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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Ethiopia 13 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Ethiopia: 1,129,820 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 752 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 34% of Ethiopia, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ethiopia has 15 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ethiopia is 8% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 9.7 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 168.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 9.8 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 157.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 24 years older than in Ethiopia

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ethiopia have 2.6 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 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 3.3% in Ethiopia

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 4.2 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 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, Ethiopia 0.1

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Ethiopia are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 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 4.6 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 21 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Austria and Ethiopia are practically level

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

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

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

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Austria spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 194 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 14 years longer than in Ethiopia

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Ethiopia: 67.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ethiopia is 12 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 39 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 20 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 13% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 2.86 points higher than in Ethiopia

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 5.1 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 11 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 1,197 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Ethiopia put in 161 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 10 years longer than in Ethiopia

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 714 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria and Ethiopia are practically level

Austria: 12 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Austria: 92% (2025) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 8.1 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Austria: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Austria: 70% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Austria: 124 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 6.6 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ethiopia

Austria: 5 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 46 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 84% in Austria

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ethiopia carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ethiopia are 3.7 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ethiopia is on average 16.1 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Austria gets 32% more rain than Ethiopia

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 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 Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is larger. Austria fits inside Ethiopia 13 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Ethiopia?

Ethiopia has 15 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Ethiopia?

People in Austria live 14 years longer than in Ethiopia. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 67.6 in Ethiopia.

Are people taller in Austria or Ethiopia?

Men in Austria are 9.7 cm taller than in Ethiopia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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