MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE EU - AUSTRIA
The European Union has 28 member countries: AUSTRIA Austria is a largely mountainous country due to its location at the eastern end of the Alps. This mountain range dominates the western and southern parts of Austria while the country’s lower-lying eastern provinces are in the Danube basin. The most important sectors of Austria’s economy in 2014 were wholesale and retail trade, transport, accommodation and food services (22.8 %), industry (22.1 %) and public administration, defence, education, human health and social work activities (17.7 %). Austria’s main export partners are Germany, Italy and the US, while its main import partners are Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Capital : Vienna Geographical size : 83 879 km² Population : 8 507 786 (2014) Population as % of total EU population : 1.7 % (2014) GDP : € 329.296 billion (2014) Official EU language(s) : German Political system : federal parliamentary republic EU member country sin...