Australia vs Myanmar (Burma)
Australia vs Myanmar (Burma): Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 60,000 people in Australia and 463,000 people in Myanmar (Burma), by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Myanmar (Burma), by 403,000 people, or 7.72 times that in Australia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Myanmar (Burma) has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Australia ranked 64 and Myanmar (Burma) ranked 14 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Australia | Myanmar (Burma) | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60,000 | 463,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 59,000 | 513,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 58,100 | 513,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 58,000 | 513,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 57,800 | 513,300 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 57,800 | 513,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 56,750 | 513,300 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 56,750 | 513,300 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 56,200 | 513,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 57,050 | 513,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 56,550 | 513,300 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 56,550 | 513,300 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 55,000 | 513,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 55,000 | 513,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 51,000 | 513,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 53,000 | 483,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 52,000 | 482,300 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 53,600 | 595,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 50,900 | 544,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 51,700 | 444,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 51,600 | 429,100 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 56,200 | 429,100 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 58,400 | 434,900 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 58,400 | 429,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 58,800 | 406,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 57,100 | 371,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 65,000 | 322,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 68,000 | 322,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 68,000 | 286,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 68,000 | 286,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 68,000 | 230,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 70,000 | 200,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 70,400 | 186,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 71,000 | 181,000 | – |
| 1983 | 73,000 | 179,000 | – |
| 1982 | 73,000 | 210,000 | – |
| 1981 | 72,000 | 210,000 | – |
| 1980 | 71,000 | 179,000 | – |
| 1979 | 70,000 | 212,000 | – |
| 1978 | 70,000 | 212,000 | – |
| 1977 | 70,000 | 208,000 | – |
| 1976 | 71,000 | 210,000 | – |
| 1975 | 70,000 | 209,000 | – |
| 1974 | 68,000 | 202,000 | – |
| 1973 | 71,000 | 198,000 | – |
| 1972 | 86,000 | 191,000 | – |
| 1971 | 86,000 | 175,000 | – |
| 1970 | 86,000 | 174,000 | – |
| 1969 | 82,000 | 173,000 | – |
| 1968 | 80,000 | 136,000 | – |
| 1967 | 72,000 | 136,000 | – |
| 1966 | 59,000 | 135,000 | – |
| 1965 | 53,000 | 133,000 | – |
| 1964 | 53,000 | 123,000 | – |
| 1963 | 49,000 | 105,000 | – |
| 1962 | 49,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1961 | 46,000 | 90,000 | – |
| 1960 | 47,000 | 79,000 | – |
| 1959 | 48,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1958 | 46,000 | 56,000 | – |
| 1957 | 48,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1956 | 52,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1955 | 52,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1954 | 54,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1953 | 57,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1952 | 32,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1951 | 33,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1950 | 38,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1949 | 41,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1948 | 61,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1947 | 82,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 103,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 596,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 680,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 680,000 | – | – |
| 1941 | 400,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 82,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 6,000 | – | – |
- 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 Myanmar (Burma)
Health
- Life expectancyAustralia: 83.9 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 66.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustralia: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Myanmar (Burma): 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustralia: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAustralia: 4.62% in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 2.3% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustralia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Myanmar (Burma): 5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustralia: 26.5 million people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 54.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustralia: 0.99% a year in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 0.69% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustralia: 1.64 births per woman in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 2.12 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustralia: 87.7% in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 30.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustralia: 37.8 years in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustralia: 17.4% in 2023Myanmar (Burma): 7.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustralia: 5.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Myanmar (Burma): -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personAustralia: $61,370 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $1,128 in 2025
- GDP growthAustralia: 2% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): -12% a year in 2021
- InflationAustralia: 2.8% a year in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 27.6% a year in 2023
- Government debtAustralia: 51.9% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 37.6% of GDP in 2019
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustralia: 1.92% of GDP in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 6.61% of GDP in 2024
- Military spending in US dollarsAustralia: $35.3B in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $4.65B in 2024
- Military spending per personAustralia: $1,316 in 2025Myanmar (Burma): $92 in 2024
- Military share of state spendingAustralia: 4.9% of government spending in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 32% of government spending in 2024
- National powerAustralia: 0.6% of world capability in 2022Myanmar (Burma): 0.53% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustralia: 0.44% of the labour force in 2020Myanmar (Burma): 1.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustralia: 826 million TIV in 2025Myanmar (Burma): 70 million TIV in 2025