DEFINITION
Military Statistics > personnel (per capita) (most recent) by country
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2005
Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Korea, North
57.587
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#2 Eritrea
45.895
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#3 Singapore
38.463
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#4 Brunei
29.426
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#5 Bahrain
28.901
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#6 Israel
25.42
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#7 Lebanon
23.764
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#8 Syria
21.845
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#9 Laos
21.775
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#10 Jordan
20.281
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#11 Iraq
19.663
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#12 Belarus
18.72
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#13 Oman
17.92
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#14 Maldives
17.229
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#15 Djibouti
16.392
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#16 Armenia
16.245
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#17 Greece
15.13
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#18 Qatar
14.763
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#19 Switzerland
14.656
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#20 Korea, South
14.35
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#21 Cyprus
14.186
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#22 Serbia and Montenegro
13.606
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#23 Cambodia
13.574
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#24 Libya
12.984
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#25 United Arab Emirates
11.25
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#26 Bulgaria
10.982
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#27 Burundi
10.865
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#28 Egypt
10.793
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#29 Sri Lanka
10.191
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#30 Norway
10.166
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#31 Russia
10.146
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#32 Bhutan
9.933
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#33 Azerbaijan
9.776
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#34 Algeria
9.71
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#35 Burma
9.561
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#36 Saudi Arabia
9.343
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#37 Macedonia, Republic of
9.341
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#38 Kuwait
9.071
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#39 Portugal
8.816
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#40 Iran
8.571
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#41 Turkey
8.562
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#42 Lithuania
8.494
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#43 Morocco
8.32
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#44 Romania
8.181
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#45 Bolivia
7.624
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#46 Italy
7.593
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#47 Angola
7.402
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#48 Namibia
7.385
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#49 Colombia
7.368
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#50 São Tomé and Príncipe
7.305
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#51 Uruguay
7.196
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#52 Albania
7.189
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#53 Somalia
7.131
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#54 Chile
7.119
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#55 Croatia
6.977
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#56 Mauritania
6.843
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#57 Cuba
6.744
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#58 Kazakhstan
6.668
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#59 Yemen
6.579
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#60 Thailand
6.554
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#61 Mongolia
6.265
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#62 Botswana
6.233
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#63 Slovenia
5.999
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#64 Vietnam
5.955
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#65 Estonia
5.943
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#66 Pakistan
5.912
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#67 Finland
5.909
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#68 France
5.898
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#69 Rwanda
5.864
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#70 Ukraine
5.799
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#71 Guinea-Bissau
5.673
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#72 Peru
5.614
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#73 Turkmenistan
5.379
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#74 Malaysia
5.326
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#75 Seychelles
5.326
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#76 United States
5.216
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#77 Georgia
5.14
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#78 Spain
5.069
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#79 Gabon
5.058
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#80 Malta
4.957
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#81 Austria
4.858
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#82 Nepal
4.828
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#83 Fiji
4.719
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#84 Tunisia
4.686
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#85 Liberia
4.569
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#86 Dominican Republic
4.497
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#87 Suriname
4.452
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#88 Hungary
4.362
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#89 Poland
4.245
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#90 Paraguay
4.238
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#91 Costa Rica
4.071
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#92 Guyana
3.994
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#93 Afghanistan
3.927
per 1,000 people 1989 ...
#94 Zimbabwe
3.92
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#95 Denmark
3.877
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#96 Guatemala
3.81
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#97 Slovakia
3.713
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#98 Panama
3.713
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#99 Netherlands
3.677
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#100 Brazil
3.61
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#101 United Kingdom
3.603
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#102 Chad
3.59
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#103 Ecuador
3.573
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#104 Belgium
3.531
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#105 Kyrgyzstan
3.5
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#106 Uzbekistan
3.478
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#107 Germany
3.456
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#108 Belize
3.427
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#109 Sudan
3.395
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#110 Luxembourg
3.311
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#111 Sweden
3.169
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#112 Venezuela
3.085
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#113 Bosnia and Herzegovina
3.071
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#114 Congo, Republic of the
3.001
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#115 Swaziland
2.943
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#116 China
2.878
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#117 India
2.784
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#118 Honduras
2.776
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#119 Czech Republic
2.736
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#120 Nicaragua
2.719
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#121 Bahamas, The
2.662
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#122 Indonesia
2.639
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#123 Argentina
2.632
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#124 Australia
2.607
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#125 Ethiopia
2.568
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#126 Ireland
2.404
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#127 Moldova
2.378
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#128 Sierra Leone
2.353
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#129 El Salvador
2.325
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#130 Trinidad and Tobago
2.298
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#131 Barbados
2.263
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#132 Canada
2.198
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#133 New Zealand
2.196
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#134 Latvia
2.173
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#135 Japan
2.129
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#136 Antigua and Barbuda
2.053
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#137 Tajikistan
1.998
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#138 Equatorial Guinea
1.986
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#139 Mexico
1.979
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#140 Cape Verde
1.973
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#141 Bangladesh
1.777
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#142 Philippines
1.77
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#143 Uganda
1.631
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#144 Senegal
1.63
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#145 Mauritius
1.609
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#146 Togo
1.587
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#147 Cameroon
1.409
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#148 Guinea
1.383
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#149 Zambia
1.371
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#150 Nigeria
1.224
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#151 South Africa
1.194
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#152 Madagascar
1.182
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#153 Jamaica
1.13
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#154 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1.129
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#155 Lesotho
1.114
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#156 East Timor
1.081
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#157 Côte d'Ivoire
1.047
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#158 Benin
0.948
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#159 Mali
0.888
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#160 Burkina Faso
0.85
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#161 Kenya
0.847
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#162 Central African Republic
0.743
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#163 Tanzania
0.731
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#164 Niger
0.716
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#165 Haiti
0.64
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#166 Mozambique
0.556
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#167 Malawi
0.543
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#168 Gambia, The
0.527
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#169 Papua New Guinea
0.51
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#170 Iceland
0.345
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#171 Ghana
0.317
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
Weighted average:
6.9
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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