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Austria: map and facts
Austria is in Western Europe. It has about 9.21 million people (2025), the 97th largest population. It covers 83,879 km², the 113th largest by area. That is about 110 people per km². Its highest point is Grossglockner, at 3,798 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 9,208,163 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 83,879 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Vienna
- Highest point: Grossglockner, 3,798 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 47.3% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Austria, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Rhine: 1,233 km
- Inn: 517 km
- Mur: 434 km
- Morava: 388 km
- Enns: 254 km
- Thaya: 235 km
- Salzach: 225 km
- Traun: 153 km
Also on the map: Drava and Raab.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Grossglockner: 3,798 m (its highest point)
- Zugspitze: 2,962 m
- Grauspitze: 2,599 m
Mountain ranges: Alps.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): mixed forest 30.6%, farmland 16.2%, grassland 15.1%, wooded savanna 14.3%, evergreen conifer forest 8.6%, savanna 6.4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 59%, hills 25.6%, plains 7.5%, plateaus 5.3%, high mountains 2.6%.
Forests covered 47.3% of its land in 2024, up from 45.8% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #9 in tungsten among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Austria shares land borders with Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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