Austria (0.44 percent), Styria (0.38 percent), Carinthia (0.37 percent), Vorarlberg (0.34 percent) and Tyrol and Salzburg (0.32 percent each).
With plus 1.01 percent, Vienna recorded the largest percentage increase in population. In Lower Austria and Burgenland, growth of 0.54 percent corresponded to the national average. In Upper Austria (plus 0.46 percent) and Vorarlberg (plus 0.40 percent) the increases were somewhat lower. The increases in Styria (plus 0.31 percent), in Tyrol and Carinthia (both plus 0.29 percent) and in Salzburg (plus 0.28 percent) ranked well below the Austria-wide growth rate.
Source: Nachrichten
