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Austria Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Austria with its 9 first-level divisions, the capital Vienna and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Austria

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 9 units

Austria is divided into 9 first-level administrative divisions:

BurgenlandKärntenNiederösterreichOberösterreichSalzburgSteiermarkTirolVorarlbergWien

Largest cities in Austria

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1ViennaCapital2,400,000
2Linz349,161
3Graz263,234
4Salzburg206,279
5Innsbruck155,214
6Klagenfurt90,610
7Wiener Neustadt82,762
8Bregenz26,928
9Eisenstadt13,165

Vienna is the largest urban area in Austria with about 2,400,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Austria: ≈ 3,766 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Rhein
  • Mur
  • Donau
  • Inn
  • Morava
  • Drau

🏞️ Lakes

  • Bodensee

Ethnic groups in Austria

CIA World Factbook · 2018
Austrian
80.8%German
2.6%Bosnian and Herzegovinian
1.9%Turkish
1.8%Serbian
1.6%Romanian
1.3%other
10%

Austrian 80.8%, German 2.6%, Bosnian and Herzegovinian 1.9%, Turkish 1.8%, Serbian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, other 10% (2018 est.)

Regionally, Austrian is the most common ethnic group across most of the 9 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2018 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Austria

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Roman Catholic
55.2%Muslim
8.3%Orthodox
4.9%Evangelical Christian
3.8%Jewish
0.1%other
5.4%none
22.4%

Roman Catholic 55.2%, Muslim 8.3%, Orthodox 4.9%, Evangelical Christian 3.8%, Jewish 0.1%, other 5.4%, none 22.4% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Roman Catholic is the most common religious group across most of the 9 divisions, while none predominates in 1 division (Wien).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Austria

CIA World Factbook · 2001
German
88.6%Turkish
2.3%Serbian
2.2%Croatian
1.6%other
5.3%

German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)

Regionally, German is the most common language group across most of the 9 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2001 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.