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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.
Military Statistics > personnel (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Korea, North :
57.587
per 1,000 people
2005
Korean Military
# 2
Eritrea :
45.895
per 1,000 people
2005
Eritrean Military
# 3
Singapore :
38.463
per 1,000 people
2005
Singapore Military
# 4
Brunei :
29.426
per 1,000 people
2005
Bruneian Military
# 5
Bahrain :
28.901
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahraini Military
# 6
Israel :
25.42
per 1,000 people
2005
Israeli Military
# 7
Laos :
22.776
per 1,000 people
2005
Lao Military
# 8
Syria :
21.845
per 1,000 people
2005
Syrian Military
# 9
Lebanon :
21.193
per 1,000 people
2005
Lebanese Military
# 10
Jordan :
20.512
per 1,000 people
2005
Jordanian Military
# 11
Belarus :
18.72
per 1,000 people
2005
Belarusian Military
# 12
Oman :
17.92
per 1,000 people
2005
Omani Military
# 13
Maldives :
17.229
per 1,000 people
2000
Maldivian Military
# 14
Djibouti :
16.392
per 1,000 people
2005
Djiboutian Military
# 15
Armenia :
16.245
per 1,000 people
2005
Armenian Military
# 16
Greece :
15.13
per 1,000 people
2005
Greek Military
# 17
Qatar :
14.763
per 1,000 people
2005
Qatari Military
# 18
Switzerland :
14.656
per 1,000 people
2005
Swiss Military
# 19
Korea, South :
14.35
per 1,000 people
2005
Korean Military
# 20
Cyprus :
14.186
per 1,000 people
2005
Cypriot Military
# 21
Serbia and Montenegro :
13.606
per 1,000 people
2004
Serbian Military
# 22
Cambodia :
13.574
per 1,000 people
2005
Cambodian Military
# 23
Libya :
12.984
per 1,000 people
2005
Libyan Military
# 24
United Arab Emirates :
11.25
per 1,000 people
2005
Emirati Military
# 25
Bulgaria :
10.982
per 1,000 people
2005
Bulgarian Military
# 26
Burundi :
10.865
per 1,000 people
2005
Burundian Military
# 27
Egypt :
10.793
per 1,000 people
2005
Egyptian Military
# 28
Bhutan :
10.742
per 1,000 people
2000
Bhutanese Military
# 29
Sri Lanka :
10.191
per 1,000 people
2005
Sri Lankan Military
# 30
Norway :
10.166
per 1,000 people
2005
Norwegian Military
# 31
Russia :
10.146
per 1,000 people
2005
Russian Military
# 32
Azerbaijan :
9.776
per 1,000 people
2005
Azerbaijani Military
# 33
Algeria :
9.71
per 1,000 people
2005
Algerian Military
# 34
Burma :
9.561
per 1,000 people
2005
Burmese Military
# 35
Saudi Arabia :
9.343
per 1,000 people
2005
Saudi Military
# 36
Macedonia, Republic of :
9.341
per 1,000 people
2005
Macedonian Military
# 37
Kuwait :
9.071
per 1,000 people
2005
Kuwaiti Military
# 38
Portugal :
8.816
per 1,000 people
2005
Portuguese Military
# 39
Iraq :
8.706
per 1,000 people
2005
Iraqi Military
# 40
Iran :
8.571
per 1,000 people
2005
Iranian Military
# 41
Turkey :
8.562
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkish Military
# 42
Lithuania :
8.494
per 1,000 people
2005
Lithuanian Military
# 43
Morocco :
8.327
per 1,000 people
2005
Moroccan Military
# 44
Romania :
8.181
per 1,000 people
2005
Romanian Military
# 45
Bolivia :
7.624
per 1,000 people
2005
Bolivian Military
# 46
Italy :
7.593
per 1,000 people
2005
Italian Military
# 47
Uruguay :
7.538
per 1,000 people
2005
Uruguayan Military
# 48
Colombia :
7.476
per 1,000 people
2005
Colombian Military
# 49
Angola :
7.402
per 1,000 people
2005
Angolan Military
# 50
Namibia :
7.385
per 1,000 people
2005
Namibian Military
# 51
São Tomé and Príncipe :
7.305
per 1,000 people
1999
Sao Tomean Military
# 52
Albania :
7.189
per 1,000 people
2005
Albanian Military
# 53
Somalia :
7.131
per 1,000 people
2000
Somali Military
# 54
Chile :
7.119
per 1,000 people
2005
Chilean Military
# 55
Croatia :
6.977
per 1,000 people
2005
Croatian Military
# 56
Mauritania :
6.843
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritanian Military
# 57
Cuba :
6.744
per 1,000 people
2005
Cuban Military
# 58
Kazakhstan :
6.668
per 1,000 people
2005
Kazakhstani Military
# 59
Yemen :
6.579
per 1,000 people
