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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Austria fits inside Vietnam 4 times

Austria: 83,879 km² (2024) · Vietnam: 331,338 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Austria: 0 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Austria’s highest peak towers 654 m above Vietnam’s

Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 39% of Vietnam, versus 31% of Austria

Austria: 31.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Vietnam has 11 times as many people as Austria

Austria: 9.21 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Vietnam is 2.9 times as densely populated as Austria

Austria: 112 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Austria are 9.6 cm taller than in Vietnam

Austria: 178.5 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 168.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Austria are 8.5 cm taller than in Vietnam

Austria: 166.9 cm (2019) · Vietnam: 158.4 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Austria is 11 years older than in Vietnam

Austria: 43.1 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Vietnam have 0.6 more children on average than in Austria

Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 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 9.5% in Vietnam

Austria: 21.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Austria hosts 243,289 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 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, Vietnam 0.1

Austria: 20.6 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Austria and Vietnam are practically level

Austria: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 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 13% larger than Vietnam’s

Austria: $579 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Austria produces 4.2 times as much per person as Vietnam

Austria: Int$76,778 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Austria (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Austria: 31.2 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Austria

Austria: 0.5% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 5.6% in Austria, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Austria: 5.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%

Austria: 1.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Austria: 25.8% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Vietnam’s

Austria: 82% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Austria spends 34 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Austria: $6,739 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Austria live 7.3 years longer than in Vietnam

Austria: 82 years (2024) · Vietnam: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Vietnam is 4.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria

Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Austria has 5 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Austria has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Vietnam

Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Austria is 27% higher than in Vietnam

Austria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

18% of adults in Austria are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Austria: 18.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 21% in Vietnam

Austria: 23.8% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Austria rate their lives 0.42 points higher than in Vietnam

Austria: 6.85 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Austria drink 8% more alcohol than in Vietnam

Austria: 11.6 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Austria has 22% more meat per person than Vietnam

Austria: 73.7 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Austria has 670 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Vietnam put in 722 more hours a year than in Austria

Austria: 1,438 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Austria went to school 3.4 years longer than in Vietnam

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

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Austria welcomed 36 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Austria: 2.9 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

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

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Austria: 367 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

92% of people in Austria are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Austria: 92% (2025) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Vietnam is 40% faster than in Austria

Austria: 174 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Austria and Vietnam are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Austria live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Austria: 70% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Austria 124

Austria: 124 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Austria’s railway network is 57% longer than Vietnam’s

Austria: 4,962 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Austria fly 9.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Austria: 5 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Austria and Vietnam are practically level

Austria: 47.3% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Austria emits 68% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Austria: 83.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Vietnam carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Austria

Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 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) · Vietnam: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Vietnam are 2.8 times as deadly as in Austria

Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Vietnam is on average 16.5 °C warmer than Austria

Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Vietnam gets 68% more rain than Austria

Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 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 Vietnam?

Vietnam is larger. Austria fits inside Vietnam 4 times.

Which has more people, Austria or Vietnam?

Vietnam has 11 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Austria or Vietnam?

People in Austria live 7.3 years longer than in Vietnam. Life expectancy at birth is 82.0 years in Austria and 74.7 in Vietnam.

Are people taller in Austria or Vietnam?

Men in Austria are 9.6 cm taller than in Vietnam (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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