Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Czechia fits inside Ethiopia 14 times
Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ethiopia: 1,129,820 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)
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)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 34% of Ethiopia
Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ethiopia has 12 times as many people as Czechia
Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Czechia is 17% more densely populated than Ethiopia
Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 121 per km² (2025)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Ethiopia 1
Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many people are looking for work?
Ethiopia and Czechia are practically level
Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)
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)
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)
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
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)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 12 years longer than in Ethiopia
Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ethiopia: 67.6 years (2024)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia
Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)
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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
How many tourists visit?
Czechia welcomed 338 times as many tourists per resident as Ethiopia (2019)
Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ethiopia: 0.0041 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Czechia has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ethiopia (17 against 12)
Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ethiopia: 12 (2026)
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
How many people are online?
88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia
Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)
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)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Czechia have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia
Czechia: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)
How many live in cities?
73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia
Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65
Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)
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)
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
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)
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)
How green is the power grid?
100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia
Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data
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
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)
How much rain falls?
Ethiopia gets 19% more rain than Czechia
Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).