Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria is 28% bigger than Sri Lanka
Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Sri Lanka: 65,610 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)
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)
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)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Austria 1
Austria: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How much goes to the military?
Sri Lanka and Austria are practically level
Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
How many people are online?
92% of people in Austria are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka
Austria: 92% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)
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)
Who has electricity at home?
Austria and Sri Lanka are practically level
Austria: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)
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)
How many phones per person?
Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124
Austria: 124 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)
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)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
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)
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
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)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).