---
title: "Austria vs China — area, population, currency"
description: "Austria is 83,871 km² with 9,208,163 people; China is 9,596,960 km² with 1,406,585,000. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/austria-vs-china/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Austria vs China

**Austria vs China: China is larger; China has more people**

83,871 km² vs 9,596,960 km² · 9,208,163 vs 1,406,585,000

China is 114 times larger than Austria — 9,596,960 against 83,871 km². China is 153 times more populous than Austria — 1,406,585,000 against 9,208,163 people.

## Side by side

|  | Austria | China |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Vienna | Beijing |
| Area | 83,871 km² | 9,596,960 km² |
| Population | 9,208,163 (2025) | 1,406,585,000 (2025) |
| Density | 109.8 /km² | 146.6 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | Chinese yuan (CNY) |
| Official languages | German | Standard Chinese |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +43 | +86 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | AT / AUT | CN / CHN |

## Population density

China is 1.3 times more densely populated than Austria — 147 against 110 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Euro and the Chinese yuan.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## Austria

The Alps cover roughly sixty percent of the country and around forty percent of it is forest. The Eisriesenwelt near Werfen is the largest ice cave in the world, with about 42 km of passage. Grossglockner reaches 3,798 m.

## China

The largest country in the world using a single time zone, so the sun rises in the far west around three hours later by the clock than in Beijing. China has a land border with fourteen countries — more than any other state except Russia, which also has fourteen. Its terrain runs from Mount Everest on the Nepalese border to the Turpan Depression at 154 m below sea level.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Austria bigger than China?

China is larger — 9,596,960 km² against 83,871 km².

### Which has more people, Austria or China?

China, with 1,406,585,000 against 9,208,163.

### What is the time difference between Austria and China?

Austria is UTC+01:00 and China is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Austria](https://atoneplace.net/country/austria/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [China vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-states/)
- [China vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-india/)
- [China vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [China vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-japan/)
- [China vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-new-zealand/)
- [China vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-france/)
- [China vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-germany/)
- [China vs Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-italy/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
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- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]