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Styria population 2026
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Styria has 1,271,716 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 1,915 more than a year earlier (+0.15%). It is 4th of Austria’s 9 states by population, home to 13.8% of Austria’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 1.3 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Styria in numbers
- Population
- 1.3 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +0.15% +1,915 people
- Change since 2020
- +2.03% from 1.2 million
- Share of Austria
- 13.8% 4th of 9 states
- Population density
- 78per km² 16,399 km²
That is about as many people as Eswatini (1.3 million).
Population of Styria by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,208,696 |
| 2013 | 1,210,971 |
| 2014 | 1,215,246 |
| 2015 | 1,221,570 |
| 2016 | 1,232,012 |
| 2017 | 1,237,298 |
| 2018 | 1,240,214 |
| 2019 | 1,243,052 |
| 2020 | 1,246,395 |
| 2021 | 1,247,077 |
| 2022 | 1,252,922 |
| 2023 | 1,265,198 |
| 2024 | 1,269,801 |
| 2025 | 1,271,716 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,271,716 | +1,915 | +0.15% |
| 2024 | 1,269,801 | +4,603 | +0.36% |
| 2023 | 1,265,198 | +12,276 | +0.98% |
| 2022 | 1,252,922 | +5,845 | +0.47% |
| 2021 | 1,247,077 | +682 | +0.05% |
| 2020 | 1,246,395 | +3,343 | +0.27% |
| 2019 | 1,243,052 | +2,838 | +0.23% |
| 2018 | 1,240,214 | +2,916 | +0.24% |
| 2017 | 1,237,298 | +5,286 | +0.43% |
| 2016 | 1,232,012 | +10,442 | +0.85% |
| 2015 | 1,221,570 | +6,324 | +0.52% |
| 2014 | 1,215,246 | +4,275 | +0.35% |
| 2013 | 1,210,971 | +2,275 | +0.19% |
| 2012 | 1,208,696 | – | – |
Styria among Austria’s states
Full ranking →| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 2,028,289 | +1.12% | 22.1% | 4,889 |
| 2 | Lower Austria | 1,727,514 | +0.22% | 18.8% | 90 |
| 3 | Upper Austria | 1,535,519 | +0.34% | 16.7% | 128 |
| 4 | Styria | 1,271,716 | +0.15% | 13.8% | 78 |
| 5 | Tyrol | 777,660 | +0.22% | 8.5% | 62 |
| 6 | Salzburg | 572,846 | +0.24% | 6.2% | 80 |
| 7 | Carinthia | 570,095 | +0.06% | 6.2% | 60 |
| 8 | Vorarlberg | 411,784 | +0.44% | 4.5% | 158 |
| 9 | Burgenland | 301,790 | −0.05% | 3.3% | 76 |
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Source and method
Eurostat, population on 1 January by NUTS region (demo_r_d2jan). Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0). Total area, Wikidata. Eurostat updates regional populations once a year. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for Austria, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.
Cite this page: Styria population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/austria/styria/
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