Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Czechia fits inside Saudi Arabia 27 times
Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 2,640 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Saudi Arabia’s highest peak towers 1,398 m above Czechia’s
Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 3,000 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 82% of Saudi Arabia, versus 46% of Czechia
Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 81.7% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Saudi Arabia has 3.4 times as many people as Czechia
Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 37 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Czechia is 8.2 times as densely populated as Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 17 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Czechia are 10.5 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 170.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Czechia are 9.1 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 158.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Czechia is 13 years older than in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Saudi Arabia have 0.9 more children on average than in Czechia
Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 2.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Czechia hosts 2,999 times as many refugees per resident as Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 0.012 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Saudi Arabia none
Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Saudi Arabia 1
Czechia: 2 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Saudi Arabia’s economy is 3.3 times the size of Czechia’s
Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Saudi Arabia: $1.28 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Saudi Arabia produces 22% more per person than Czechia
Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: Int$73,784 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Czechia: 0% (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How many people are looking for work?
Saudi Arabia and Czechia are practically level
Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Saudi Arabia spends 6.5% of its GDP on the military, Czechia 1.8%
Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Saudi Arabia’s 8.1%
Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 8.1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Saudi Arabia’s
Czechia: 59% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 47% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Czechia spends 48% more on health per person than Saudi Arabia
Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: $1,825 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 1 year longer than in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 79 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Saudi Arabia is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia
Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 4.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Czechia has 28% more doctors per person than Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 3.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Czechia has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Saudi Arabia: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Czechia is 5.5 times that in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
39% of adults in Saudi Arabia are obese, versus 32% in Czechia
Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 39.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 15% in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 14.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Czechia and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Saudi Arabia: no data
How much meat is on the menu?
Czechia has 42% more meat per person than Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 58.1 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Saudi Arabia has 276 kcal more food per person per day than Czechia
Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 3,660 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Saudi Arabia put in 350 more hours a year than in Czechia
Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 2,125 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Czechia went to school 1.4 years longer than in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Czechia welcomed 63% more tourists per resident than Saudi Arabia (2019)
Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Saudi Arabia: 0.84 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Czechia has 9 more World Heritage sites than Saudi Arabia (17 against 8)
Czechia: 17 (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Saudi Arabia 4
Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Saudi Arabia: 4 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
100% of people in Saudi Arabia are online, versus 88% in Czechia
Czechia: 88% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Saudi Arabia is 5% faster than in Czechia
Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Saudi Arabia: 196 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Czechia and Saudi Arabia are practically level
Czechia: 100% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
85% of people in Saudi Arabia live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia
Czechia: 73% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 85% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Saudi Arabia has 160 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Czechia 127
Czechia: 127 (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 160 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Czechia’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as Saudi Arabia’s
Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Saudi Arabia: 2,939 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Saudi Arabia fly 6.5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia
Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 1.3% of Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 1.3% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Saudi Arabia emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Czechia
Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
17% of Czechia’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.2% in Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Saudi Arabia: 2.2% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Saudi Arabia carries 4.2 times as much fine dust as in Czechia
Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Saudi Arabia: 50.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 22% more likely to be murdered in Saudi Arabia than in Czechia
Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 0.9 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Saudi Arabia are 3 times as deadly as in Czechia
Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Saudi Arabia: 21.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Saudi Arabia is on average 17.4 °C warmer than Czechia
Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Czechia gets 13 times as much rain as Saudi Arabia
Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Saudi Arabia: 61 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Czechia bigger than Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia is larger. Czechia fits inside Saudi Arabia 27 times.
Which has more people, Czechia or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia has 3.4 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Czechia or Saudi Arabia?
People in Czechia live 1 year longer than in Saudi Arabia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 79.0 in Saudi Arabia.
Are people taller in Czechia or Saudi Arabia?
Men in Czechia are 10.5 cm taller than in Saudi Arabia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).