Australia vs Colombia
Australia vs Colombia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 60,000 people in Australia and 428,000 people in Colombia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 368,000 people, or 7.13 times that in Australia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Australia.
- In 2020, Australia ranked 64 and Colombia ranked 17 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Australia | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60,000 | 428,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 59,000 | 481,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 58,100 | 481,200 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 58,000 | 481,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 57,800 | 481,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 57,800 | 481,100 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 56,750 | 455,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 56,750 | 455,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 56,200 | 440,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 57,050 | 440,200 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 56,550 | 441,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 56,550 | 441,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 55,000 | 411,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 55,000 | 411,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 51,000 | 398,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 53,000 | 336,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 52,000 | 336,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 53,600 | 304,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 50,900 | 262,600 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 51,700 | 262,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 51,600 | 247,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 56,200 | 231,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 58,400 | 233,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 58,400 | 233,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 58,800 | 233,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 57,100 | 233,400 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 65,000 | 146,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 68,000 | 139,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 68,000 | 139,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 68,000 | 110,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 68,000 | 110,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 70,000 | 91,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 70,400 | 66,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 71,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1983 | 73,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1982 | 73,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1981 | 72,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1980 | 71,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1979 | 70,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1978 | 70,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1977 | 70,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1976 | 71,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1975 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1974 | 68,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1973 | 71,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1972 | 86,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1971 | 86,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1970 | 86,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 82,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1968 | 80,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1967 | 72,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1966 | 59,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1965 | 53,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1964 | 53,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1963 | 49,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1962 | 49,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1961 | 46,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1960 | 47,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1959 | 48,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1958 | 46,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1957 | 48,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1956 | 52,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1955 | 52,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1954 | 54,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1953 | 57,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1952 | 32,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1951 | 33,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1950 | 38,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1949 | 41,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1948 | 61,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1947 | 82,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1946 | 103,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1945 | 596,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1944 | 680,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1943 | 680,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1941 | 400,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 82,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 8,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1938 | 8,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1937 | 8,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1936 | 8,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1935 | 8,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1934 | 8,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1933 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1932 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1931 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1929 | 7,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1928 | 8,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1926 | 8,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1925 | 7,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1924 | 7,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1923 | 7,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1922 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1921 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1920 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1918 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1917 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1914 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1838 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1837 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1836 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1835 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1834 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1832 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 3,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Australia vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020