Serbia vs Türkiye: Military personnel as a share of total population

Serbia
0.4%
in 2022
Türkiye
0.4%
in 2022
Serbia rank
51st
Türkiye rank
52nd

Military personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Serbia
  • Türkiye
012345181619192022

How they compare

Serbia currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Türkiye, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 29 times across 140 shared years of data; in 1878 it was Türkiye ahead.

Serbia ranks 51st and Türkiye ranks 52nd of 194 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Serbia averaged higher in 2 and Türkiye in 14.

Head to head by decade

Decade Serbia Türkiye Difference Ahead
1870s 0.4% 0.9% 0.5% Türkiye
1880s 0.6% 0.9% 0.3% Türkiye
1890s 0.7% 1.0% 0.3% Türkiye
1900s 1.0% 1.0% 0.0% Türkiye
1910s 1.8% 1.6% 0.2% Serbia
1920s 1.2% 1.0% 0.2% Serbia
1930s 0.8% 1.1% 0.3% Türkiye
1940s 1.2% 3.2% 2.0% Türkiye
1950s 2.1% 2.1% 0.0% Türkiye
1960s 1.5% 1.6% 0.0% Türkiye
1970s 1.2% 1.6% 0.3% Türkiye
1980s 1.1% 1.6% 0.5% Türkiye
1990s 1.0% 1.3% 0.3% Türkiye
2000s 0.6% 0.8% 0.1% Türkiye
2010s 0.3% 0.6% 0.3% Türkiye
2020s 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% Türkiye

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Serbia or Türkiye?
Serbia, at 0.4% against 0.4% in Türkiye as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Serbia and Türkiye?
0.0%, with Serbia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Türkiye?
140 years are reported by both, from 1878 to 2022.
How do Serbia and Türkiye rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
Serbia ranks 51st and Türkiye ranks 52nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Serbia vs Türkiye: Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid, drawing on Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/serbia/turkiye/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/serbia/turkiye/">Serbia vs Türkiye: Military personnel as a share of total population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

Ratio of military personnel to total population, expressed as a percentage.