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

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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