Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Saudi Arabia 26 times
Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Austria’s highest peak towers 798 m above Saudi Arabia’s
Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 31% of Austria
Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Saudi Arabia has 4 times as many people as Austria
Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Austria is 6.5 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Austria are 7.9 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 8.1 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 14 years older than in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 1.0 more children on average than in Austria
Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Austria hosts 2,569 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Austria and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Austria: 1 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 2.2 times the size of Austria’s
Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 4% more per person than Saudi Arabia
Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 3.0% in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%
Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%
Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Saudi Arabia’s
Austria: 82% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Austria spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Saudi Arabia
Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Austria live 3 years longer than in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 82 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Saudi Arabia is 68% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria
Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 62% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia
Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Austria has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia
Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Austria is 5.8 times that in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 18% in Austria
Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Austria and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Austria has 27% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia
Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 96 kcal more food per person per day than Saudi Arabia
Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 686 more hours a year than in Austria
Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Austria went to school 0.76 years longer than in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Austria welcomed 3.4 times as many tourists per resident as Saudi Arabia (2019)
Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Austria has 4 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (12 against 8)
Austria: 12 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4
Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 92% in Austria
Austria: 92% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 13% faster than in Austria
Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Austria and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Austria: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 70% in Austria
Austria: 70% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124
Austria: 124 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Austria’s railway network is 69% longer than Saudi Arabia’s
Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Saudi Arabia
Austria: 5 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 3.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Austria
Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 4.9 times as much fine dust as in Austria
Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 7% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Austria
Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Saudi Arabia are 3.3 times as deadly as in Austria
Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 19.0 °C warmer than Austria
Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Austria gets 21 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Austria bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Austria fits inside Saudi Arabia 26 times.
Which has more people, Austria or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia has 4 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Austria or Saudi Arabia?
People in Austria live 3 years longer than in Saudi Arabia. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Austria or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Austria are 7.9 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
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