Statizoid

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

Australia
0.2%
in 2020
Netherlands
0.2%
in 2020
Australia rank
110th
Netherlands rank
111th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
0.20.30.40.50.60.7198520022020

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 110th and Netherlands ranks 111th 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.