Map of the Austrian Diaspora in the World

Austrians Abroad (german: Auslandsösterreicher) are Austrian citizens, migrants and

expatriates An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled workers, or artists taking positions outside their home country, either ...

alike, who reside outside the

Republic of Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ci ...

. The interests of these approximately 500,000 Austrians living abroad, in Germany (243,000), Switzerland (50,000), USA (30,000), UK (22,000), South Africa (18,000), Australia and Spain (15,000 each) are represented by the ''World Federation of Austrians Abroad'' (german: Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund), a

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) or non-governmental organisation (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government. They are typically nonprofit entities, and many of them are active in h ...

with headquarters in

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Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. 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 Gerald Ganglbauer (born 24 February 1958 in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian–Australian writer and publisher diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 48 years. Since then he has been an ambassador for Parkinson's support groups. Life B ...

).Website of World Federation of Austrians Abroad
''Auslandsösterreicher-Weltbund''
Retrieved 5 July 2013.

Communities

Austrian Americans Austrian Americans (, ) are Americans of Austrian descent, chiefly German-speaking Catholics and Jews. According to the 2000 U.S. census, there were 735,128 Americans of full or partial Austrian descent, accounting for 0.3% of the population. The ...

* Austrian Argentines * Austrian Australians *

Austrian Brazilians Austrian Brazilians (Portuguese: ''Austro-brasileiro, Austríaco brasileiro'') refers to Brazilians of full, partial, or predominantly Austrian ancestry, or Austrian-born people residing in Brazil. Brazil is home to the second largest German-Aust ...

Austrian Canadians Austrian Canadians (german: Österreichischekanadier, ) are Canadian citizens who are of Austrian ancestry or Austrian-born people who reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 207,050 Canadians who claimed either full or partia ...

* Austrian Mexicans * Austrians of Croatia * Austrians of Romania * Austrian South African * Austrians in the United Kingdom * Austrian Uruguayans

Austrian Citizens Abroad in 2021 (Top 10)

: 435,000 : 59,000 : 39,000 : 33,000 : 20,000 : 18,000 : 17,000 : 16,000 : 12,000 : 10,000

References

External links

Austrians - ''Weltweit Freunde''Auslandsösterreicher-WeltbundAustrian Ministry for European and International AffairsDiaspora of Austrian Jews
Austrian emigrants Austrian expatriates Austrian diaspora European diasporas {{Austria-org-stub

Communities

Austrian Citizens Abroad in 2021 (Top 10)

See also

References

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