Austria vs Germany
Austria vs Germany: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Austria and 183,000 people in Germany, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Germany, by 160,000 people, or 7.96 times that in Austria.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Austria | Germany | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23,000 | 183,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 22,000 | 184,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 22,850 | 181,400 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 21,000 | 180,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 22,400 | 179,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 21,350 | 177,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 22,500 | 178,600 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 22,500 | 181,600 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 22,800 | 186,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 23,250 | 196,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 25,760 | 251,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 25,900 | 251,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 35,000 | 244,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 35,000 | 244,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 40,000 | 246,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 40,000 | 285,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 39,000 | 284,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 34,600 | 284,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 34,600 | 296,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 34,600 | 308,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 40,500 | 221,100 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 40,500 | 331,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 45,500 | 333,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 45,500 | 347,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 55,800 | 383,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 55,800 | 365,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 45,000 | 362,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 45,000 | 398,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 44,000 | 442,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 44,000 | 457,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 43,000 | 545,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 48,000 | 503,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 54,700 | 478,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1970 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 75,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | – | 5.3 million | – |
| 1944 | – | 6.13 million | – |
| 1943 | – | 6.96 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 7.03 million | – |
| 1941 | – | 7.1 million | – |
| 1940 | – | 3.3 million | – |
| 1939 | – | 2.75 million | – |
| 1938 | 58,000 | 782,000 | – |
| 1937 | 42,000 | 603,000 | – |
| 1936 | 26,000 | 596,000 | – |
| 1935 | 25,000 | 461,000 | – |
| 1934 | 21,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1933 | 21,000 | 118,000 | – |
| 1932 | 21,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1931 | 21,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1930 | 21,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1929 | 21,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1928 | 20,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1927 | 20,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1926 | 22,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1925 | 30,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1924 | 30,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1923 | 29,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1922 | 29,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1921 | 29,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1920 | 29,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1919 | 29,000 | 114,000 | – |
| 1918 | – | 8 million | – |
| 1917 | – | 5.38 million | – |
| 1916 | – | 4.58 million | – |
| 1915 | – | 3.82 million | – |
| 1914 | – | 862,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 859,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 716,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 677,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 673,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 667,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 663,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 658,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 653,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 648,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 642,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 636,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 638,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 630,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 624,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 619,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 606,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 604,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 602,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 602,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 601,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 601,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 526,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 524,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 505,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 504,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 504,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 503,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 460,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 459,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 457,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 457,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 455,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 456,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 430,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 430,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 429,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 429,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 429,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 428,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 429,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 426,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 427,000 | – |
- 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
Austria vs Germany
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Germany: 81.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Germany: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Germany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Germany: 99.9% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Germany: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Germany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Germany: 84.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Germany: 0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Germany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Germany: 82.1% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Germany: 45.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Germany: 22.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Germany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Germany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Germany: $107B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Germany: $1,346 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Germany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Germany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Germany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Germany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025