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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Guatemala is 30% bigger than Austria

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Guatemala: 108,889 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 400 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Guatemala’s highest peak towers 422 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 4,220 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Guatemala, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Guatemala: 46% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Guatemala has 2 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Guatemala: 18.7 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Guatemala is 56% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Guatemala: 174 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 14.2 cm taller than in Guatemala

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Guatemala: 164.4 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 16.0 cm taller than in Guatemala

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Guatemala: 150.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 20 years older than in Guatemala

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Guatemala: 22.6 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Guatemala have 1.0 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Guatemala: 2.29 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 5.0% in Guatemala

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Guatemala: 5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 367 times as many refugees per resident as Guatemala

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Guatemala: 0.1 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, Guatemala 1.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Guatemala: 1.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Guatemala are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Guatemala: 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 4.7 times the size of Guatemala’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Guatemala: $123 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 5.1 times as much per person as Guatemala

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Guatemala: Int$15,197 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Guatemala than in Austria (Gini 14 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Guatemala: 45.2 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

9.7% of people in Guatemala live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Guatemala: 9.7% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 2.6% in Guatemala

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Guatemala: 2.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

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

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Guatemala: 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, Guatemala’s 12%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.6% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 17 times as much on health per person as Guatemala

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Guatemala: $392 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 9.2 years longer than in Guatemala

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Guatemala: 72.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Guatemala is 6.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Guatemala: 17.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 4.3 times as many doctors per person as Guatemala

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Guatemala: 1.3 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 15 times as many hospital beds per person as Guatemala

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 2.3 times that in Guatemala

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

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

27% of adults in Guatemala are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 26.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 11% in Guatemala

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Guatemala: 11.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.31 points higher than in Guatemala

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Guatemala: 6.53 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 3.8 times as much alcohol as in Guatemala

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Guatemala: 3.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 36% more meat per person than Guatemala

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Guatemala: 54.3 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 933 kcal more food per person per day than Guatemala

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Guatemala: 2,823 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Guatemala put in 712 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Guatemala: 2,151 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 6.5 years longer than in Guatemala

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Guatemala: 5.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 35 times as many tourists per resident as Guatemala (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Guatemala: 0.08 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 8 more World Heritage sites than Guatemala (12 against 4)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Guatemala: 4 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Guatemala 3

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Guatemala: 3 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 60% in Guatemala

Austria: 92% (2025) · Guatemala: 60% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 17% faster than in Guatemala

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Guatemala: 149 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Austria have electricity, versus 91% in Guatemala

Austria: 100% (2024) · Guatemala: 90.9% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 56% in Guatemala

Austria: 70% (2025) · Guatemala: 56% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Guatemala 113

Austria: 124 (2024) · Guatemala: 113 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 6.2 times as long as Guatemala’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Guatemala: 800 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 422 times as many passengers per resident as those from Guatemala

Austria: 5 (2023) · Guatemala: 0.01 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 33% of Guatemala

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Guatemala: 33.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 5.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Guatemala

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Guatemala: 1.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 68% in Guatemala

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Guatemala: 68.3% (2024)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Guatemala carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Guatemala: 27.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 27 times as likely to be murdered in Guatemala as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 23.4 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Guatemala are 3.2 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Guatemala: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Guatemala is on average 15.9 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Guatemala gets 43% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Guatemala: 1,811 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 Guatemala?

Guatemala is larger. Guatemala is 30% bigger than Austria.

Which has more people, Austria or Guatemala?

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

Where do people live longer, Austria or Guatemala?

People in Austria live 9.2 years longer than in Guatemala. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 72.7 in Guatemala.

Are people taller in Austria or Guatemala?

Men in Austria are 14.2 cm taller than in Guatemala (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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