Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside India 39 times.
Austria: 83,879 km² (2023) · India: 3,287,260 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · India: 7,000 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
India’s highest peak towers 4,788 m above Austria’s.
Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · India: 8,586 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
India has 159 times as many people as Austria.
Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · India: 1.46 billion (2025)
How crowded is it?
India is 4.4 times as densely populated as Austria.
Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · India: 492 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Austria are 12.0 cm taller than in India.
Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · India: 166.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 11.8 cm taller than in India.
Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · India: 155.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 15 years older than in India.
Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · India: 28.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in India have 0.7 more children on average than in Austria.
Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · India: 1.96 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 7.4% in India.
Austria: 21.1% (2025) · India: 7.4% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, India 0.1.
Austria: 20.6 (2025) · India: 0.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
India has 3 official languages, Austria 1.
Austria: 1 (2026) · India: 3 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
India’s economy is 6.8 times the size of Austria’s.
Austria: $579 billion (2025) · India: $3.96 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 6.5 times as much per person as India.
Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · India: Int$11,748 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in India (Gini 5.7 points higher).
Austria: 31.2 (2023) · India: 25.5 (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 4.2% in India.
Austria: 5.6% (2025) · India: 4.2% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
India spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.0%.
Austria: 1% (2024) · India: 2.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 3.6× India’s.
Austria: 82% (2025) · India: 23% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Austria spends 80 times as much on health per person as India.
Austria: $6,739 (2024) · India: $85 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Austria live 9.8 years longer than in India.
Austria: 82 years (2024) · India: 72.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in India is 8.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria.
Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · India: 23.3 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 7.6 times as many doctors per person as India.
Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · India: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is obesity?
18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 8.0% in India.
Austria: 18.3% (2024) · India: 8% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 23% in India.
Austria: 23.8% (2024) · India: 22.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Austria rate their lives 2.31 points higher than in India.
Austria: 6.85 (2025) · India: 4.54 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Austria drink 2.2 times as much alcohol as in India.
Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · India: 5.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Austria has 9.1 times as much meat per person as India.
Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · India: 8.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 1,087 kcal more food per person per day than India.
Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · India: 2,669 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in India put in 944 more hours a year than in Austria.
Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · India: 2,383 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Austria went to school 5.5 years longer than in India.
Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · India: 6.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Austria welcomed 428 times as many tourists per resident as India (2019).
Austria: 2.9 (2022) · India: 0.01 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
92% of people in Austria are online, versus 70% in India.
Austria: 92% (2025) · India: 70% (2025)
Who has electricity at home?
Austria and India are practically level.
Austria: 100% (2024) · India: 99.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 36% in India.
Austria: 70% (2025) · India: 36% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, India 79.
Austria: 124 (2024) · India: 79 (2024)
How much railway is there?
India’s railway network is 14 times as long as Austria’s.
Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · India: 68,103 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 41 times as many passengers per resident as those from India.
Austria: 5 (2023) · India: 0.12 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 25% of India.
Austria: 47.2% (2023) · India: 24.5% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Austria emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in India.
Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · India: 2.2 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in India.
Austria: 83.6% (2025) · India: 24.1% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in India carries 4.3 times as much fine dust as in Austria.
Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · India: 44.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.2 times as likely to be murdered in India as in Austria.
Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · India: 2.8 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in India are 3.2 times as deadly as in Austria.
Austria: 4.6 per 100k (2021) · India: 14.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
India is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Austria.
Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · India: 24.5°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Austria and India are nearly identical here.
Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · India: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Austria bigger than India?
India is larger. Austria fits inside India 39 times.
Which has more people, Austria or India?
India has 159 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Austria or India?
People in Austria live 9.8 years longer than in India. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 72.2 in India.
Are people taller in Austria or India?
Men in Austria are 12.0 cm taller than in India (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).