Almost 20% of people living in Austria born abroad, 36.7% in Vienna

Where were most foreign-born residents in Austria born?

As also might be expected, the largest number of foreign-born residents in Austria are from neighboring Germany, with a total number of more than 237,800 people now living in Austria born there.

This is followed by 170,500 from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 159,600 from Turkey.

The ÖIF report also comments the income of foreign-born residents in Austria averages 80% of the income of Austrian nationals, with Austrians earning an average net income of 27,00 euros, while foreigners earned 21,600 euros.

The numbers also seem to suggest, without a sizable number of foreign-born residents in Austria, the country would likely see a rapidly declining population.

More information is available on the ÖIF website on the Bundesländer – Statistiken zu Migration & Integration 2020 report — where, if you are one of those people born abroad and needing to learn German, you can also find free language-learning resources in English and nine other languages.