2005
Yemeni Military
# 60
Thailand :
6.554
per 1,000 people
2005
Thai Military
# 61
Mongolia :
6.265
per 1,000 people
2005
Mongolian Military
# 62
Botswana :
6.233
per 1,000 people
2005
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 63
Slovenia :
5.999
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovenian Military
# 64
Vietnam :
5.956
per 1,000 people
2005
Vietnamese Military
# 65
Estonia :
5.943
per 1,000 people
2005
Estonian Military
# 66
Pakistan :
5.912
per 1,000 people
2005
Pakistani Military
# 67
Finland :
5.909
per 1,000 people
2005
Finnish Military
# 68
France :
5.898
per 1,000 people
2005
French Military
# 69
Rwanda :
5.864
per 1,000 people
2005
Rwandan Military
# 70
Ukraine :
5.799
per 1,000 people
2005
Ukrainian Military
# 71
Guinea-Bissau :
5.673
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean Military
# 72
Peru :
5.614
per 1,000 people
2005
Peruvian Military
# 73
Turkmenistan :
5.379
per 1,000 people
2005
Turkmen Military
= 74
Seychelles :
5.326
per 1,000 people
2005
Seychellois Military
= 74
Malaysia :
5.326
per 1,000 people
2005
Malaysian Military
# 76
United States :
5.216
per 1,000 people
2005
American Military
# 77
Georgia :
5.14
per 1,000 people
2005
Georgian Military
# 78
Spain :
5.069
per 1,000 people
2005
Spanish Military
# 79
Gabon :
5.058
per 1,000 people
2005
Gabonese Military
# 80
Malta :
4.957
per 1,000 people
2005
Maltese Military
# 81
Austria :
4.858
per 1,000 people
2005
Austrian Military
# 82
Nepal :
4.828
per 1,000 people
2005
Nepalese Military
# 83
Fiji :
4.719
per 1,000 people
2005
Fijian Military
# 84
Tunisia :
4.686
per 1,000 people
2005
Tunisian Military
# 85
Liberia :
4.569
per 1,000 people
2005
Liberian Military
# 86
Suriname :
4.452
per 1,000 people
2005
Surinamese Military
# 87
Hungary :
4.362
per 1,000 people
2005
Hungarian Military
# 88
Poland :
4.245
per 1,000 people
2005
Polish Military
# 89
Paraguay :
4.238
per 1,000 people
2005
Paraguayan Military
# 90
Dominican Republic :
4.224
per 1,000 people
2005
Dominican Military
# 91
Costa Rica :
4.071
per 1,000 people
2003
Costa Rican Military
# 92
Guyana :
3.994
per 1,000 people
2005
Guyanese Military
# 93
Zimbabwe :
3.92
per 1,000 people
2005
Zimbabwean Military
# 94
Denmark :
3.877
per 1,000 people
2005
Danish Military
# 95
Guatemala :
3.81
per 1,000 people
2005
Guatemalan Military
= 96
Slovakia :
3.713
per 1,000 people
2005
Slovak Military
= 96
Panama :
3.713
per 1,000 people
2005
Panamanian Military
# 98
Netherlands :
3.677
per 1,000 people
2005
Dutch Military
# 99
Brazil :
3.61
per 1,000 people
2005
Brazilian Military
# 100
United Kingdom :
3.603
per 1,000 people
2005
British Military
# 101
Chad :
3.59
per 1,000 people
2005
Chadian Military
# 102
Ecuador :
3.573
per 1,000 people
2005
Ecuadorian Military
# 103
Belgium :
3.531
per 1,000 people
2005
Belgian Military
# 104
Kyrgyzstan :
3.5
per 1,000 people
2005
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 105
Uzbekistan :
3.478
per 1,000 people
2005
Uzbekistani Military
# 106
Germany :
3.456
per 1,000 people
2005
German Military
# 107
Belize :
3.427
per 1,000 people
2005
Belizean Military
# 108
Sudan :
3.395
per 1,000 people
2005
Sudanese Military
# 109
Luxembourg :
3.311
per 1,000 people
2005
Luxembourg Military
# 110
Sweden :
3.169
per 1,000 people
2005
Swedish Military
# 111
Venezuela :
3.085
per 1,000 people
2005
Venezuelan Military
# 112
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
3.071
per 1,000 people
2005
Herzegovinian Military
# 113
Congo, Republic of the :
3.001
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese Military
# 114
Swaziland :
2.943
per 1,000 people
1999
Swazi Military
# 115
China :
2.878
per 1,000 people
2005
Chinese Military
# 116
India :
2.784
per 1,000 people
2005
Indian Military
# 117
Honduras :
2.776
per 1,000 people
2005
Honduran Military
# 118
Czech Republic :
2.736
per 1,000 people
2005
Czech Military
