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Military personnel as a share of total population

% · higher is better · 194 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2016
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  1. 1Korea, Dem. People's Rep.4.7%
  2. 2Eritrea4.1%
  3. 3Israel2.2%
  4. 4Brunei Darussalam1.7%
  5. 5Armenia1.5%
  6. 6South Sudan1.5%
  7. 7Singapore1.3%
  8. 8Greece1.3%
  9. 9Korea, Rep.1.2%
  10. 10Jordan1.1%
  11. 11Djibouti1.1%
  12. 12Cyprus1%
  13. 13Lebanon1%
  14. 14Oman0.97%
  15. 15Taiwan0.91%
  16. 16Cambodia0.79%
  17. 17Sri Lanka0.77%
  18. 18Myanmar0.77%
  19. 19Uruguay0.73%
  20. 20Syrian Arab Republic0.71%
  21. 21Saudi Arabia0.7%
  22. 22Azerbaijan0.69%
  23. 23United Arab Emirates0.68%
  24. 24Turkmenistan0.65%
  25. 25Iran, Islamic Rep.0.65%
  26. 26Turkiye0.64%
  27. 27Sudan0.62%
  28. 28Colombia0.61%
  29. 29Bahrain0.56%
  30. 30Morocco0.56%
  31. 31Russian Federation0.55%
  32. 32Lithuania0.55%
  33. 33Georgia0.54%
  34. 34Dominican Republic0.53%
  35. 35Thailand0.52%
  36. 36Viet Nam0.51%
  37. 37Belarus0.51%
  38. 38Norway0.49%
  39. 39Qatar0.47%
  40. 40Malta0.47%
  41. 41Afghanistan0.46%
  42. 42Ukraine0.46%
  43. 43Egypt, Arab Rep.0.46%
  44. 44Estonia0.46%
  45. 45Fiji0.44%
  46. 46Bulgaria0.43%
  47. 47Lao PDR0.43%
  48. 48United States0.43%
  49. 49Cuba0.43%
  50. 50Croatia0.4%
  51. 51Botswana0.4%
  52. 52Finland0.4%
  53. 53Kuwait0.39%
  54. 54El Salvador0.39%
  55. 55Guyana0.39%
  56. 56Slovenia0.38%
  57. 57North Macedonia0.38%
  58. 58Mauritania0.37%
  59. 59Angola0.37%
  60. 60Venezuela, RB0.36%
  61. 61Chile0.36%
  62. 62Namibia0.36%
  63. 63Romania0.36%
  64. 64Suriname0.36%
  65. 65Barbados0.35%
  66. 66Malaysia0.35%
  67. 67Pakistan0.33%
  68. 68Nepal0.33%
  69. 69Mongolia0.33%
  70. 70France0.32%
  71. 71Algeria0.32%
  72. 72Portugal0.32%
  73. 73Montenegro0.32%
  74. 74Serbia0.32%
  75. 75Tunisia0.32%
  76. 76Bosnia and Herzegovina0.31%
  77. 77Bolivia0.31%
  78. 78Sweden0.3%
  79. 79Denmark0.3%
  80. 80Italy0.29%
  81. 81Slovak Republic0.29%
  82. 82Trinidad and Tobago0.29%
  83. 83Rwanda0.28%
  84. 84Hungary0.28%
  85. 85Albania0.27%
  86. 86Belgium0.27%
  87. 87Belize0.27%
  88. 88Austria0.26%
  89. 89Spain0.26%
  90. 90Poland0.26%
  91. 91Bahamas, The0.26%
  92. 92Peru0.25%
  93. 93Latvia0.25%
  94. 94Gabon0.25%
  95. 95Switzerland0.25%
  96. 96Ecuador0.24%
  97. 97Australia0.24%
  98. 98United Kingdom0.24%
  99. 99Guinea-Bissau0.22%
  100. 100Germany0.22%
  101. 101Mexico0.22%
  102. 102Kazakhstan0.22%
  103. 103Netherlands0.21%
  104. 104Chad0.21%
  105. 105Czechia0.21%
  106. 106Nicaragua0.2%
  107. 107Congo, Rep.0.2%
  108. 108Japan0.19%
  109. 109New Zealand0.19%
  110. 110Ireland0.19%
  111. 111Burundi0.19%
  112. 112Cabo Verde0.19%
  113. 113Kyrgyz Republic0.18%
  114. 114Canada0.18%
  115. 115Zimbabwe0.18%
  116. 116Luxembourg0.17%
  117. 117Iraq0.17%
  118. 118Congo, Dem. Rep.0.17%
  119. 119Argentina0.17%
  120. 120China0.17%
  121. 121Paraguay0.16%
  122. 122Brazil0.16%
  123. 123Uzbekistan0.15%
  124. 124Central African Republic0.15%
  125. 125Indonesia0.15%
  126. 126Ethiopia0.13%
  127. 127Moldova0.12%
  128. 128Sierra Leone0.12%
  129. 129Philippines0.12%
  130. 130Honduras0.12%
  131. 131South Africa0.12%
  132. 132Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.12%
  133. 133Togo0.12%
  134. 134Guatemala0.11%
  135. 135Uganda0.11%
  136. 136Cote d'Ivoire0.11%
  137. 137Jamaica0.1%
  138. 138Tajikistan0.1%
  139. 139India0.1%
  140. 140Bangladesh0.1%
  141. 141Senegal0.09%
  142. 142Lesotho0.09%
  143. 143Zambia0.09%
  144. 144Equatorial Guinea0.08%
  145. 145Guinea0.08%
  146. 146Timor-Leste0.08%
  147. 147Yemen, Rep.0.07%
  148. 148Benin0.06%
  149. 149Cameroon0.06%
  150. 150Burkina Faso0.06%
  151. 151Ghana0.06%
  152. 152Madagascar0.06%
  153. 153Kenya0.05%
  154. 154Gambia, The0.05%
  155. 155Tanzania0.05%
  156. 156Liberia0.04%
  157. 157Nigeria0.04%
  158. 158Mozambique0.04%
  159. 159Mali0.03%
  160. 160Malawi0.03%
  161. 161Papua New Guinea0.02%
  162. 162Niger0.02%
  163. 163Panama0%
  164. 163Haiti0%
  165. 163Samoa0%
  166. 163Vanuatu0%
  167. 163Naoero0%
  168. 163St. Vincent and the Grenadines0%
  169. 163Iceland0%
  170. 163Mauritius0%
  171. 163Tuvalu0%
  172. 163Palau0%
  173. 163Tonga0%
  174. 163Kiribati0%
  175. 163St. Kitts and Nevis0%
  176. 163Seychelles0%
  177. 163Marshall Islands0%
  178. 163Maldives0%
  179. 163Monaco0%
  180. 163San Marino0%
  181. 163St. Lucia0%
  182. 163Liechtenstein0%
  183. 163Solomon Islands0%
  184. 163Micronesia, Fed. Sts.0%
  185. 163Costa Rica0%
  186. 163Dominica0%
  187. 163Andorra0%
  188. 163Grenada0%
  189. 163Antigua and Barbuda0%

Military personnel as a share of total population