This article is about the capital of Austria. For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). Vienna (/viˈɛnə/; German: Wien, pronounced [viːn]) is the capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.8 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre.