Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Military personnel, per square kilometre
Australia
0.0078 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
0.0088 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Australia rank
164th
Papua New Guinea rank
163rd
Military personnel, per square kilometre over time
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0088 people per square kilometre against 0.0078 people per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 0.001 people per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 164th and Papua New Guinea ranks 163rd of 193 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0091 people per square kilometre | 0.0084 people per square kilometre | 0.0007 people per square kilometre | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.0093 people per square kilometre | 0.0066 people per square kilometre | 0.0026 people per square kilometre | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.0085 people per square kilometre | 0.0097 people per square kilometre | 0.0012 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0068 people per square kilometre | 0.0084 people per square kilometre | 0.0016 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0074 people per square kilometre | 0.0062 people per square kilometre | 0.0012 people per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.0077 people per square kilometre | 0.0088 people per square kilometre | 0.0012 people per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel, per square kilometre, Australia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0088 people per square kilometre against 0.0078 people per square kilometre in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel, per square kilometre between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.001 people per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for military personnel, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 164th and Papua New Guinea ranks 163rd of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Military personnel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.