Chile vs Colombia
Chile vs Colombia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 114,000 people in Chile and 428,000 people in Colombia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 314,000 people, or 3.75 times that in Chile.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Chile.
- In 2020, Chile ranked 51 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 | Chile | Colombia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 114,000 | 428,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 122,000 | 481,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 122,200 | 481,200 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 122,000 | 481,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 121,900 | 481,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 109,500 | 481,100 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 109,500 | 455,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 106,100 | 455,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 106,100 | 440,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 103,800 | 440,200 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 103,800 | 441,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 103,800 | 441,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 103,000 | 411,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 103,000 | 411,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 103,000 | 398,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 116,000 | 336,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 116,000 | 336,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 114,100 | 304,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 117,300 | 262,600 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 122,200 | 262,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 116,500 | 247,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 122,500 | 231,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 124,000 | 233,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 125,500 | 233,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 120,900 | 233,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 130,000 | 233,400 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 102,000 | 146,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 92,000 | 139,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 92,000 | 139,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 90,000 | 110,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 95,000 | 110,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 95,000 | 91,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 101,000 | 66,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 123,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1983 | 126,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1982 | 116,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1981 | 116,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1980 | 116,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1979 | 111,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1978 | 111,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1977 | 111,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1976 | 111,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1975 | 110,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1974 | 90,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1973 | 75,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1972 | 75,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1971 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1970 | 70,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1968 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1967 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1966 | 65,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1965 | 70,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1964 | 70,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1963 | 75,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1962 | 63,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1961 | 63,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1960 | 41,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1959 | 41,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1958 | 40,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1957 | 41,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1956 | 42,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1955 | 42,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1954 | 55,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1953 | 50,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1952 | 40,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1951 | 39,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1950 | 39,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1949 | 38,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1948 | 36,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1947 | 35,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1946 | 34,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1939 | 24,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1938 | 23,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1937 | 26,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1936 | 24,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1935 | 24,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1934 | 20,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1933 | 22,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1932 | 20,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1931 | 21,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1930 | 23,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1929 | 25,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1928 | 27,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1927 | 30,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1926 | 27,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1925 | 23,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1924 | 25,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1923 | 28,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1922 | 31,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1921 | 31,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1920 | 30,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1919 | 29,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1918 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1917 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1916 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1915 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1914 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1913 | 33,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1912 | 34,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1911 | 26,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1910 | 24,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1909 | 24,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1908 | 22,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1907 | 21,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1906 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1905 | 13,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1904 | 13,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1903 | 20,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1902 | 19,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1901 | 23,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | 21,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | 22,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | 22,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1897 | 13,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1896 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1895 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1894 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1893 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1892 | 9,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1891 | 9,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1890 | 10,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1889 | 8,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1888 | 8,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1887 | 8,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1886 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1885 | 10,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1884 | 14,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1883 | 16,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1882 | 16,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1881 | 14,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1880 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1879 | 5,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1878 | 5,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1877 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1876 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1875 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1874 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1873 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1872 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1871 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1870 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1869 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1868 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1867 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1866 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1865 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1864 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1863 | 4,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1862 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1861 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1860 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1859 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1858 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1857 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1856 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1855 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1854 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1853 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1852 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1851 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1850 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1849 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1848 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1847 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1846 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1845 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1844 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1843 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1842 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1841 | 3,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1840 | 3,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1839 | 3,000 | 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
Chile vs Colombia
Health
- Life expectancyChile: 81.2 years in 2023Colombia: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChile: 0.7 per 100 live births in 2024Colombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChile: 4.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Colombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterChile: 98.8% in 2022Colombia: 73.9% in 2022
- DepressionChile: 4.06% in 2017Colombia: 2.2% in 2017
- Suicide rateChile: 10.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Colombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChile: 19.7 million people in 2023Colombia: 52.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthChile: 0.57% a year in 2023Colombia: 1.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChile: 1.17 births per woman in 2023Colombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChile: 89.2% in 2025Colombia: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageChile: 36 years in 2023Colombia: 31.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChile: 13.7% in 2023Colombia: 9.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateChile: 3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Colombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChile: 1.52% of GDP in 2025Colombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChile: $5.15B in 2025Colombia: $13.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personChile: $269 in 2025Colombia: $273 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChile: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Colombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025
- National powerChile: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Colombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChile: 1.28% of the labour force in 2020Colombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChile: 14 million TIV in 2025Colombia: 22 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChile: 8 million TIV in 2022Colombia: 4 million TIV in 2020