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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Australia 98 times

Australia: 7,741,220 km² (2024) · Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Australia’s highest peak towers 626 m above Czechia’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 47% of Australia, versus 46% of Czechia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Czechia: 45.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Australia has 2.5 times as many people as Czechia

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Czechia: 10.9 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 39 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Czechia: 141 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 2.4 cm taller than in Australia

Australia: 178.8 cm (2019) · Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 3.3 cm taller than in Australia

Australia: 164.7 cm (2019) · Czechia: 168 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 5 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Czechia: 42.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Australia have 0.1 more children on average than in Czechia

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 18% in Australia

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Czechia: 21.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 30 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Czechia: 5.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · Czechia: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Australia’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Czechia’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Czechia: $391 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Australia produces 19% more per person than Czechia

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Czechia (Gini 8.1 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Czechia: 25.7 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Czechia: 0% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.1% in Australia, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Czechia: 2.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Australia and Czechia are practically level

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Czechia: 1.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Czechia’s 19%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Czechia: 18.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Czechia’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Czechia: 59% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Czechia

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Czechia: $2,693 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Australia live 3.1 years longer than in Czechia

Australia: 83.1 years (2024) · Czechia: 80 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Australia is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in Czechia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 7% more doctors per person than Australia

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 71% more hospital beds per person than Australia

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Australia is 3% higher than in Czechia

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 32% in Czechia

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Czechia: 31.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Czechia: 28.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Australia rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Czechia

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Czechia: 6.82 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 29% more alcohol than in Australia

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 42% more meat per person than Czechia

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 178 kcal more food per person per day than Czechia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 163 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 0.09 years longer than in Australia

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Czechia: 13 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Czechia: 1.37 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Australia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Czechia (21 against 17)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Czechia: 17 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Czechia 111

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Czechia: 111 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Australia: 96% (2024) · Czechia: 88% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Australia is 40% faster than in Czechia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Australia and Czechia are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Czechia: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Australia: 88% (2025) · Czechia: 73% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Australia 113

Australia: 113 (2024) · Czechia: 127 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Australia’s railway network is 3.5 times as long as Czechia’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Czechia: 9,357 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Czechia: 0.2 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 17% of Australia

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Czechia: 38.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 2.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Czechia

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Czechia: 7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Czechia: 16.8% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Czechia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 11% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in Czechia

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Australia are 6% deadlier than in Czechia

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Australia is on average 13.0 °C warmer than Czechia

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Czechia gets 80% more rain than Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Australia bigger than Czechia?

Australia is larger. Czechia fits inside Australia 98 times.

Which has more people, Australia or Czechia?

Australia has 2.5 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Australia or Czechia?

People in Australia live 3.1 years longer than in Czechia. Life expectancy at birth is 83.1 years in Australia and 80.0 in Czechia.

Are people taller in Australia or Czechia?

Men in Czechia are 2.4 cm taller than in Australia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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