Austria covers 83,878 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 116th of 237 countries worldwide and 20th in Europe. At 48° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.2×, drawing it closer to 184,423 km², a difference of roughly 120%.
For scale, Austria is roughly the same size as Azerbaijan (86,600 km²).
Austria: key figures
| True area | 83,878 km² |
| World rank | 116th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Europe | 20th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.2× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 184,423 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)