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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Ethiopia 14 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ethiopia: 1,129,820 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 2,948 m above Czechia’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 34% of Ethiopia

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Ethiopia has 12 times as many people as Czechia

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 17% more densely populated than Ethiopia

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 12.3 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 168.8 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 10.8 cm taller than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 157.2 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 24 years older than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Ethiopia have 2.5 more children on average than in Czechia

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 4.9 times as many refugees per resident as Ethiopia

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ethiopia: 7.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Czechia’s economy is 3.1 times the size of Ethiopia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Czechia produces 17 times as much per person as Ethiopia

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ethiopia than in Czechia (Gini 5.4 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

39% of people in Ethiopia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Czechia

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Ethiopia: 38.6% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Ethiopia and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.5%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.5% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ethiopia’s 3.4%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.4% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ethiopia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Czechia spends 77 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Czechia live 12 years longer than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ethiopia: 67.6 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ethiopia is 16 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 30 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 20 times as many hospital beds per person as Ethiopia

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.3 per 1,000 (2016)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ethiopia is 18% higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.4 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Czechia rate their lives 2.84 points higher than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 6 times as much alcohol as in Ethiopia

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 12 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 826 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 175 more hours a year than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 11 years longer than in Ethiopia

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 338 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (17 against 12)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Ethiopia 62

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 62 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Czechia is 8.6 times as fast as in Ethiopia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ethiopia: 22 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 12 times as long as Ethiopia’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Czechia fly 77% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 24% of Ethiopia

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 23.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 52 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Ethiopia carries 67% more fine dust than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ethiopia are 3.4 times as deadly as in Czechia

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: 23.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ethiopia is on average 14.5 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ethiopia gets 19% more rain than Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 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?
Can they visit without a visa?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Ethiopia?

Ethiopia is larger. Czechia fits inside Ethiopia 14 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Ethiopia?

Ethiopia has 12 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Ethiopia?

People in Czechia live 12 years longer than in Ethiopia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 67.6 in Ethiopia.

Are people taller in Czechia or Ethiopia?

Men in Czechia are 12.3 cm taller than in Ethiopia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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