Japan vs Paraguay: Military personnel as a share of total population
Japan
0.1976
in 2022
Paraguay
0.2071
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 0.2071 against 0.1976 in Japan, a difference of 0.0095.
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 | 0.0128 | 6.74 | 6.73 | Paraguay |
| 1870s | 0.0934 | 0.8455 | 0.7521 | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 0.1402 | 0.3519 | 0.2117 | Paraguay |
| 1890s | 0.2727 | 0.3848 | 0.1121 | Paraguay |
| 1900s | 0.5072 | 0.3264 | 0.1809 | Japan |
| 1910s | 0.825 | 0.4868 | 0.3382 | Japan |
| 1920s | 0.5042 | 0.4015 | 0.1027 | Japan |
| 1930s | 0.6195 | 0.883 | 0.2634 | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 4.7 | 0.295 | 4.41 | Japan |
| 1950s | 0.2145 | 0.4458 | 0.2313 | Paraguay |
| 1960s | 0.2455 | 0.8956 | 0.6501 | Paraguay |
| 1970s | 0.214 | 0.5903 | 0.3763 | Paraguay |
| 1980s | 0.2021 | 0.4419 | 0.2397 | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 0.1959 | 0.3391 | 0.1431 | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 0.1896 | 0.2495 | 0.0599 | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 0.1926 | 0.1698 | 0.0228 | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.1966 | 0.2095 | 0.013 | 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 0.2071 against 0.1976 in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Japan and Paraguay?
- 0.0095, 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?
- 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.