Indonesia vs Myanmar: Military personnel

Indonesia
396,000 people
in 2022
Myanmar
356,000 people
in 2022
Indonesia rank
13th
Myanmar rank
16th

Military personnel over time

  • Indonesia
  • Myanmar
0200.0k400.0k600.0k194819852022

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 396,000 people against 356,000 people in Myanmar, a difference of 40,000 people.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 13th and Myanmar ranks 16th of 194 countries.

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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

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.