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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria is 28% bigger than Sri Lanka

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Sri Lanka: 65,610 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,274 m above Sri Lanka’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Sri Lanka has 2.4 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Sri Lanka is 3.2 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 10.5 cm taller than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 168.1 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 11.1 cm taller than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 155.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 10 years older than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.6 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 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 12% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 3,180 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 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, Sri Lanka none

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Austria 1

Austria: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (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 5.3 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 4.5 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Austria (Gini 6.5 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Sri Lanka and Austria are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.8× Sri Lanka’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 50 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 4.3 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Sri Lanka: 77.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Sri Lanka is 86% more likely to die before turning one than in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 70% more hospital beds per person than Sri Lanka

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 10% higher than in Austria

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 2.83 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 4.7 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 6.4 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 1,081 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 615 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 1.6 years longer than in Sri Lanka

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 89 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Austria: 12 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 92% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Austria is 2.8 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Sri Lanka are practically level

Austria: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 70% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as Sri Lanka’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 28 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Austria: 5 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 34% of Sri Lanka

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 6.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 62% in Sri Lanka

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Austria

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Sri Lanka are 3.2 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Sri Lanka is on average 19.0 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Sri Lanka gets 45% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 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 Sri Lanka?

Austria is larger. Austria is 28% bigger than Sri Lanka.

Which has more people, Austria or Sri Lanka?

Sri Lanka has 2.4 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Sri Lanka?

People in Austria live 4.3 years longer than in Sri Lanka. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 77.7 in Sri Lanka.

Are people taller in Austria or Sri Lanka?

Men in Austria are 10.5 cm taller than in Sri Lanka (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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