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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.
Military Statistics > personnel (per capita) (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Korea, North :
58.304
per 1,000 people
1997
Korean Military
# 2
Singapore :
46.916
per 1,000 people
1997
Singapore Military
# 3
Somalia :
34.795
per 1,000 people
1997
Somali Military
# 4
Bahrain :
33.53
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahraini Military
# 5
Israel :
31.023
per 1,000 people
1997
Israeli Military
# 6
Cambodia :
30.184
per 1,000 people
1997
Cambodian Military
# 7
Jordan :
30.062
per 1,000 people
1997
Jordanian Military
# 8
Brunei :
29.168
per 1,000 people
1997
Bruneian Military
# 9
Syria :
27.514
per 1,000 people
1997
Syrian Military
# 10
Laos :
26.226
per 1,000 people
1997
Lao Military
# 11
United Arab Emirates :
24.698
per 1,000 people
1997
Emirati Military
# 12
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
24.649
per 1,000 people
1997
Herzegovinian Military
# 13
Albania :
21.897
per 1,000 people
1997
Albanian Military
# 14
Qatar :
21.578
per 1,000 people
1997
Qatari Military
# 15
Croatia :
21.444
per 1,000 people
1997
Croatian Military
# 16
Oman :
20.835
per 1,000 people
1997
Omani Military
# 17
Lebanon :
20.269
per 1,000 people
1997
Lebanese Military
# 18
Djibouti :
19.486
per 1,000 people
1997
Djiboutian Military
# 19
Armenia :
19.408
per 1,000 people
1997
Armenian Military
# 20
Iraq :
19.246
per 1,000 people
1997
Iraqi Military
# 21
Bulgaria :
16.302
per 1,000 people
1997
Bulgarian Military
# 22
Cyprus :
15.654
per 1,000 people
1997
Cypriot Military
# 23
Greece :
15.431
per 1,000 people
1997
Greek Military
# 24
Korea, South :
14.721
per 1,000 people
1997
Korean Military
# 25
Serbia and Montenegro :
14.353
per 1,000 people
1997
Serbian Military
# 26
Eritrea :
14.287
per 1,000 people
1997
Eritrean Military
# 27
Iran :
14.259
per 1,000 people
1997
Iranian Military
# 28
Azerbaijan :
13.613
per 1,000 people
1997
Azerbaijani Military
# 29
Romania :
13.57
per 1,000 people
1997
Romanian Military
# 30
Libya :
13.096
per 1,000 people
1997
Libyan Military
# 31
Turkey :
12.828
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkish Military
# 32
Russia :
12.376
per 1,000 people
1997
Russian Military
# 33
Sri Lanka :
12.237
per 1,000 people
1997
Sri Lankan Military
# 34
Bhutan :
11.612
per 1,000 people
1997
Bhutanese Military
# 35
Macedonia, Republic of :
11.546
per 1,000 people
1997
Macedonian Military
# 36
Bahamas, The :
10.961
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahamian Military
# 37
Egypt :
10.698
per 1,000 people
1997
Egyptian Military
# 38
Kuwait :
10.253
per 1,000 people
1997
Kuwaiti Military
# 39
Italy :
10.21
per 1,000 people
1997
Italian Military
# 40
Sweden :
10.051
per 1,000 people
1997
Swedish Military
# 41
Rwanda :
10.032
per 1,000 people
1997
Rwandan Military
# 42
Portugal :
9.932
per 1,000 people
1997
Portuguese Military
# 43
Angola :
9.731
per 1,000 people
1997
Angolan Military
# 44
Burma :
9.356
per 1,000 people
1997
Burmese Military
# 45
Algeria :
9.254
per 1,000 people
1997
Algerian Military
# 46
Saudi Arabia :
9.154
per 1,000 people
1997
Saudi Military
# 47
Bolivia :
9.036
per 1,000 people
1997
Bolivian Military
# 48
Ukraine :
8.962
per 1,000 people
1997
Ukrainian Military
# 49
Yemen :
8.954
per 1,000 people
1997
Yemeni Military
# 50
Belarus :
8.876
per 1,000 people
1997
Belarusian Military
# 51
Liberia :
8.87
per 1,000 people
1997
Liberian Military
# 52
Morocco :
8.735
per 1,000 people
1997
Moroccan Military
# 53
Mauritania :
8.506
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritanian Military
# 54
Chile :
8.464
per 1,000 people
1997
Chilean Military
# 55
Slovakia :
8.387
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovak Military
# 56
Peru :
8.224
per 1,000 people
1997
Peruvian Military
# 57
France :
8.128
per 1,000 people
1997
French Military
# 58
Gabon :
8.027
per 1,000 people
1997
Gabonese Military
# 59
Georgia :
8.022
per 1,000 people
1997
Georgian Military
# 60
Uruguay :
8
per 1,000 people
1997
Uruguayan Military
# 61
Norway :
7.788
per 1,000 people
1997
Norwegian Military
# 62
São Tomé and Príncipe :
7.578
per 1,000 people
1997
Sao Tomean Military
# 63
Vietnam :
7.381
per 1,000 people
1997
Vietnamese Military
# 64
Guinea-Bissau :
7.353
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean Military
# 65
Hungary :
7.201
per 1,000 people
1997
Hungarian Military
# 66
Cuba :
7.195
per 1,000 people
1997
Cuban Military
# 67
Slovenia :
7.075
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovenian Military
# 68
Paraguay :
6.975
per 1,000 people
1997
Paraguayan Military
# 69
Spain :
6.903
per 1,000 people
1997
Spanish Military
# 70
Poland :
6.86
per 1,000 people
1997
Polish Military
# 71
El Salvador :
6.833
per 1,000 people
1997
Salvadoran Military
# 72
Finland :
6.693
per 1,000 people
1997
Finnish Military
# 73
Czech Republic :
6.531
per 1,000 people
1997
Czech Military
# 74
Pakistan :
6.492
per 1,000 people
1997
Pakistani Military
# 75
Mongolia :
6.391
per 1,000 people
1997
Mongolian Military
# 76
Denmark :
6.226
per 1,000 people
1997
Danish Military
# 77
Malaysia :
6.142
per 1,000 people
1997
Malaysian Military
# 78
Colombia :
5.887
per 1,000 people
1997
Colombian Military
# 79
Seychelles :
5.82
per 1,000 people
1997
Seychellois Military
# 80
Austria :
5.708
per 1,000 people
1997
Austrian Military
# 81
Thailand :
5.651
per 1,000 people
1997
Thai Military
# 82
United States :
5.624
per 1,000 people
1997
American Military
# 83
Trinidad and Tobago :
5.427
per 1,000 people
1997
Tobagonian Military
# 84
South Africa :
5.313
per 1,000 people
1997
South African Military
# 85
Tunisia :
5.1
per 1,000 people
1997
Tunisian Military
# 86
Malta :
5.091
per 1,000 people
1997
Maltese Military
# 87
Botswana :
5.053
per 1,000 people
1997
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 88
Zimbabwe :
4.99
per 1,000 people
1997
Zimbabwean Military
# 89
Ecuador :
4.871
per 1,000 people
1997
Ecuadorian Military
# 90
Guatemala :
4.843
per 1,000 people
1997
Guatemalan Military
# 91
Congo, Republic of the :
4.814
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Military
# 92
Dominican Republic :
4.756
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican Military
# 93
Chad :
4.666
per 1,000 people
1997
Chadian Military
# 94
Fiji :
4.581
per 1,000 people
1997
Fijian Military
# 95
Belize :
4.565
per 1,000 people
1997
Belizean Military
# 96
Kazakhstan :
4.539
per 1,000 people
1997
Kazakhstani Military
# 97
Estonia :
4.5
per 1,000 people
1997
Estonian Military
# 98
Belgium :
4.366
per 1,000 people
1997
Belgian Military
# 99
Suriname :
4.266
per 1,000 people
1997
Surinamese Military
# 100
Panama :
4.243
per 1,000 people
1997
Panamanian Military
# 101
Germany :
4.229
per 1,000 people
1997
German Military
# 102
Costa Rica :
4.213
per 1,000 people
1997
Costa Rican Military
# 103
Brazil :
4.211
per 1,000 people
1997
Brazilian Military
# 104
Guyana :
4.208
per 1,000 people
1997
Guyanese Military
# 105
Turkmenistan :
4.153
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkmen Military
# 106
Honduras :
4.088
per 1,000 people
1997
Honduran Military
# 107
Netherlands :
3.896
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Military
# 108
Equatorial Guinea :
3.877
per 1,000 people
1997
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 109
Nepal :
3.776
per 1,000 people
1997
Nepalese Military
# 110
Sierra Leone :
