Philippines vs Switzerland
Philippines vs Switzerland: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 157,000 people in Philippines and 20,000 people in Switzerland, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Philippines, by 137,000 people, or 7.85 times that in Switzerland.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Philippines 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 | Philippines | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 157,000 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 155,000 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 153,400 | 21,450 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 153,000 | 21,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 165,500 | 20,950 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 165,500 | 20,950 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 165,500 | 20,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 165,500 | 21,250 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 165,500 | 22,650 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 165,500 | 23,100 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 165,500 | 25,290 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 165,500 | 25,620 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 147,000 | 23,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 147,000 | 23,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 147,000 | 23,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 147,000 | 109,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 146,000 | 4,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 150,000 | 27,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 150,000 | 27,600 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 151,000 | 26,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 148,500 | 27,700 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 152,500 | 27,700 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 160,300 | 26,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 153,000 | 26,260 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 150,000 | 27,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 149,000 | 31,400 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 104,000 | 39,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 107,000 | 35,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 107,000 | 31,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 107,000 | 22,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 109,000 | 22,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 112,000 | 17,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 114,800 | 20,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 105,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1983 | 113,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1982 | 157,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1981 | 156,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1980 | 155,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1979 | 156,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1978 | 156,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1977 | 155,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1976 | 140,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1975 | 120,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1974 | 90,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1973 | 63,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1972 | 62,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1971 | 58,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1970 | 59,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1969 | 55,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1968 | 51,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1967 | 45,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1966 | 45,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 46,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1964 | 47,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1963 | 45,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1962 | 60,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1961 | 62,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1960 | 58,000 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 58,000 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 58,000 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 58,000 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 42,000 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 38,000 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 34,000 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 30,000 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 30,000 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 29,000 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 29,000 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 28,000 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 28,000 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 27,000 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | – | 525,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 525,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 525,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 525,000 | – |
| 1941 | – | 525,000 | – |
| 1940 | – | 650,000 | – |
| 1939 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1917 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1914 | – | 0 | – |
| 1913 | – | 0 | – |
| 1912 | – | 0 | – |
| 1911 | – | 0 | – |
| 1910 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | – | 0 | – |
| 1908 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | – | 0 | – |
| 1904 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | – | 0 | – |
| 1879 | – | 0 | – |
| 1878 | – | 0 | – |
| 1877 | – | 0 | – |
| 1876 | – | 0 | – |
| 1875 | – | 0 | – |
| 1874 | – | 0 | – |
| 1873 | – | 0 | – |
| 1872 | – | 0 | – |
| 1871 | – | 0 | – |
| 1870 | – | 0 | – |
| 1869 | – | 0 | – |
| 1868 | – | 0 | – |
| 1867 | – | 0 | – |
| 1866 | – | 0 | – |
| 1865 | – | 0 | – |
| 1864 | – | 0 | – |
| 1863 | – | 0 | – |
| 1862 | – | 0 | – |
| 1861 | – | 0 | – |
| 1860 | – | 0 | – |
| 1859 | – | 0 | – |
| 1858 | – | 0 | – |
| 1857 | – | 30,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 0 | – |
| 1855 | – | 0 | – |
| 1854 | – | 0 | – |
| 1853 | – | 0 | – |
| 1852 | – | 0 | – |
| 1851 | – | 0 | – |
| 1850 | – | 0 | – |
| 1849 | – | 0 | – |
| 1848 | – | 0 | – |
| 1847 | – | 0 | – |
| 1846 | – | 0 | – |
| 1845 | – | 0 | – |
| 1844 | – | 0 | – |
| 1843 | – | 0 | – |
| 1842 | – | 0 | – |
| 1841 | – | 0 | – |
| 1840 | – | 0 | – |
| 1839 | – | 0 | – |
| 1838 | – | 0 | – |
| 1837 | – | 0 | – |
| 1836 | – | 0 | – |
| 1835 | – | 0 | – |
| 1834 | – | 0 | – |
| 1833 | – | 0 | – |
| 1832 | – | 0 | – |
| 1831 | – | 0 | – |
| 1830 | – | 0 | – |
| 1829 | – | 0 | – |
| 1828 | – | 0 | – |
| 1827 | – | 0 | – |
| 1826 | – | 0 | – |
| 1825 | – | 0 | – |
| 1824 | – | 0 | – |
| 1823 | – | 0 | – |
| 1822 | – | 0 | – |
| 1821 | – | 0 | – |
| 1820 | – | 0 | – |
| 1819 | – | 0 | – |
| 1818 | – | 0 | – |
| 1817 | – | 0 | – |
| 1816 | – | 0 | – |
- 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
Philippines vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyPhilippines: 69.8 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Child mortalityPhilippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Switzerland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityPhilippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterPhilippines: 47.9% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionPhilippines: 2.77% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide ratePhilippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationPhilippines: 115 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthPhilippines: 0.84% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility ratePhilippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationPhilippines: 55.8% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median agePhilippines: 25.3 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overPhilippines: 5.3% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration ratePhilippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingPhilippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsPhilippines: $6.3B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personPhilippines: $55 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingPhilippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- National powerPhilippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersPhilippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsPhilippines: 846 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsPhilippines: 4 million TIV in 2007Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025