Australia vs Chile: Military personnel, gaps filled

Australia
60,000 people
in 2022
Chile
69,000 people
in 2022
Australia rank
57th
Chile rank
54th

Military personnel, gaps filled over time

  • Australia
  • Chile
0200.0k400.0k600.0k183919302022

How they compare

Chile currently reports 69,000 people against 60,000 people in Australia, a difference of 9,000 people.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Chile ahead.

Australia ranks 57th and Chile ranks 54th of 194 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Chile in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Chile Difference Ahead
1920s 7,000 people 27,700 people 20,700 people Chile
1930s 7,300 people 22,700 people 15,400 people Chile
1940s 71,750 people 35,750 people 36,000 people Australia
1950s 46,000 people 42,900 people 3,100 people Australia
1960s 59,000 people 65,700 people 6,700 people Chile
1970s 74,800 people 93,400 people 18,600 people Chile
1980s 71,200 people 116,600 people 45,400 people Chile
1990s 65,200 people 96,500 people 31,300 people Chile
2000s 52,400 people 76,800 people 24,400 people Chile
2010s 57,000 people 64,400 people 7,400 people Chile
2020s 59,000 people 71,667 people 12,667 people Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, gaps filled, Australia or Chile?
Chile, at 69,000 people against 60,000 people in Australia as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel, gaps filled between Australia and Chile?
9,000 people, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Chile?
97 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2022.
How do Australia and Chile rank globally for military personnel, gaps filled?
Australia ranks 57th and Chile ranks 54th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Military personnel, gaps filled
Unit
people
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
194 places, 15,868 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel with 103 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.