Austrians Abroad Explained

Austrians Abroad (German: Auslandsösterreicher) are Austrian citizens, migrants and expatriates alike, who reside outside the Republic of Austria.

The interests of these approximately 613,300 Austrians living abroad, mostly in Germany (255,500), Switzerland (67,000), the UK (39,600), USA (39,000) and Australia (22,500), are represented by the World Federation of Austrians Abroad (German: Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund), a NGO with headquarters in Vienna, Austria.^[1] It is also the umbrella organisation for more than 170 Austrian clubs worldwide, publisher of the quarterly magazine ROTWEISSROT (named after the colours of the Austrian flag), and runs the online community austrians.org (founded in 2004 by Gerald Ganglbauer).^[2]

Communities

• Austrian Americans
• Austrian Argentines
• Austrian Australians
• Austrian Brazilians
• Austrian Canadians
• Austrian Mexicans
• Austrians of Croatia
• Transylvanian Landlers (i.e. Austrians of Romania)
• Austrian South African
• Austrians in the United Kingdom
• Austrian Uruguayans

Austrian citizens abroad in July 2023

Only Austrian citizens are taken into account, thus excluding people of Austrian descent, the case of the overwhelming majority of Austrian Canadians, Austrian Americans or Austrian Brazilians.

!Rank!Country!Austrian citizens in the country in 2023!Notes

1		255,500	Bordering Austria
2		67,000	Bordering Austria
3		39,600
4		39,000
5		22,500
6		18,200
7		13,000
8		12,500
9		10,500
10		10,000
11		9,900
12		8,500	Bordering Austria
13		7,300
14		5,500
15		5,400
16		5,000	Bordering Austria
17		5,000	Bordering Austria
18		4,700
19		4,500
20		4,000
21		3,500
22		3,500
23		3,300
24		3,300
25		3,200
26		3,000
27		3,000
28		2,500
29		2,500	Bordering Austria
30		2,100
31		2,000
32		1,700
33		1,700
34		1,700
35		1,600
36		1,500
	Rest of the world	25,600

Source:^[3]

See also

• German Speaking Evangelical Congregation in Iran
• Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul
• German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum Tefen
• Geographical distribution of German speakers

External links

• Austrians - Weltweit Freunde
• Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund
• Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs
• Diaspora of Austrian Jews

Notes and References

1. Website of Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs, Auslandsösterreicher. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
2. Website of World Federation of Austrians Abroad, Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
3. Web site: Auslandsösterreicher:innen . 2023-06-24 . STATISTIK AUSTRIA . de-AT.