Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Colombia 14 times.
Austria: 83,879 km² (2023) · Colombia: 1,140,620 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Colombia’s highest peak towers 1,932 m above Austria’s.
Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Colombia has 5.8 times as many people as Austria.
Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Austria is 2.3 times as densely populated as Colombia.
Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Austria are 6.7 cm taller than in Colombia.
Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Colombia: 171.9 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 9.0 cm taller than in Colombia.
Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Colombia: 158 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 11 years older than in Colombia.
Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Colombia have 0.3 more children on average than in Austria.
Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia.
Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4.
Austria: 20.6 (2025) · Colombia: 0.4 (2025)
How many official languages?
Austria and Colombia are practically level.
Austria: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Austria’s economy is 27% larger than Colombia’s.
Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 3.4 times as much per person as Colombia.
Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Austria (Gini 23.2 points higher).
Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 5.6% in Austria.
Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Colombia spends 3.4% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.0%.
Austria: 1% (2024) · Colombia: 3.4% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Colombia’s.
Austria: 82% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Austria spends 10 times as much on health per person as Colombia.
Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Colombia: $644 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Austria live 4.1 years longer than in Colombia.
Austria: 82 years (2024) · Colombia: 77.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Colombia is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria.
Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Colombia.
Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 18% in Austria.
Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia.
Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Austria rate their lives 0.80 points higher than in Colombia.
Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Austria drink 2.4 times as much alcohol as in Colombia.
Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Austria has 18% more meat per person than Colombia.
Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 630 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia.
Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Colombia put in 1,032 more hours a year than in Austria.
Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Austria went to school 3.3 years longer than in Colombia.
Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Austria welcomed 33 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019).
Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
92% of people in Austria are online, versus 79% in Colombia.
Austria: 92% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia.
Austria: 100% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 70% in Austria.
Austria: 70% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124.
Austria: 124 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Austria’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Colombia’s.
Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 6.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia.
Austria: 5 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 53% of Colombia, but only 47% of Austria.
Austria: 47.2% (2023) · Colombia: 52.8% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Austria emits 3.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia.
Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 77% in Colombia.
Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Colombia: 77% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Colombia carries 47% more fine dust than in Austria.
Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 28 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Austria.
Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Colombia are 3.5 times as deadly as in Austria.
Austria: 4.6 per 100k (2021) · Colombia: 16.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Colombia is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Austria.
Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Colombia gets 2.5 times as much rain as Austria.
Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Austria bigger than Colombia?
Colombia is larger. Austria fits inside Colombia 14 times.
Which has more people, Austria or Colombia?
Colombia has 5.8 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Austria or Colombia?
People in Austria live 4.1 years longer than in Colombia. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 77.9 in Colombia.
Are people taller in Austria or Colombia?
Men in Austria are 6.7 cm taller than in Colombia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).