Bulgaria vs Qatar: Military personnel as a share of total population
Bulgaria
0.5%
in 2022
Qatar
0.6%
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
31st
Qatar rank
29th
Military personnel as a share of total population over time
- Bulgaria
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 29th of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 2.1% | 0.1% | Qatar |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 1.9% | 0.9% | Qatar |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.7% | Qatar |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Qatar |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Bulgaria or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Bulgaria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 0.1%, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Qatar rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st and Qatar ranks 29th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Ratio of military personnel to total population, expressed as a percentage.