Australia vs Papua New Guinea: Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre
Australia
0.0078 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Papua New Guinea
0.0088 units per square kilometre
in 2020
Australia rank
168th
Papua New Guinea rank
165th
Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre over time
- Australia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0088 units per square kilometre against 0.0078 units per square kilometre in Australia, a difference of 0.001 units per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 165th of 173 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.0091 units per square kilometre | 0.0068 units per square kilometre | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.0081 units per square kilometre | 0.0089 units per square kilometre | 0.0009 units per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0069 units per square kilometre | 0.0073 units per square kilometre | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0075 units per square kilometre | 0.0064 units per square kilometre | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.0078 units per square kilometre | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 0.001 units per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre, Australia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0088 units per square kilometre against 0.0078 units per square kilometre in Australia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre between Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.001 units per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Papua New Guinea?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
- How do Australia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 165th of 173 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Armed forces personnel, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Armed forces personnel, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.