Japan vs Paraguay: Military personnel as a share of total population
Japan
0.2%
in 2022
Paraguay
0.2%
in 2022
Japan rank
108th
Paraguay rank
106th
Military personnel as a share of total population over time
- Japan
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 152 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Paraguay ahead.
Japan ranks 108th and Paraguay ranks 106th of 194 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Paraguay in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 0.0% | 6.7% | 6.7% | Paraguay |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Paraguay |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 1900s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 4.7% | 0.3% | 4.4% | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Japan or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Japan and Paraguay?
- 0.0%, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Paraguay?
- 152 years are reported by both, from 1860 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Paraguay rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
- Japan ranks 108th and Paraguay ranks 106th 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.