Austria vs Czechia: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Austria
1.81 million people
in 2050
Czechia
1.85 million people
in 2050
Austria rank
103rd
Czechia rank
100th

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

  • Austria
  • Czechia
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How they compare

Czechia currently reports 1.85 million people against 1.81 million people in Austria, a difference of 32,810 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Czechia ahead.

Austria ranks 103rd and Czechia ranks 100th of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 3 and Czechia in 40.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Czechia Difference Ahead
1000s 700,000 people 899,422 people 199,422 people Czechia
1100s 900,000 people 1.08 million people 177,920 people Czechia
1200s 1.24 million people 1.43 million people 187,930 people Czechia
1300s 1.98 million people 2.12 million people 142,560 people Czechia
1400s 1.23 million people 1.71 million people 472,650 people Czechia
1500s 1.97 million people 2.06 million people 82,320 people Czechia
1600s 2.04 million people 3.08 million people 1.04 million people Czechia
1700s 2.02 million people 3.08 million people 1.07 million people Czechia
1710s 2.11 million people 3.15 million people 1.04 million people Czechia
1720s 2.21 million people 3.22 million people 1.01 million people Czechia
1730s 2.30 million people 3.29 million people 984,600 people Czechia
1740s 2.40 million people 3.35 million people 957,860 people Czechia
1750s 2.49 million people 3.42 million people 931,340 people Czechia
1760s 2.57 million people 3.50 million people 922,040 people Czechia
1770s 2.65 million people 3.58 million people 920,290 people Czechia
1780s 2.73 million people 3.65 million people 921,650 people Czechia
1790s 2.77 million people 3.73 million people 959,460 people Czechia
1800s 2.76 million people 3.81 million people 1.05 million people Czechia
1810s 2.72 million people 3.89 million people 1.17 million people Czechia
1820s 2.81 million people 3.93 million people 1.12 million people Czechia
1830s 3.02 million people 4.55 million people 1.52 million people Czechia
1840s 3.10 million people 5.16 million people 2.05 million people Czechia
1850s 3.18 million people 5.29 million people 2.11 million people Czechia
1860s 3.22 million people 5.55 million people 2.34 million people Czechia
1870s 3.36 million people 5.85 million people 2.49 million people Czechia
1880s 3.52 million people 6.03 million people 2.50 million people Czechia
1890s 3.63 million people 6.13 million people 2.50 million people Czechia
1900s 3.84 million people 6.35 million people 2.51 million people Czechia
1910s 3.99 million people 6.71 million people 2.72 million people Czechia
1920s 3.02 million people 6.55 million people 3.53 million people Czechia
1930s 2.91 million people 6.67 million people 3.76 million people Czechia
1940s 2.67 million people 5.48 million people 2.81 million people Czechia
1950s 3.52 million people 4.00 million people 486,306 people Czechia
1960s 3.58 million people 3.71 million people 124,604 people Czechia
1970s 3.56 million people 3.24 million people 317,076 people Austria
1980s 3.13 million people 2.54 million people 593,292 people Austria
1990s 2.72 million people 2.60 million people 114,769 people Austria
2000s 2.71 million people 2.71 million people 2,555 people Czechia
2010s 2.79 million people 2.83 million people 41,627 people Czechia
2020s 2.75 million people 2.87 million people 112,136 people Czechia
2030s 2.47 million people 2.60 million people 129,083 people Czechia
2040s 2.07 million people 2.15 million people 80,279 people Czechia
2050s 1.81 million people 1.85 million people 32,810 people Czechia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Austria or Czechia?
Czechia, at 1.85 million people against 1.81 million people in Austria as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Austria and Czechia?
32,810 people, with Czechia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Czechia?
133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Austria and Czechia rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
Austria ranks 103rd and Czechia ranks 100th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
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Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.