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Fiji vs Papua New Guinea: Armed forces personnel

Fiji
4,000
in 2020
Papua New Guinea
4,000
in 2020
Fiji rank
149th
Papua New Guinea rank
149th

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Fiji
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Fiji currently reports 4,000 against 4,000 in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Fiji ranks 149th and Papua New Guinea ranks 149th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026) – processed 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.