Portugal vs Serbia: Military personnel, gaps filled

Portugal
27,000 people
in 2022
Serbia
28,000 people
in 2022
Portugal rank
84th
Serbia rank
83rd

Military personnel, gaps filled over time

  • Portugal
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Serbia currently reports 28,000 people against 27,000 people in Portugal, a difference of 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 139 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 84th and Serbia ranks 83rd of 194 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 5 and Serbia in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Portugal Serbia Difference Ahead
1870s 40,000 people 7,000 people 33,000 people Portugal
1880s 31,800 people 11,400 people 20,400 people Portugal
1890s 33,400 people 17,100 people 16,300 people Portugal
1900s 37,000 people 27,500 people 9,500 people Portugal
1910s 70,450 people 96,700 people 26,250 people Serbia
1920s 43,700 people 152,400 people 108,700 people Serbia
1930s 38,300 people 123,800 people 85,500 people Serbia
1940s 54,750 people 197,250 people 142,500 people Serbia
1950s 76,300 people 356,300 people 280,000 people Serbia
1960s 166,500 people 298,700 people 132,200 people Serbia
1970s 171,800 people 263,400 people 91,600 people Serbia
1980s 97,600 people 247,700 people 150,100 people Serbia
1990s 80,800 people 127,600 people 46,800 people Serbia
2000s 44,300 people 64,100 people 19,800 people Serbia
2010s 37,100 people 28,300 people 8,800 people Portugal
2020s 27,000 people 28,000 people 1,000 people Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, gaps filled, Portugal or Serbia?
Serbia, at 28,000 people against 27,000 people in Portugal as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel, gaps filled between Portugal and Serbia?
1,000 people, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Serbia?
139 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2022.
How do Portugal and Serbia rank globally for military personnel, gaps filled?
Portugal ranks 84th and Serbia ranks 83rd 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.