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Military Personnel per 1,000 People by Country (Oceania)

Fiji has the most military personnel per 1,000 people in Oceania — 3.8, ahead of Australia (2.2) and New Zealand (1.7). All 4 countries ranked with the latest available data.

Top 4 Countries

1🇫🇯 Fiji 3.8 2🇦🇺 Australia 2.2 3🇳🇿 New Zealand 1.7
# Country Per Capita Military
1 🇫🇯 Fiji 3.8
2 🇦🇺 Australia 2.2
3 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1.7
4 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 0.4
Statistic
Active Troops Reserves Paramilitary Budget % GDP ATLAS Population Land Area Coastline Tanks Nuclear Militarization Land Borders Neighbors Per Capita Military Budget/Soldier GDP Budget/Capita APCs IFVs Artillery SP Artillery MLRS
Region
All Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania

About this Ranking

Military personnel per 1,000 inhabitants measures how heavily militarized a country’s population is. High ratios often indicate nations facing direct security threats, maintaining conscription, or serving as regional military powers. This metric normalizes for population size, revealing which countries devote the largest share of their people to defense.
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