Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Australia 92 times
Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Austria: 83,879 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Austria: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Austria’s highest peak towers 1,570 m above Australia’s
Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 31% of Austria
Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Austria: 31.1% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Australia has 3 times as many people as Austria
Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Austria: 9.21 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Austria is 31 times as densely populated as Australia
Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Austria: 112 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Australia and Austria are practically level
Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Austria: 178.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 2.3 cm taller than in Australia
Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Austria: 166.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 5.3 years older than in Australia
Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Austria: 43.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Australia have 0.2 more children on average than in Austria
Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia
Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Austria: 21.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Austria hosts 26 times as many refugees per resident as Australia
Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6
Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Austria: 20.6 (2026)
How many official languages?
Australia and Austria are practically level
Australia: 1 (2026) · Austria: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Australia’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Austria’s
Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Austria: $579 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 7% more per person than Australia
Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Austria: Int$76,778 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Austria (Gini 2.6 points higher)
Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Austria: 31.2 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Australia and Austria are practically level
Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Austria: 0.5% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 4.1% in Australia
Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Austria: 5.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%
Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Austria: 1.1% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Australia’s 24%
Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Austria: 25.8% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Austria’s
Australia: 91% (2025) · Austria: 82% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Australia spends 4% more on health per person than Austria
Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Austria: $6,739 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Australia live 1.1 years longer than in Austria
Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Austria: 82 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Australia is 11% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria
Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 35% more doctors per person than Australia
Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Austria has 75% more hospital beds per person than Australia
Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
Austria and Australia are nearly identical here
Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 18% in Austria
Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Austria: 18.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 12% in Australia
Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Austria: 23.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Australia rate their lives 0.07 points higher than in Austria
Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Austria: 6.85 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Austria drink 10% more alcohol than in Australia
Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Austria: 11.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Australia has 58% more meat per person than Austria
Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Austria: 73.7 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 194 kcal more food per person per day than Australia
Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Australia put in 173 more hours a year than in Austria
Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Austria: 1,438 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Australia went to school 0.51 years longer than in Austria
Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Austria: 12.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Australia: no data · Austria: 2.9 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Australia has 9 more World Heritage sites than Austria (21 against 12)
Australia: 21 (2026) · Austria: 12 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Austria 367
Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Austria: 367 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Australia are online, versus 92% in Austria
Australia: 96% (2024) · Austria: 92% (2025)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Australia is 50% faster than in Austria
Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Austria: 174 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Australia and Austria are practically level
Australia: 100% (2024) · Austria: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 70% in Austria
Australia: 88% (2025) · Austria: 70% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113
Australia: 113 (2024) · Austria: 124 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Australia’s railway network is 6.6 times as long as Austria’s
Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Austria: 4,962 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Australia
Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Austria: 5 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 17% of Australia
Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Austria: 47.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Australia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Austria
Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Austria: 6.2 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia
Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Austria: 83.6% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Austria carries 91% more fine dust than in Australia
Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3% more likely to be murdered in Austria than in Australia
Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Australia are 15% deadlier than in Austria
Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Australia is on average 14.6 °C warmer than Austria
Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Austria gets 2.8 times as much rain as Australia
Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Australia bigger than Austria?
Australia is larger. Austria fits inside Australia 92 times.
Which has more people, Australia or Austria?
Australia has 3 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Australia or Austria?
People in Australia live 1.1 years longer than in Austria. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 82.0 in Austria.
Are people taller in Australia or Austria?
Australia and Austria are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
