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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Ecuador 3.1 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Ecuador: 256,370 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 2,237 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ecuador’s highest peak towers 2,469 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 6,267 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 31% of Austria, versus 20% of Ecuador

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Ecuador: 20.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ecuador has 2 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Ecuador: 18.3 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Austria is 52% more densely populated than Ecuador

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Ecuador: 74 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 11.2 cm taller than in Ecuador

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 11.7 cm taller than in Ecuador

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Ecuador: 155.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 15 years older than in Ecuador

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Ecuador: 28.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ecuador have 0.5 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Ecuador: 1.81 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 8.6% in Ecuador

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 8.6% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 22 times as many refugees per resident as Ecuador

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ecuador: 1.4 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, Ecuador none

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Ecuador: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Ecuador are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Ecuador: 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 4.4 times the size of Ecuador’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Ecuador: $130 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 4.6 times as much per person as Ecuador

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Ecuador: Int$16,757 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ecuador than in Austria (Gini 14.7 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Ecuador: 45.9 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.4% of people in Ecuador live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Ecuador: 3.4% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.3% in Ecuador

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 3.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ecuador spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Ecuador: 2.1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ecuador’s 13%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Ecuador: 13.1% (2022)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Ecuador’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Ecuador: 43% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 13 times as much on health per person as Ecuador

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Ecuador: $509 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 4.4 years longer than in Ecuador

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Ecuador: 77.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ecuador is 3.9 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ecuador: 10.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 2.4 times as many doctors per person as Ecuador

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ecuador: 2.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 5.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Ecuador

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ecuador: 1.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 2.3 times that in Ecuador

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 5.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

29% of adults in Ecuador are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Ecuador: 28.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 10% in Ecuador

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Ecuador: 10.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.70 points higher than in Ecuador

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Ecuador: 6.14 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 3.6 times as much alcohol as in Ecuador

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Ecuador: 3.2 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 31% more meat per person than Ecuador

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Ecuador: 56.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 1,135 kcal more food per person per day than Ecuador

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Ecuador: 2,621 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ecuador put in 155 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Ecuador: 1,594 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 3.4 years longer than in Ecuador

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Ecuador: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Ecuador: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ecuador (12 against 5)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Ecuador: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Ecuador 10

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Ecuador: 10 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 77% in Ecuador

Austria: 92% (2025) · Ecuador: 77% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ecuador is 67% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Ecuador: 290 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 99% in Ecuador

Austria: 100% (2024) · Ecuador: 98.5% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 63% in Ecuador

Austria: 70% (2025) · Ecuador: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ecuador 102

Austria: 124 (2024) · Ecuador: 102 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 5.1 times as long as Ecuador’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Ecuador: 965 km (2022)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 20 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ecuador

Austria: 5 (2023) · Ecuador: 0.25 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 50% of Ecuador, but only 47% of Austria

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Ecuador: 49.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ecuador

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Ecuador: 2.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 79% in Ecuador

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Ecuador: 79.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ecuador carries 72% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ecuador: 17.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 52 times as likely to be murdered in Ecuador as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 45.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ecuador are 4.7 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Ecuador: 30.8 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ecuador is on average 13.4 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 21.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ecuador gets 2.5 times as much rain as Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ecuador: 3,204 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 Ecuador?

Ecuador is larger. Austria fits inside Ecuador 3.1 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Ecuador?

Ecuador has 2 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Ecuador?

People in Austria live 4.4 years longer than in Ecuador. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 77.6 in Ecuador.

Are people taller in Austria or Ecuador?

Men in Austria are 11.2 cm taller than in Ecuador (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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