Australia vs Italy
Australia vs Italy: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 60,000 people in Australia and 338,000 people in Italy, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Italy, by 278,000 people, or 5.63 times that in Australia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Australia ranked 64 and Italy ranked 20 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Australia | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60,000 | 338,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 59,000 | 342,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 58,100 | 341,500 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 58,000 | 347,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 57,800 | 356,900 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 57,800 | 356,900 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 56,750 | 356,900 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 56,750 | 359,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 56,200 | 359,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 57,050 | 367,600 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 56,550 | 359,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 56,550 | 326,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 55,000 | 436,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 55,000 | 436,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 51,000 | 440,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 53,000 | 445,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 52,000 | 445,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 53,600 | 454,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 50,900 | 471,100 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 51,700 | 482,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 51,600 | 503,100 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 56,200 | 521,200 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 58,400 | 554,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 58,400 | 580,900 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 58,800 | 580,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 57,100 | 585,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 65,000 | 436,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 68,000 | 450,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 68,000 | 471,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 68,000 | 473,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 68,000 | 493,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 70,000 | 506,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 70,400 | 385,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 71,000 | 508,000 | – |
| 1983 | 73,000 | 498,000 | – |
| 1982 | 73,000 | 517,000 | – |
| 1981 | 72,000 | 505,000 | – |
| 1980 | 71,000 | 500,000 | – |
| 1979 | 70,000 | 490,000 | – |
| 1978 | 70,000 | 489,000 | – |
| 1977 | 70,000 | 475,000 | – |
| 1976 | 71,000 | 455,000 | – |
| 1975 | 70,000 | 459,000 | – |
| 1974 | 68,000 | 534,000 | – |
| 1973 | 71,000 | 548,000 | – |
| 1972 | 86,000 | 510,000 | – |
| 1971 | 86,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1970 | 86,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1969 | 82,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1968 | 80,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1967 | 72,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1966 | 59,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1965 | 53,000 | 460,000 | – |
| 1964 | 53,000 | 590,000 | – |
| 1963 | 49,000 | 515,000 | – |
| 1962 | 49,000 | 470,000 | – |
| 1961 | 46,000 | 470,000 | – |
| 1960 | 47,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1959 | 48,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1958 | 46,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1957 | 48,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1956 | 52,000 | 320,000 | – |
| 1955 | 52,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1954 | 54,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1953 | 57,000 | 330,000 | – |
| 1952 | 32,000 | 325,000 | – |
| 1951 | 33,000 | 320,000 | – |
| 1950 | 38,000 | 235,000 | – |
| 1949 | 41,000 | 330,000 | – |
| 1948 | 61,000 | 310,000 | – |
| 1947 | 82,000 | 280,000 | – |
| 1946 | 103,000 | 260,000 | – |
| 1945 | 596,000 | 276,000 | – |
| 1944 | 680,000 | 283,000 | – |
| 1943 | 680,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 3.75 million | – |
| 1941 | 400,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 82,000 | 1.63 million | – |
| 1939 | 8,000 | 581,000 | – |
| 1938 | 8,000 | 486,000 | – |
| 1937 | 8,000 | 466,000 | – |
| 1936 | 8,000 | 343,000 | – |
| 1935 | 8,000 | 1.38 million | – |
| 1934 | 8,000 | 362,000 | – |
| 1933 | 6,000 | 363,000 | – |
| 1932 | 6,000 | 354,000 | – |
| 1931 | 6,000 | 314,000 | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | 333,000 | – |
| 1929 | 7,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1928 | 8,000 | 317,000 | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1926 | 8,000 | 317,000 | – |
| 1925 | 7,000 | 299,000 | – |
| 1924 | 7,000 | 380,000 | – |
| 1923 | 7,000 | 311,000 | – |
| 1922 | 6,000 | 291,000 | – |
| 1921 | 6,000 | 290,000 | – |
| 1920 | 6,000 | 840,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 2 million | – |
| 1918 | – | 3.16 million | – |
| 1917 | – | 3.16 million | – |
| 1916 | – | 3.16 million | – |
| 1915 | – | 3.16 million | – |
| 1914 | – | 344,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 288,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 398,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 291,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 252,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 251,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 227,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 219,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 267,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 266,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 263,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 270,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 276,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 262,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 262,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 264,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 318,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 247,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 226,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 229,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 264,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 241,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 257,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 256,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 237,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 230,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 227,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 226,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 223,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 163,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 162,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 203,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 152,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 156,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 179,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 177,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 161,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 175,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 353,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 174,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 204,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 294,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 394,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 233,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 209,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 365,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 275,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 185,000 | – |
- 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 Italy
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustralia: 108 million TIV in 2025Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025