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Australia vs Burundi: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Australia
0.2%
in 2020
Burundi
0.2%
in 2020
Australia rank
110th
Burundi rank
107th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Australia
  • Burundi
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How they compare

Burundi currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 110th and Burundi ranks 107th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.