Military personnel as a share of total population by country
Countries reporting
174
Highest
8.86
Eritrea
Lowest
0
Seychelles
Median
0.2758
Years covered
207
1816–2022
Data points
15,765
What the numbers show
Military personnel as a share of total population is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 8.86 in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2758, and the mean is 0.4266.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 487.0%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Military personnel as a share of total population: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritrea | 8.86 | 2022 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 2 | North Korea | 4.86 | 2022 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 3 | Israel | 1.87 | 2022 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 4 | Ukraine | 1.68 | 2022 | up 487.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brunei | 1.54 | 2022 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 6 | Armenia | 1.49 | 2022 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 1.27 | 2022 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 1.12 | 2022 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 9 | South Korea | 1.07 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 10 | Lebanon | 1.04 | 2022 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Tonga | 0.9524 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Oman | 0.9091 | 2022 | down 29.9% | flat |
| 13 | Singapore | 0.9027 | 2022 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 14 | Cyprus | 0.9016 | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 15 | Jordan | 0.8973 | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 16 | Russia | 0.8174 | 2022 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Lithuania | 0.8165 | 2022 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8104 | 2022 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 0.7988 | 2022 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 20 | Syria | 0.7524 | 2022 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Taiwan | 0.7216 | 2022 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 0.7208 | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Djibouti | 0.7036 | 2022 | down 39.5% | rising |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6944 | 1999 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Iran | 0.6814 | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 26 | Myanmar | 0.6622 | 2022 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 0.6217 | 2022 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 28 | Uruguay | 0.6193 | 2022 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 29 | Qatar | 0.5878 | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 30 | Georgia | 0.5534 | 2022 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 0.542 | 2022 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Morocco | 0.5251 | 2022 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 0.5233 | 2022 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 34 | Bahrain | 0.5219 | 2022 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 35 | Estonia | 0.5185 | 2022 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 0.5118 | 2022 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 37 | Thailand | 0.5032 | 2022 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 38 | Bahamas | 0.5025 | 2022 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.4986 | 2022 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 40 | Belize | 0.4963 | 2022 | up 60.8% | falling |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.4948 | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Vietnam | 0.4835 | 2022 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | 0.4809 | 2022 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 44 | Norway | 0.4581 | 2022 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Cuba | 0.443 | 2022 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Iraq | 0.4379 | 2022 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Venezuela | 0.436 | 2022 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Fiji | 0.4353 | 2022 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 49 | Croatia | 0.4351 | 2022 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 0.4348 | 2022 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 51 | Serbia | 0.4123 | 2022 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkey | 0.4078 | 2022 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Ethiopia | 0.4012 | 2022 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.3981 | 2022 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 55 | United States | 0.3945 | 2022 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.3922 | 2022 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.3898 | 2022 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 58 | Laos | 0.3836 | 2022 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Malta | 0.3788 | 2022 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 0.3756 | 2022 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.3721 | 2022 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Botswana | 0.3689 | 2022 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Guyana | 0.365 | 2022 | up 190.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Barbados | 0.3546 | 2022 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Chile | 0.3529 | 2022 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 0.346 | 2022 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3432 | 2022 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Finland | 0.3412 | 2022 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.3342 | 2022 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.3304 | 2022 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Slovakia | 0.3289 | 2022 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 0.3281 | 2022 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Nepal | 0.3264 | 2022 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 0.3257 | 2022 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 75 | Montenegro | 0.3252 | 2022 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 0.321 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 77 | France | 0.3063 | 2022 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Eswatini | 0.3061 | 1999 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.3056 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 80 | Angola | 0.3003 | 2022 | down 41.6% | falling |
| 81 | Tunisia | 0.2971 | 2022 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Poland | 0.297 | 2022 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.2953 | 2022 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Slovenia | 0.2837 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 0.2829 | 2022 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 0.2825 | 2000 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 87 | Bolivia | 0.2815 | 2022 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Italy | 0.27 | 2022 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Pakistan | 0.2675 | 2022 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 90 | Spain | 0.2593 | 2022 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 91 | Portugal | 0.2592 | 2022 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Denmark | 0.2541 | 2022 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Austria | 0.2537 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 94 | Czechia | 0.253 | 2022 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0.2464 | 2022 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 0.242 | 2022 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 97 | Rwanda | 0.2417 | 2022 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.23 | 2022 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 99 | Australia | 0.229 | 2022 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Switzerland | 0.2275 | 2022 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Burundi | 0.2252 | 2022 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 0.22 | 2022 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Germany | 0.2176 | 2022 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Jamaica | 0.2113 | 2022 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 105 | Sudan | 0.2106 | 2022 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.2071 | 2022 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Gabon | 0.2057 | 2022 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Japan | 0.1976 | 2022 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Belgium | 0.1976 | 2022 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 110 | Kazakhstan | 0.1947 | 2022 | down 35.4% | flat |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 0.1923 | 2022 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1899 | 2022 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Netherlands | 0.1899 | 2022 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 0.1805 | 2022 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Comoros | 0.1795 | 1992 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 116 | Chad | 0.1788 | 2022 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 0.1783 | 2022 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 0.1765 | 2022 | up 299.4% | flat |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0.1754 | 2022 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Brazil | 0.1745 | 2022 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 121 | Canada | 0.1726 | 2022 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Mexico | 0.1679 | 2022 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Congo | 0.1657 | 2022 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Moldova | 0.1645 | 2022 | up 15.6% | falling |
| 125 | Argentina | 0.1586 | 2022 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1581 | 2022 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 127 | Ireland | 0.1566 | 2022 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 0.1517 | 2022 | up 171.8% | volatile |
| 129 | East Timor | 0.1461 | 2022 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 130 | Honduras | 0.1433 | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | Sweden | 0.143 | 2022 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 0.143 | 2022 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 133 | Indonesia | 0.142 | 2022 | up 16.1% | falling |
| 134 | China | 0.142 | 2022 | down 14.4% | flat |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 0.1374 | 2022 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 136 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1309 | 2022 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 137 | Niger | 0.1304 | 2022 | up 347.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Philippines | 0.1272 | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 139 | South Africa | 0.1186 | 2022 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Libya | 0.1123 | 2015 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 0.1087 | 2022 | down 40.9% | rising |
| 142 | Yemen | 0.1046 | 2022 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 143 | India | 0.1024 | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 144 | Guatemala | 0.1009 | 2022 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 0.0962 | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 146 | Uganda | 0.0951 | 2022 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Mali | 0.091 | 2022 | up 93.1% | falling |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.0905 | 2022 | up 40.2% | falling |
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0888 | 2022 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 0.0884 | 2022 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 151 | Lesotho | 0.0875 | 2022 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 152 | Benin | 0.0872 | 2022 | up 75.3% | falling |
| 153 | Senegal | 0.0793 | 2022 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 154 | Somalia | 0.0786 | 2022 | up 300.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Zambia | 0.0744 | 2022 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 156 | Guinea | 0.0711 | 2022 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Nigeria | 0.0641 | 2022 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0554 | 2022 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Malawi | 0.0535 | 2022 | up 70.1% | falling |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.0483 | 2022 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Madagascar | 0.046 | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Kenya | 0.0442 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 163 | Tanzania | 0.0417 | 2022 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0392 | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 165 | Liberia | 0.0372 | 2022 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Mozambique | 0.0337 | 2022 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Burkina Faso | 0.0311 | 2022 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 168 | Haiti | 0.0087 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Grenada | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Luxembourg | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Mauritius | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Panama | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Seychelles | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |