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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Egypt 12 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,169 m above Egypt’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 31% of Austria, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Egypt: 4.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Egypt has 13 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 7% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 4.0 cm taller than in Egypt

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 6.1 cm taller than in Egypt

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 19 years older than in Egypt

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Egypt have 1.4 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 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 5.3% in Egypt

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Egypt: 1.9 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, Egypt 0.5

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Egypt: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Egypt are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Egypt: 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 59% larger than Egypt’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 3.8 times as much per person as Egypt

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Egypt (Gini 2.7 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Egypt: 1.4% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 5.6% in Austria

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Austria and Egypt are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Egypt: 0.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Egypt: 12.5% (2015)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 5.4× Egypt’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Egypt: 15% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 48 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 10 years longer than in Egypt

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Egypt: 71.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 7.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 8.2 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 6.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 16 times that in Egypt

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 24% in Austria

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 2.98 points higher than in Egypt

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 112 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 662 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 930 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 2.2 years longer than in Egypt

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 28 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Austria: 12 (2026) · Egypt: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Egypt: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Austria: 92% (2025) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 2.2 times as fast as in Egypt

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Egypt are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · Egypt: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Austria: 70% (2025) · Egypt: 43% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Austria: 124 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Egypt’s railway network is 4% longer than Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 35 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Austria: 5 (2023) · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Egypt: 0% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 4 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 50% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Egypt are 91% deadlier than in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 15.7 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Austria gets 104 times as much rain as Egypt

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 12 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 Egypt?

Egypt is larger. Austria fits inside Egypt 12 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Egypt?

Egypt has 13 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Egypt?

People in Austria live 10 years longer than in Egypt. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 71.8 in Egypt.

Are people taller in Austria or Egypt?

Men in Austria are 4.0 cm taller than in Egypt (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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