Where is Austria?
Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe, bordered by Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.
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Crazy but True
The Sound of Music is barely known in Austria. The film is a global phenomenon almost everywhere except the country it is set in, where most people have never seen it and the story of the von Trapp family is largely unfamiliar. Salzburg still runs tours for the tourists who arrive expecting otherwise.
Austria facts
- Capital
- Vienna
- Population
- 9,208,163 (2025)
- Area
- 83,871 km²
- Continent
- Europe
- Region
- Central Europe
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Austro-Bavarian German
- Coordinates
- 47.33333333°, 13.33333333°
- Landlocked
- Yes
- Country code
- AT · AUT
How Austria compares
- Austria is the 114th largest of the 168 countries on our map by area.
- It is smaller than Azerbaijan and larger than the United Arab Emirates.
- It is the 97th most populous of the 167 with population data.
- It shares land borders with 8 countries.
- It is landlocked, one of 40 landlocked countries on our map.
- Within Europe, it is the 20th largest of 39 countries by area.