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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Mexico 23 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Mexico: 1,957,190 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Mexico: 9,330 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Mexico’s highest peak towers 1,838 m above Austria’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Mexico: 5,636 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 51% of Mexico, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Mexico: 50.6% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Mexico has 14 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Mexico: 132 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Austria is 64% more densely populated than Mexico

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Mexico: 68 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 8.2 cm taller than in Mexico

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Mexico: 170.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 9.0 cm taller than in Mexico

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Mexico: 157.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 14 years older than in Mexico

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Mexico: 28.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Mexico have 0.6 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Mexico: 1.89 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 8.5% in Mexico

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Mexico: 8.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 27 times as many refugees per resident as Mexico

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Mexico: 1.2 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, Mexico 0.2

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Mexico: 0.2 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Mexico are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Mexico: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Mexico’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Austria’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Mexico: $1.83 trillion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 3 times as much per person as Mexico

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Mexico: Int$25,869 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Mexico than in Austria (Gini 11.4 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Mexico: 42.6 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.6% of people in Mexico live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Mexico: 1.6% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 2.7% in Mexico

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Mexico: 2.7% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Austria and Mexico are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Mexico: 0.7% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Mexico’s 15%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Mexico: 14.8% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.5× Mexico’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Mexico: 54% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 8.9 times as much on health per person as Mexico

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Mexico: $761 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 6.7 years longer than in Mexico

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Mexico: 75.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mexico is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Mexico: 12.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 2.1 times as many doctors per person as Mexico

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

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 6.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Mexico

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Mexico: 1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 46% higher than in Mexico

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 8.7 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

37% of adults in Mexico are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Mexico: 37.4% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 16% in Mexico

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Mexico: 15.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Mexico rate their lives 0.13 points higher than in Austria

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Mexico: 6.97 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 73% more alcohol than in Mexico

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Mexico: 6.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Mexico has 6% more meat per person than Austria

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Mexico: 78.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 451 kcal more food per person per day than Mexico

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Mexico: 3,305 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Mexico put in 190 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Mexico: 1,629 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 3 years longer than in Mexico

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Mexico: 9.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 8.4 times as many tourists per resident as Mexico (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Mexico: 0.34 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Mexico has 24 more World Heritage sites than Austria (36 against 12)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Mexico: 36 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Mexico 77

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Mexico: 77 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 83% in Mexico

Austria: 92% (2025) · Mexico: 83% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 14% faster than in Mexico

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Mexico: 152 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Mexico are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · Mexico: 99.8% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

80% of people in Mexico live in cities, versus 70% in Austria

Austria: 70% (2025) · Mexico: 80% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mexico 116

Austria: 124 (2024) · Mexico: 116 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Mexico’s railway network is 4.7 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Mexico: 23,389 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 8.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mexico

Austria: 5 (2023) · Mexico: 0.6 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 34% of Mexico

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Mexico: 34.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 75% more CO₂ than someone in Mexico

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Mexico: 3.5 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in Mexico

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Mexico: 23.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Mexico carries 78% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Mexico: 18.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 28 times as likely to be murdered in Mexico as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Mexico are 2.9 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Mexico: 19.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Mexico is on average 13.6 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 21.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Austria gets 61% more rain than Mexico

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mexico: 788 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 Mexico?

Mexico is larger. Austria fits inside Mexico 23 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Mexico?

Mexico has 14 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Mexico?

People in Austria live 6.7 years longer than in Mexico. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 75.3 in Mexico.

Are people taller in Austria or Mexico?

Men in Austria are 8.2 cm taller than in Mexico (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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