CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia fits inside Finland 4.3 times

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Finland: 338,485 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Czechia’s highest peak towers 274 m above Finland’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 46% of Czechia, versus 7.4% of Finland

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Finland: 7.4% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Czechia has 93% more people than Finland

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 7.6 times as densely populated as Finland

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Czechia and Finland are practically level

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Finland: 180.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 1.5 cm taller than in Finland

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Finland: 166.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

Finland and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Czechia have 0.1 more children on average than in Finland

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 21% in Czechia

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 2 times as many refugees per resident as Finland

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Finland: 18.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Czechia 5.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Finland: 8.9 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia and Finland are practically level

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Finland: 2 (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 23% larger than Finland’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Finland produces 9% more per person than Czechia

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Finland than in Czechia (Gini 1.7 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Finland and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Finland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.5% in Finland, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Finland spends 2.6% of its GDP on the military, Czechia 1.8%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Finland: 2.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Finland’s central government collects 25% of GDP in tax, Czechia’s 19%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Finland: 25.3% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Czechia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Finland spends 2 times as much on health per person as Czechia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Finland live 2.4 years longer than in Czechia

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Finland: 82.3 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Czechia is 11% more likely to die before turning one than in Finland

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 21% more doctors per person than Finland

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 2.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Finland

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Finland: 2.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Finland is 7% higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 13.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 26% in Finland

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 21% in Finland

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Finland rate their lives 0.94 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 44% more alcohol than in Finland

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Czechia has 19% more meat per person than Finland

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Czechia has 39 kcal more food per person per day than Finland

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 277 more hours a year than in Finland

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Finland and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Czechia welcomed 72% more tourists per resident than Finland (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 9 more World Heritage sites than Finland (17 against 8)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Finland: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Finland has won 486 Olympic medals, Czechia 111

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Finland: 486 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Finland is 32% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Finland: 247 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and Finland are practically level

Czechia: 100% (2024) · Finland: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

75% of people in Finland live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Finland 126

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 58% longer than Finland’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Finland fly 9.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 38% of Czechia

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Finland: 74.2% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Finland

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Czechia carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Finland

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 28% more likely to be murdered in Finland than in Czechia

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Czechia are 34% deadlier than in Finland

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 5.3 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Czechia is on average 5.9 °C warmer than Finland

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Czechia gets 6% more rain than Finland

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 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 Czechia bigger than Finland?

Finland is larger. Czechia fits inside Finland 4.3 times.

Which has more people, Czechia or Finland?

Czechia has 93% more people than Finland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Finland?

People in Finland live 2.4 years longer than in Czechia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 82.3 in Finland.

Are people taller in Czechia or Finland?

Czechia and Finland are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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