Austria is 2.63× the size of Catalonia
Austria (Europe) covers about 84,000 km² (32,400 mi²) and Catalonia (autonomous community of Spain) about 32,000 km² (12,300 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 84,000km²Austria
- 32,000km²Catalonia
100 km
- Austria
- Catalonia
What fits
- Catalonia fits inside Austria about 2.63 times by area.
- Austria is larger by 52,000 km² (20,100 mi²), which is 163% of the area of Catalonia.
- Measured in Belgiums: Austria is about 2.74, Catalonia about 1.04.
How they differ
- Austria also has the larger population: 9.0 million against 8.0 million, 1.12× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 251 in Catalonia against 107 in Austria: Catalonia is 2.35× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 1,180 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Austria at 48°N is drawn about 2.2× too large and Catalonia at 42°N about 1.8×, so the map shows Austria as 3.21× the size of Catalonia instead of 2.63×.
- Together Austria and Catalonia cover 116,000 km², close to the size of Benin (116,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
- The gap between them, 52,000 km², is about the size of Bosnia and Herzegovina (51,800 km²).
- At Catalonia's density, Austria would have 21.1 million people (it has 9.0 million). At Austria's density, Catalonia would have 3.4 million (it has 8.0 million).
- Austria's centre is 5.8° of latitude, about 640 km, farther north than Catalonia's.
- Austria ranks 116th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Catalonia is the 6th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 6.3% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
- Austria lies about 6° of latitude (roughly 645 km) north of Catalonia.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Austria would have about 9,350 m² and each person in Catalonia about 3,980 m².
- Laid side by side, Austria and Catalonia would cover 116,000 km², about the same size as Benin.
- Together they have 17.0 million people, about as many people as Ecuador.
- Counted as a country, Catalonia would rank 140th by area and 101st by population.
Side by side
| Austria | Catalonia | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | CountryEurope | Autonomous communitySpain |
| Area, measured | 84,000 km²32,400 mi² | 32,000 km²12,300 mi² |
| Official area | 83,900 km²Wikidata | 31,900 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 115th of 239worldwide | 6th of 19in Spain |
| Population | 9.0 millionWikidata, 2022 | 8.0 millionWikidata, 2024 |
| Rank by population | 98th of 237worldwide | 2nd of 19in Spain |
| Density | 107 per km² | 251 per km² |
| Capital | Vienna | Barcelona |
| Latitude range | 46°N to 49°N | 41°N to 43°N |
Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Wikidata's official figure of 83,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 84,000 km², to within 2%.
- Wikidata's official figure of 31,900 km² agrees with our measured area of 32,000 km², to within 2%.
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Sources and method
- Outlines
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Catalonia is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- Drawing
- Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
- Data built
- 2026-11-12