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Austria

Republic of Austria

Capital
Vienna
Languages
Austro-Bavarian German
Currency
Euro
People
9.21 million (2025)
Neighbours
8
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Austria

  • 4th highest nobel laureates per 10 million people 20.6 · #4 of 160 · 2026
  • 6th highest daily calories 3,756 kcal · #6 of 189 · 2023
  • 7th highest doctors 5.5 per 1,000 · #7 of 190 · 2023

Surprising facts about Austria

The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.

Picked for surprise among Austria’s neighbours, its region and the world median.

Austria among 213 countries & territories

Each dot shows where Austria sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.

World twins

The countries most like Austria across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.

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Natural rivals

About the same size

About as many people