Australia vs Chile: Military personnel

Australia

60,000 people

in 2022

Chile

69,000 people

in 2022

Australia rank

57th

Chile rank

54th

Military personnel over time

Australia
Chile

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.

Individual pages

Military personnel in Australia
Military personnel in Chile
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Military personnel
Unit: people
Source: Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Troops under the command of the national government, intended for use against foreign adversaries, and held ready for combat as of January 1 of the given year.