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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Bangladesh is 76% bigger than Austria

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 2,738 m above Bangladesh’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Bangladesh has 19 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Bangladesh is 12 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 13.4 cm taller than in Bangladesh

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 14.6 cm taller than in Bangladesh

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 18 years older than in Bangladesh

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Bangladesh have 0.8 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 4.6 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Bangladesh are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Austria’s economy is 27% larger than Bangladesh’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 7.6 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Bangladesh (Gini 0.3 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Austria and Bangladesh are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 3.2× Bangladesh’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Bangladesh: 26% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 126 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 7.1 years longer than in Bangladesh

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Bangladesh is 8.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 7.6 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 7.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 2.8 times that in Bangladesh

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 24% in Austria

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Bangladesh: 32% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 2.53 points higher than in Bangladesh

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 3,983 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 16 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 1,168 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Bangladesh put in 945 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 5.6 years longer than in Bangladesh

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 1,480 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 9 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (12 against 3)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Austria: 92% (2025) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 2 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

Austria: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Austria: 70% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Austria: 124 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 72% longer than Bangladesh’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 133 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Austria: 5 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 14% of Bangladesh

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 9.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Bangladesh carries 6.3 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.7 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Bangladesh are 5.3 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Bangladesh is on average 17.9 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Bangladesh gets 65% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 2,096 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 Austria bigger than Bangladesh?

Bangladesh is larger. Bangladesh is 76% bigger than Austria.

Which has more people, Austria or Bangladesh?

Bangladesh has 19 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Bangladesh?

People in Austria live 7.1 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 74.9 in Bangladesh.

Are people taller in Austria or Bangladesh?

Men in Austria are 13.4 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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