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title: "Austria — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Austria: capital Vienna, area 83,871 km², population 9,208,163 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/austria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Austria

**Austria: Capital Vienna**

83,871 km² · 9,208,163 people (2025) · Euro

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Vienna
- **Area:** 83,871 km² — 32,383 sq mi
- **Population:** 9,208,163 (2025)
- **Density:** 109.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official language:** German
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +43
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** AT · AUT
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 113 of 200
- **By population:** 98 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan | 89,342 | 11,520,684 |
| Azerbaijan | 86,600 | 10,246,996 |
| Austria ← | 83,871 | 9,208,163 |
| United Arab Emirates | 83,600 | 11,513,149 |
| Czechia | 78,867 | 10,886,878 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Austria?

Vienna

### What currency does Austria use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Austria?

83,871 km², or 32,383 square miles — 113 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Austria drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Jordan](https://atoneplace.net/country/jordan/)
- [Azerbaijan](https://atoneplace.net/country/azerbaijan/)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-arab-emirates/)
- [Czechia](https://atoneplace.net/country/czechia/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## 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]