Bulgaria vs Uruguay: Military personnel as a share of total population
Bulgaria
0.5%
in 2022
Uruguay
0.6%
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
31st
Uruguay rank
28th
Military personnel as a share of total population over time
- Bulgaria
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 109 shared years of data; in 1908 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Uruguay ranks 28th of 194 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 8 and Uruguay in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.8% | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 5.3% | 0.7% | 4.7% | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Uruguay |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Uruguay |
| 1940s | 2.0% | 0.3% | 1.7% | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 2.6% | 0.3% | 2.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.4% | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 2.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.2% | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.0% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Uruguay |
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 Uruguay?
- Uruguay, 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 Uruguay?
- 0.1%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Uruguay?
- 109 years are reported by both, from 1908 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Uruguay rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st and Uruguay ranks 28th 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.