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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria is 71% bigger than Slovakia

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Slovakia: 49,030 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,143 m above Slovakia’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 2,655 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 38% of Slovakia, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Slovakia: 37.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Austria has 70% more people than Slovakia

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Slovakia: 5.41 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Slovakia and Austria are nearly identical here

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Slovakia: 113 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Slovakia are 2.5 cm taller than in Austria

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Slovakia: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Slovakia and Austria are practically level

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Slovakia: 167.1 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 1.8 years older than in Slovakia

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Slovakia: 41.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Slovakia: 1.46 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 19% in Slovakia

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Slovakia: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 20% more refugees per resident than Slovakia

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Slovakia: 26 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, Slovakia 1.8

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Slovakia: 1.8 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Slovakia are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Slovakia: 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 3.7 times the size of Slovakia’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Slovakia: $155 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 56% more per person than Slovakia

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Slovakia: Int$49,309 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Austria than in Slovakia (Gini 7.4 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Slovakia: 23.8 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Austria and Slovakia are practically level

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Slovakia: 0.5% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Austria and Slovakia are practically level

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Slovakia: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Slovakia spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Slovakia: 2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Slovakia’s 19%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Slovakia: 19.1% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Slovakia’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Slovakia: 58% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Slovakia

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Slovakia: $1,813 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 3.6 years longer than in Slovakia

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Slovakia: 78.4 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Slovakia is 89% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Slovakia: 5.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 49% more doctors per person than Slovakia

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Slovakia: 3.7 per 1,000 (2022)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 20% more hospital beds per person than Slovakia

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Slovakia: 5.6 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 51% higher than in Slovakia

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 8.4 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

30% of adults in Slovakia are obese, versus 18% in Austria

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Slovakia: 30.3% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

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

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Slovakia: 29.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.59 points higher than in Slovakia

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Slovakia: 6.26 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 28% more alcohol than in Slovakia

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Slovakia: 9.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 5% more meat per person than Slovakia

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Slovakia: 70 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 776 kcal more food per person per day than Slovakia

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Slovakia: 2,980 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Slovakia put in 183 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Slovakia: 1,621 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Slovakia went to school 0.74 years longer than in Austria

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Slovakia: 13.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Slovakia: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 4 more World Heritage sites than Slovakia (12 against 8)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Slovakia: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Slovakia 43

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Slovakia: 43 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 90% in Slovakia

Austria: 92% (2025) · Slovakia: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Slovakia is 27% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Slovakia: 220 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Slovakia are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 53% in Slovakia

Austria: 70% (2025) · Slovakia: 53% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Slovakia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Slovakia: 140 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 37% longer than Slovakia’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Slovakia: 3,626 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 14,058 times as many passengers per resident as those from Slovakia

Austria: 5 (2023) · Slovakia: 0.00036 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 40% of Slovakia

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Slovakia: 40.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in Slovakia

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Slovakia: 5.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Slovakia

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Slovakia: 18.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Slovakia carries 28% more fine dust than in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Slovakia: 13.2 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 Slovakia than in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Slovakia are 46% deadlier than in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Slovakia: 9.5 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Slovakia is on average 1.7 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Slovakia: 9.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Austria gets 47% more rain than Slovakia

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Slovakia: 864 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

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People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
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Quick answers

Is Austria bigger than Slovakia?

Austria is larger. Austria is 71% bigger than Slovakia.

Which has more people, Austria or Slovakia?

Austria has 70% more people than Slovakia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Slovakia?

People in Austria live 3.6 years longer than in Slovakia. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 78.4 in Slovakia.

Are people taller in Austria or Slovakia?

Men in Slovakia are 2.5 cm taller than in Austria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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