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 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 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 Nobel laureates were born there?

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6.

Australia: 3.6 (2025) · Austria: 20.6 (2025)

How many official languages?

Australia and Austria are practically level.

Australia: 1 (2026) · Austria: 1 (2026)

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 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 1.0%.

Australia: 1.9% (2024) · Austria: 1% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Austria’s.

Australia: 91% (2025) · Austria: 82% (2025)

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 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 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)

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 people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 92% in Austria.

Australia: 96% (2024) · Austria: 92% (2025)

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)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 17% of Australia.

Australia: 17.4% (2023) · Austria: 47.2% (2023)

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)

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 Austria are 2% deadlier than in Australia.

Australia: 4.5 per 100k (2021) · Austria: 4.6 per 100k (2021)

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)