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Vienna population 2026
Wien
Vienna has 2,028,289 people on the latest official figure, for 1 January 2025, 22,529 more than a year earlier (+1.12%). It is the most populous of Austria’s 9 states, home to 22.1% of Austria’s people.
If last year’s change continues: about 2.1 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.
Vienna in numbers
- Population
- 2 million 1 January 2025
- Change in a year
- +1.12% +22,529 people
- Change since 2020
- +6.13% from 1.9 million
- Share of Austria
- 22.1% Largest of 9 states
- Population density
- 4,889per km² 415 km²
That is about as many people as Equatorial Guinea (2 million).
Population of Vienna by year
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| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,717,084 |
| 2013 | 1,741,246 |
| 2014 | 1,766,746 |
| 2015 | 1,797,337 |
| 2016 | 1,840,226 |
| 2017 | 1,867,582 |
| 2018 | 1,888,776 |
| 2019 | 1,897,491 |
| 2020 | 1,911,191 |
| 2021 | 1,920,949 |
| 2022 | 1,931,593 |
| 2023 | 1,982,097 |
| 2024 | 2,005,760 |
| 2025 | 2,028,289 |
| Year | Population | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,028,289 | +22,529 | +1.12% |
| 2024 | 2,005,760 | +23,663 | +1.19% |
| 2023 | 1,982,097 | +50,504 | +2.61% |
| 2022 | 1,931,593 | +10,644 | +0.55% |
| 2021 | 1,920,949 | +9,758 | +0.51% |
| 2020 | 1,911,191 | +13,700 | +0.72% |
| 2019 | 1,897,491 | +8,715 | +0.46% |
| 2018 | 1,888,776 | +21,194 | +1.13% |
| 2017 | 1,867,582 | +27,356 | +1.49% |
| 2016 | 1,840,226 | +42,889 | +2.39% |
| 2015 | 1,797,337 | +30,591 | +1.73% |
| 2014 | 1,766,746 | +25,500 | +1.46% |
| 2013 | 1,741,246 | +24,162 | +1.41% |
| 2012 | 1,717,084 | – | – |
Vienna 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 |
Air quality in Vienna today
Hourly AQI and a 48-hour forecast.
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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: Vienna population, Eurostat, 1 January 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/austria/vienna/
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