# 119
Nicaragua :
2.719
per 1,000 people
2005
Nicaraguan Military
# 120
Bahamas, The :
2.662
per 1,000 people
2005
Bahamian Military
# 121
Indonesia :
2.639
per 1,000 people
2005
Indonesian Military
# 122
Argentina :
2.632
per 1,000 people
2005
Argentine Military
# 123
Australia :
2.607
per 1,000 people
2005
Australian Military
# 124
Moldova :
2.58
per 1,000 people
2005
Moldovan Military
# 125
Ethiopia :
2.568
per 1,000 people
2005
Ethiopian Military
# 126
Ireland :
2.404
per 1,000 people
2005
Irish Military
# 127
Sierra Leone :
2.353
per 1,000 people
2005
Sierra Leonean Military
# 128
El Salvador :
2.325
per 1,000 people
2005
Salvadoran Military
# 129
Trinidad and Tobago :
2.298
per 1,000 people
2005
Tobagonian Military
# 130
Barbados :
2.263
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbadian Military
# 131
Canada :
2.198
per 1,000 people
2005
Canadian Military
# 132
New Zealand :
2.196
per 1,000 people
2005
New Zealand Military
# 133
Latvia :
2.173
per 1,000 people
2005
Latvian Military
# 134
Japan :
2.129
per 1,000 people
2005
Japanese Military
# 135
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.053
per 1,000 people
2005
Barbudan Military
# 136
Equatorial Guinea :
1.986
per 1,000 people
2005
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 137
Tajikistan :
1.985
per 1,000 people
2005
Tajikistani Military
# 138
Mexico :
1.979
per 1,000 people
2005
Mexican Military
# 139
Cape Verde :
1.973
per 1,000 people
2005
Cape Verdean Military
# 140
Bangladesh :
1.777
per 1,000 people
2005
Bangladeshi Military
# 141
Philippines :
1.77
per 1,000 people
2005
Philippine Military
# 142
Uganda :
1.631
per 1,000 people
2005
Ugandan Military
# 143
Senegal :
1.63
per 1,000 people
2005
Senegalese Military
# 144
Mauritius :
1.609
per 1,000 people
2005
Mauritian Military
# 145
Togo :
1.587
per 1,000 people
2005
Togolese Military
# 146
Guinea :
1.444
per 1,000 people
2005
Guinean Military
# 147
Cameroon :
1.409
per 1,000 people
2005
Cameroonian Military
# 148
Zambia :
1.371
per 1,000 people
2005
Zambian Military
# 149
South Africa :
1.194
per 1,000 people
2005
South African Military
# 150
Madagascar :
1.182
per 1,000 people
2005
Malagasy Military
# 151
Nigeria :
1.139
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerian Military
# 152
Jamaica :
1.13
per 1,000 people
2005
Jamaican Military
# 153
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.129
per 1,000 people
2005
Congolese Military
# 154
Lesotho :
1.114
per 1,000 people
2005
Basotho Military
# 155
East Timor :
1.081
per 1,000 people
2004
Timorese Military
# 156
Côte d'Ivoire :
1.047
per 1,000 people
2005
Ivoirian Military
# 157
Benin :
0.948
per 1,000 people
2005
Beninese Military
# 158
Afghanistan :
0.902
per 1,000 people
2005
Afghan Military
# 159
Mali :
0.888
per 1,000 people
2005
Malian Military
# 160
Burkina Faso :
0.85
per 1,000 people
2005
Burkinabe Military
# 161
Kenya :
0.847
per 1,000 people
2005
Kenyan Military
# 162
Central African Republic :
0.743
per 1,000 people
2005
Central African Military
# 163
Tanzania :
0.728
per 1,000 people
2005
Tanzanian Military
# 164
Niger :
0.716
per 1,000 people
2005
Nigerien Military
# 165
Haiti :
0.64
per 1,000 people
2003
Haitian Military
# 166
Mozambique :
0.556
per 1,000 people
2005
Mozambican Military
# 167
Malawi :
0.543
per 1,000 people
2005
Malawian Military
# 168
Gambia, The :
0.527
per 1,000 people
2005
Gambian Military
# 169
Papua New Guinea :
0.51
per 1,000 people
2005
Papua New Guinean Military
# 170
Iceland :
0.345
per 1,000 people
2003
Icelandic Military
# 171
Ghana :
0.317
per 1,000 people
2005
Ghanaian Military
Weighted average:
6.8
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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"personnel (per capita) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per_percap-military-personnel-per-capita
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