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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Romania 2.8 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Romania: 238,397 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,254 m above Romania’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Romania has 2.1 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Austria is 35% more densely populated than Romania

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Austria and Romania are practically level

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 2.2 cm taller than in Romania

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 0.46 years older than in Romania

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Romania have 0.1 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 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 20% in Romania

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 2.9 times as many refugees per resident as Romania

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 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, Romania 2.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Romania are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Romania: 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 35% larger than Romania’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 51% more per person than Romania

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Romania (Gini 1.4 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Romania and Austria are practically level

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Romania and Austria are practically level

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Austria: 82% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 6.4 times as much on health per person as Romania

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 5.5 years longer than in Romania

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Romania is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 52% more doctors per person than Romania

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Romania has 8% more hospital beds per person than Austria

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 55% higher than in Romania

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 24% in Austria

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.22 points higher than in Romania

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Romania drink 47% more alcohol than in Austria

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 2% more meat per person than Romania

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 107 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Romania put in 387 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 0.81 years longer than in Romania

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 4.1 times as many tourists per resident as Romania (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 1 more World Heritage site than Romania (12 against 11)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Romania 318

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 91% in Romania

Austria: 92% (2025) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Romania is 82% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Romania are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Austria: 70% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Romania 120

Austria: 124 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Romania’s railway network is 2.2 times as long as Austria’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 34 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Austria: 5 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 30% of Romania

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 71% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Romania carries 39% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 28% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Romania are 2.1 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Romania is on average 3.1 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Austria gets 67% more rain than Romania

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 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 Romania?

Romania is larger. Austria fits inside Romania 2.8 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Romania?

Romania has 2.1 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Romania?

People in Austria live 5.5 years longer than in Romania. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 76.5 in Romania.

Are people taller in Austria or Romania?

Austria and Romania are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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