Press release: 12.317-157/20

Statistical Yearbook on Migration & Integration 2020: more than two million people with foreign background in Austria

Vienna, 2020-09-08 – In 2019, on average 2.070 million people with foreign background lived in Austria, about 611 000 (or 42%) more than ten years before (2009: 1.459 million). The share of the population with foreign background during this time increased from 17.7% to 23.7% of the population.

These and many more figures can be found in the Statistical Yearbook on Migration & Integration 2020, compiled by Statistics Austria (available in German only).

For more detailed information please refer to the German version.