The 1999 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Birth rate: 9.62 births/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Death rate: 10.04 deaths/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Net migration rate: 1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1999 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.61 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (1999 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1999 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.48 years male: 74.31 years female: 80.82 years (1999 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 1.37 children born/woman (1999 est.)

      Nationality: noun: Austrian(s) adjective: Austrian

      Ethnic groups: German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%, Slovene 0.2%, other 0.1%

      Religions: Roman Catholic 78%, Protestant 5%, other 17%

      Languages: German

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 99% (1974 est.)

       male: NA%

       female: NA%

      Government

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Austria

       conventional short form: Austria

       local long form: Republik Oesterreich

       local short form: Oesterreich

      Data code: AU

      Government type: federal republic

      Capital: Vienna

      Administrative divisions: 9 states (bundeslaender, singular—bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten, Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien

      Independence: 1156 (from Bavaria)

      National holiday: National Day, 26 October (1955)

      Constitution: 1920; revised 1929 (reinstated 1 May 1945)

      Legal system: civil law system with Roman law origin; judicial review of legislative acts by the Constitutional Court; separate administrative and civil/penal supreme courts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal; compulsory for presidential

       elections

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Thomas KLESTIL (since 8 July 1992)

       head of government: Chancellor Viktor KLIMA (since 28 January 1997);

       Vice Chancellor Wolfgang SCHUESSEL (since 22 April 1995)

       cabinet: Council of Ministers chosen by the president on the advice

       of the chancellor

       elections: president elected by popular vote for a six-year term;

       presidential election last held 19 April 1998 (next to be held in

       the spring of 2004); chancellor chosen by the president from the

       majority party in the National Council; vice chancellor chosen by

       the president on the advice of the chancellor

       election results: Thomas KLESTIL reelected president; percent of

       vote—Thomas KLESTIL 63%, Gertraud KNOLL 14%, Heide SCHMIDT 11%,

       Richard LUGNER 10%, Karl NOWAK 2%

      Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Assembly or

       Bundesversammlung consists of Federal Council or Bundesrat (64

       members; members represent each of the states on the basis of

       population, but with each state having at least three

       representatives; members serve a four- or six-year term) and the

       National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members elected by

       direct popular vote to serve four-year terms)

       elections: National Council—last held 17 December 1995 (next to be

       held in the fall of 1999)

       election results: National Council—percent of vote by party—SPOe

       38.3%, OeVP 28.3%, FPOe 22.1%, LF 5.3%, Greens 4.6%, other 1.4%;

       seats by party—SPOe 71, OeVP 53, FPOe 40, LF 10, Greens 9

      Judicial branch: Supreme Judicial Court or Oberster Gerichtshof;

       Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof; Constitutional Court

       or Verfassungsgerichtshof

      Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party of Austria

       caucus floor leader and Alexander VAN DER BELLEN, party spokesman];

      Political pressure groups and leaders: Federal Chamber of Trade and Commerce; Austrian Trade Union Federation (primarily Socialist) or OeGB; three composite leagues of the Austrian People's Party or OeVP representing business, labor, and farmers; OeVP-oriented League of Austrian Industrialists or VOeI; Roman Catholic Church, including its chief lay organization, Catholic Action

      International organization participation: AfDB, AsDB, Australia

       Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CCC, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE,

       EIB, EMU, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 9, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU,

       ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol,

       IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINURSO, MTCR, NAM (guest), NEA, NSG, OAS

       (observer), OECD, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, UN, UNCTAD, UNDOF, UNESCO,

       UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNMOT, UNOMIG, UNTSO,

       UNU, UPU, WCL, WEU (observer), WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC

      Diplomatic representation in the US:

       chief of mission: Ambassador Helmut TUERK

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