Births
Long-term trend and current final annual results
In the 1980s and 1990s, the number of live births
averaged 90 000 a year, with figures peaking in 1982 (94 840) and 1992
(95 302). This was followed in 2001 by the lowest number of births ever
recorded in Austria (75 458), and no uniform trend has been discernible
in the years that followed. The increase in 2002 (78 399) was succeeded
by a decline to 76 944 (2003); 2004 saw a renewed increase to 78 968,
whereas in 2005 (78 190) as well as in 2006 (77 914) the number of births
decreased. This decline continued in 2007, by 1 664, with a total of
76 250 babies born. In 2008 numbers increased again by 2.0 % to
The balance of births and deaths was positive by
Mean age at childbearing was 30.1 years (all births) resp. 28.5 years (first births) in 2010, compared with an average of 26.4 years (all births) resp. 24.3 years (first births) in the 1980s.
Current provisional monthly results
Provisional monthly results can be found in the Statistical Overviews (PDF 38KB) or in the Y8R segment of the ISIS database. Provisional quarterly results can be found in our current press release.
Please consult our German website for tables and charts containing further information.
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