Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Japan: 29,751 km (2026 edition)

Austria’s highest peak towers 22 m above Japan’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Japan: 3,776 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 31% of Austria, versus 13% of Japan

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Japan: 12.6% (2024)

Japan has 13 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Japan: 123 million (2025)

Japan is 3 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Japan: 338 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Japan is 5.9 years older than in Austria

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Japan: 49 years (2023)

Women in Austria have 0.2 more children on average than in Japan

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Japan: 1.15 children per woman (2024)

30% of people in Japan are 65 or older, versus 21% in Austria

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Japan: 30% (2025)

Austria hosts 90 times as many refugees per resident as Japan

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Japan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Japan 2.5

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Japan: 2.5 (2026)

Austria and Japan are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Japan: 1 (2026)

Japan’s economy is 7.7 times the size of Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Japan: $4.44 trillion (2025)

Austria produces 39% more per person than Japan

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Japan: Int$55,422 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Japan than in Austria (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Japan: 32.3 (2020)

1.2% of people in Japan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Japan: 1.2% (2020)

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 2.5% in Japan

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Japan: 2.5% (2025)

Japan and Austria are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Japan: 1.4% (2025)

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Japan: no data

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Japan’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Japan: 65% (2025)

Austria spends 85% more on health per person than Japan

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Japan: $3,638 (2023)

A baby in Austria is 56% more likely to die before turning one than in Japan

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Japan: 1.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Austria has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Japan

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Japan: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Japan has 88% more hospital beds per person than Austria

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Japan: 12.6 per 1,000 (2022)

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

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

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 5.2% in Japan

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Japan: 5.2% (2024)

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 18% in Japan

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Japan: 17.5% (2024)

People in Austria rate their lives 0.71 points higher than in Japan

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Japan: 6.13 (2025)

Adults in Austria drink 85% more alcohol than in Japan

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Japan: 6.3 litres (2023)

Austria has 23% more meat per person than Japan

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Japan: 59.9 kg (2022)

Austria has 1,086 kcal more food per person per day than Japan

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Japan: 2,670 kcal (2022)

Workers in Japan put in 215 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Japan: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Japan went to school 0.32 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Japan: 12.7 years (2023)

Austria welcomed 9.7 times as many tourists per resident as Japan (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Japan: 0.3 (2024)

Japan has 15 more World Heritage sites than Austria (27 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Japan: 27 (2026)

Japan has won 642 Olympic medals, Austria 367

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Japan: 642 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 86% in Japan

Austria: 92% (2025) · Japan: 86% (2024)

Home internet in Japan is 85% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Japan: 322 Mbps (2026)

Austria and Japan are practically level

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

92% of people in Japan live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · Japan: 92% (2025)

Japan has 178 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Japan: 178 (2023)

Japan’s railway network is 4 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Japan: 20,087 km (2011)

Airlines from Austria fly 5.1 times as many passengers per resident as those from Japan

Austria: 5 (2023) · Japan: 0.98 (2023)

Forest covers 68% of Japan, but only 47% of Austria

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Japan: 68.3% (2024)

The average person in Japan emits 26% more CO₂ than someone in Austria

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Japan: 7.8 t (2024)

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 24% in Japan

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Japan: 23.6% (2025)

The air in Japan carries 2% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Japan: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Austria as in Japan

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 0.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Austria are 71% deadlier than in Japan

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Japan: 3.8 per 100k (2023)

Japan is on average 4.9 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 12.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Japan gets 44% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Japan: 1,824 mm (2016–2025 avg)