Italy vs Switzerland: Military personnel, per square kilometre
Italy
0.5444 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Switzerland
0.5062 people per square kilometre
in 2022
Italy rank
41st
Switzerland rank
44th
Military personnel, per square kilometre over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.5444 people per square kilometre against 0.5062 people per square kilometre in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0382 people per square kilometre.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 41st and Switzerland ranks 44th of 193 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.6 people per square kilometre | 0.6128 people per square kilometre | 0.9871 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 1970s | 1.64 people per square kilometre | 0.597 people per square kilometre | 1.05 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 1980s | 1.73 people per square kilometre | 0.5717 people per square kilometre | 1.15 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.5 people per square kilometre | 0.8703 people per square kilometre | 0.6261 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.7257 people per square kilometre | 0.4681 people per square kilometre | 0.2576 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.6398 people per square kilometre | 0.5669 people per square kilometre | 0.0729 people per square kilometre | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.5512 people per square kilometre | 0.5146 people per square kilometre | 0.0366 people per square kilometre | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel, per square kilometre, Italy or Switzerland?
- Italy, at 0.5444 people per square kilometre against 0.5062 people per square kilometre in Switzerland as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel, per square kilometre between Italy and Switzerland?
- 0.0382 people per square kilometre, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for military personnel, per square kilometre?
- Italy ranks 41st and Switzerland ranks 44th 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.