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Population forecast: the nine-million mark is expected to be reached in 2022; as of this year, there are more senior citizens than people under 20 living in Austria

Austria's population is growing and aging. This process will continue in the future, according to the population forecast published by Statistics Austria. According to the forecast, Austria's population is expected to reach the nine-million mark in 2022 and grow by 6% to 9.47 million by 2040, and finally by 11% to 9.94 million by 2080.

Press release: Labour force projection: share of labour force in total population declines

Summer season 2021 ends positively compared to 2020, still below pre-crisis level of 2019

The tourist summer season of 2021 ended with 66.37 million nights spent, according to preliminary results. German guests were primarily responsible for the year-on-year increase in nights spent in the 2021 summer season. A total of 28.32 million nights spent and thus 42.7% of nights spent from May to October 2021 were attributable to guests from Germany. More than one-third of guest nights (36.2%; 24.05 million) were spent by domestic guests in the 2021 summer season (summer 2020: 22.20 million; summer 2019: 23.30 million).

Fruit harvest 2021: Late frost and cold led to lower pome and stone fruit harvest

Late frost and cold weather again led to losses in the fruit harvest. In 2021, 188 200 tonnes of dessert fruit were produced. This was 14% below the ten-years average and 2% lower than the previous year's production.

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26.11.2021

Final energy consumption decreased by 8% in 2020

In 2020, final energy consumption decreased by 8% to 1 053 petajoules (PJ) compared to the previous year, and was at a similar level to 2003. The economic sectors of industry and services recorded each a decline in final energy consumption of around 3% to 307 PJ and 108 PJ, respectively. Consumption by private households, on the other hand, was at about the same level as in the previous year 2019.

25.11.2021

Number of deaths on highest level so far for 2021

According to preliminary results, 2 054 people died in calendar week 45 (from 8 to 14 November 2021). This year, only in calendar week 3 (18 to 24 January 2021) the number of deaths had also exceeded 2 000 (2 009 deaths). In 2020, fewer people (2 004) died in calendar week 45 than in the same week 2021.

25.11.2021

Publication: Traffic statistics (Verkehrsstatistik 2020)

In this publication, the freight transport that was carried out in Austria in the modes of road, rail, inland waterways, aviation and pipelines is explained in detail for the year 2020. For road freight transport, alongside the performance provided by Austrian companies, a summary of the transport performance by foreign companies on Austrian territory is given. Information on passenger transport in aviation and on rail, especially the passenger flows in scheduled and non-scheduled air services and their development are discussed in detail as well as the most important destinations of flights and final destinations of passengers and data on general aviation. The publication is available in German only.