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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Thailand 6.1 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Thailand: 513,115 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Thailand: 3,219 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 1,233 m above Thailand’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Thailand: 2,565 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 43% of Thailand, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Thailand: 43.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Thailand has 7.8 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Thailand: 71.6 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Thailand is 26% more densely populated than Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Thailand: 140 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 6.9 cm taller than in Thailand

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Thailand: 171.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 7.5 cm taller than in Thailand

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Thailand: 159.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 3.4 years older than in Thailand

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Thailand: 39.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Thailand: 1.2 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 16% in Thailand

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Thailand: 16% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 27 times as many refugees per resident as Thailand

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Thailand: 1.2 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, Thailand none

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Thailand: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Thailand are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Thailand: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Austria and Thailand are nearly identical here

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Thailand: $577 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 2.9 times as much per person as Thailand

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Thailand: Int$26,250 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Thailand than in Austria (Gini 2.1 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Thailand: 33.3 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

0.5% of people in Austria live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Thailand

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Thailand: 0% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 0.8% in Thailand

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Thailand: 0.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Austria and Thailand are practically level

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Thailand: 1% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Thailand’s 15%

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Thailand: 15.2% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Thailand’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Thailand: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 21 times as much on health per person as Thailand

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Thailand: $327 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 5.4 years longer than in Thailand

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Thailand: 76.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Thailand is 2.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Thailand: 7.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 10 times as many doctors per person as Thailand

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Thailand: 0.5 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Thailand

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Thailand: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 32% higher than in Thailand

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 9.6 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 16% in Thailand

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Thailand: 15.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 18% in Thailand

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Thailand: 17.8% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.55 points higher than in Thailand

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Thailand: 6.30 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 47% more alcohol than in Thailand

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Thailand: 7.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 3 times as much meat per person as Thailand

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Thailand: 24.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 901 kcal more food per person per day than Thailand

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Thailand: 2,855 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Thailand put in 739 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Thailand: 2,177 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 3.3 years longer than in Thailand

Austria: 12.4 years (2023) · Thailand: 9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 5.2 times as many tourists per resident as Thailand (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Thailand: 0.56 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Austria has 3 more World Heritage sites than Thailand (12 against 9)

Austria: 12 (2026) · Thailand: 9 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Thailand 41

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Thailand: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

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

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

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Thailand is 2.1 times as fast as in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Thailand: 360 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Thailand are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 63% in Thailand

Austria: 70% (2025) · Thailand: 63% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Thailand has 161 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Thailand: 161 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 21% longer than Thailand’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Thailand: 4,092 km (2017)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 6.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Thailand

Austria: 5 (2023) · Thailand: 0.72 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 39% of Thailand

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Thailand: 38.7% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 65% more CO₂ than someone in Thailand

Austria: 6.2 t (2024) · Thailand: 3.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Thailand

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Thailand: 16.6% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Thailand carries 2.3 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Thailand: 23.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Thailand are 5.5 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Thailand: 35.6 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Thailand is on average 18.9 °C warmer than Austria

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

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Thailand gets 31% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Thailand: 1,657 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 Thailand?

Thailand is larger. Austria fits inside Thailand 6.1 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Thailand?

Thailand has 7.8 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Thailand?

People in Austria live 5.4 years longer than in Thailand. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 76.6 in Thailand.

Are people taller in Austria or Thailand?

Men in Austria are 6.9 cm taller than in Thailand (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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