DEFINITION
Growth in the number of
armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Rwanda: |
1,246 |
|
|
# 2
|
Burundi: |
669 |
|
|
# 3
|
Sri Lanka: |
432 |
|
|
# 4
|
Cambodia: |
300 |
|
|
# 5
|
Bahrain: |
293 |
|
|
# 6
|
Lebanon: |
266 |
|
|
# 7
|
Saudi Arabia: |
222 |
|
|
# 8
|
Djibouti: |
180 |
|
|
# 9
|
Malta: |
162 |
|
|
# 10
|
Uganda: |
150 |
|
|
# 11
|
Chad: |
147 |
|
|
# 12
|
Niger: |
141 |
|
|
# 13
|
Colombia: |
130 |
|
|
# 14
|
Botswana: |
125 |
|
|
# 15
|
Angola: |
117 |
|
|
# 16
|
Qatar: |
105 |
|
|
= 17
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
100 |
|
|
= 17
|
Bhutan: |
100 |
|
|
= 17
|
Nepal: |
100 |
|
|
# 20
|
Gabon: |
96 |
|
|
# 21
|
Togo: |
94 |
|
|
= 22
|
Burma: |
85 |
|
|
= 22
|
Mauritania: |
85 |
|
|
= 22
|
Sudan: |
85 |
|
|
# 25
|
Belize: |
83 |
|
|
# 26
|
Bahamas, The: |
80 |
|
|
# 27
|
Cameroon: |
79 |
|
|
# 28
|
Burkina Faso: |
70 |
|
|
= 29
|
Ethiopia: |
62 |
|
|
= 29
|
Kenya: |
62 |
|
|
# 31
|
Gambia, The: |
60 |
|
|
= 32
|
Mali: |
51 |
|
|
= 32
|
United Arab Emirates: |
51 |
|
|
# 34
|
Bangladesh: |
50 |
|
|
= 35
|
Oman: |
49 |
|
|
= 35
|
Mexico: |
49 |
|
|
# 37
|
Jordan: |
48 |
|
|
# 38
|
Paraguay: |
40 |
|
|
= 39
|
Switzerland: |
38 |
|
|
= 39
|
Papua New Guinea: |
38 |
|
|
= 41
|
Ecuador: |
35 |
|
|
= 41
|
Central African Republic: |
35 |
|
|
# 43
|
Albania: |
34 |
|
|
= 44
|
Jamaica: |
33 |
|
|
= 44
|
Morocco: |
33 |
|
|
= 44
|
Zambia: |
33 |
|
|
# 47
|
Fiji: |
30 |
|
|
# 48
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
29 |
|
|
= 49
|
Thailand: |
28 |
|
|
= 49
|
Kuwait: |
28 |
|
|
# 51
|
Pakistan: |
27 |
|
|
# 52
|
Israel: |
21 |
|
|
# 53
|
Bolivia: |
18 |
|
|
# 54
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
15 |
|
|
= 55
|
Venezuela: |
14 |
|
|
= 55
|
Korea, South: |
14 |
|
|
= 55
|
Luxembourg: |
14 |
|
|
= 58
|
Singapore: |
10 |
|
|
= 58
|
Dominican Republic: |
10 |
|
|
# 60
|
Romania: |
9 |
|
|
= 61
|
Benin: |
7 |
|
|
= 61
|
Indonesia: |
7 |
|
|
= 63
|
Brazil: |
4 |
|
|
= 63
|
Libya: |
4 |
|
|
= 65
|
India: |
3 |
|
|
= 65
|
Yemen: |
3 |
|
|
# 67
|
Egypt: |
1 |
|
|
= 68
|
Cyprus: |
0 |
|
|
= 68
|
Tunisia: |
0 |
|
|
= 68
|
Lesotho: |
0 |
|
|
= 68
|
Suriname: |
0 |
|
|
= 68
|
Madagascar: |
0 |
|
|
# 73
|
Guatemala: |
-1 |
|
|
= 74
|
Guinea: |
-2 |
|
|
= 74
|
Zimbabwe: |
-2 |
|
|
= 76
|
Japan: |
-3 |
|
|
= 76
|
Sierra Leone: |
-3 |
|
|
= 76
|
Turkey: |
-3 |
|
|
# 79
|
Malawi: |
-6 |
|
|
# 80
|
Senegal: |
-7 |
|
|
# 81
|
Philippines: |
-8 |
|
|
# 82
|
Peru: |
-10 |
|
|
= 83
|
Malaysia: |
-13 |
|
|
= 83
|
Finland: |
-13 |
|
|
# 85
|
Chile: |
-14 |
|
|
# 86
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
-15 |
|
|
= 87
|
Ireland: |
-16 |
|
|
= 87
|
Iran: |
-16 |
|
|
# 89
|
Nigeria: |
-19 |
|
|
# 90
|
Sweden: |
-20 |
|
|
= 91
|
Greece: |
-21 |
|
|
= 91
|
Syria: |
-21 |
|
|
= 93
|
Austria: |
-26 |
|
|
= 93
|
Denmark: |
-26 |
|
|
= 93
|
New Zealand: |
-26 |
|
|
= 93
|
Uruguay: |
-26 |
|
|
# 97
|
Algeria: |
-27 |
|
|
= 98
|
Australia: |
-28 |
|
|
= 98
|
Norway: |
-28 |
|
|
= 98
|
China: |
-28 |
|
|
# 101
|
Canada: |
-29 |
|
|
# 102
|
Poland: |
-32 |
|
|
# 103
|
Argentina: |
-34 |
|
|
# 104
|
Italy: |
-35 |
|
|
= 105
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
-36 |
|
|
= 105
|
United Kingdom: |
-36 |
|
|
= 107
|
France: |
-37 |
|
|
= 107
|
United States: |
-37 |
|
|
# 109
|
Portugal: |
-39 |
|
|
= 110
|
Barbados: |
-40 |
|
|
= 110
|
South Africa: |
-40 |
|
|
# 112
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
-41 |
|
|
= 113
|
Bulgaria: |
-46 |
|
|
= 113
|
Laos: |
-46 |
|
|
# 115
|
Honduras: |
-50 |
|
|
# 116
|
Netherlands: |
-51 |
|
|
# 117
|
Vietnam: |
-53 |
|
|
= 118
|
Ghana: |
-54 |
|
|
= 118
|
Germany: |
-54 |
|
|
# 120
|
Belgium: |
-57 |
|
|
# 121
|
Hungary: |
-59 |
|
|
# 122
|
El Salvador: |
-60 |
|
|
# 123
|
Mozambique: |
-61 |
|
|
# 124
|
Cuba: |
-64 |
|
|
# 125
|
Spain: |
-67 |
|
|
# 126
|
Russia: |
-71 |
|
|
= 127
|
Czech Republic: |
-72 |
|
|
= 127
|
Mongolia: |
-72 |
|
|
# 129
|
Nicaragua: |
-75 |
|
|
# 130
|
Guyana: |
-76 |
|
|
# 131
|
Seychelles: |
-83 |
|
|
# 132
|
Cape Verde: |
-86 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
35.7 |
|
DEFINITION: Growth in the number of
armed forces personnel from 1985 (index = 100) to 2000. 100 means no growth, 50 means it halved and 200 means it doubled.