3.752
per 1,000 people
1997
Sierra Leonean Military
# 111
United Kingdom :
3.728
per 1,000 people
1997
British Military
# 112
Switzerland :
3.705
per 1,000 people
1997
Swiss Military
# 113
Nicaragua :
3.646
per 1,000 people
1997
Nicaraguan Military
# 114
Uzbekistan :
3.634
per 1,000 people
1997
Uzbekistani Military
# 115
Burundi :
3.515
per 1,000 people
1997
Burundian Military
# 116
Ireland :
3.456
per 1,000 people
1997
Irish Military
# 117
Venezuela :
3.441
per 1,000 people
1997
Venezuelan Military
# 118
Namibia :
3.361
per 1,000 people
1997
Namibian Military
# 119
Moldova :
3.352
per 1,000 people
1997
Moldovan Military
# 120
Latvia :
3.306
per 1,000 people
1997
Latvian Military
# 121
Luxembourg :
3.227
per 1,000 people
1997
Luxembourg Military
# 122
Australia :
3.154
per 1,000 people
1997
Australian Military
# 123
Swaziland :
3.126
per 1,000 people
1997
Swazi Military
# 124
Sudan :
3.077
per 1,000 people
1997
Sudanese Military
# 125
Kyrgyzstan :
3.005
per 1,000 people
1997
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 126
China :
2.959
per 1,000 people
1997
Chinese Military
# 127
Argentina :
2.921
per 1,000 people
1997
Argentine Military
# 128
Lithuania :
2.807
per 1,000 people
1997
Lithuanian Military
# 129
Cape Verde :
2.736
per 1,000 people
1997
Cape Verdean Military
# 130
New Zealand :
2.525
per 1,000 people
1997
New Zealand Military
# 131
Guinea :
2.499
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean Military
# 132
Indonesia :
2.442
per 1,000 people
1997
Indonesian Military
# 133
Canada :
2.424
per 1,000 people
1997
Canadian Military
# 134
India :
2.313
per 1,000 people
1997
Indian Military
# 135
Zambia :
2.293
per 1,000 people
1997
Zambian Military
# 136
Barbados :
2.275
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbadian Military
# 137
Philippines :
2.144
per 1,000 people
1997
Philippine Military
# 138
Uganda :
2.096
per 1,000 people
1997
Ugandan Military
# 139
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.07
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbudan Military
# 140
Mexico :
2.023
per 1,000 people
1997
Mexican Military
# 141
Ethiopia :
2.008
per 1,000 people
1997
Ethiopian Military
# 142
Japan :
1.964
per 1,000 people
1997
Japanese Military
# 143
Madagascar :
1.924
per 1,000 people
1997
Malagasy Military
# 144
Senegal :
1.808
per 1,000 people
1997
Senegalese Military
# 145
Tajikistan :
1.718
per 1,000 people
1997
Tajikistani Military
# 146
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.635
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Military
# 147
Togo :
1.604
per 1,000 people
1997
Togolese Military
# 148
Cameroon :
1.586
per 1,000 people
1997
Cameroonian Military
# 149
Mauritius :
1.568
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritian Military
# 150
Mali :
1.415
per 1,000 people
1997
Malian Military
# 151
Bangladesh :
1.406
per 1,000 people
1997
Bangladeshi Military
# 152
Central African Republic :
1.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Central African Military
# 153
Jamaica :
1.369
per 1,000 people
1997
Jamaican Military
# 154
Lesotho :
1.152
per 1,000 people
1997
Basotho Military
# 155
Tanzania :
1.143
per 1,000 people
1997
Tanzanian Military
# 156
Benin :
1.108
per 1,000 people
1997
Beninese Military
# 157
Kenya :
1.019
per 1,000 people
1997
Kenyan Military
# 158
Niger :
1.007
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerien Military
# 159
Burkina Faso :
0.964
per 1,000 people
1997
Burkinabe Military
# 160
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.962
per 1,000 people
1997
Ivoirian Military
# 161
Nigeria :
0.929
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerian Military
# 162
Papua New Guinea :
0.872
per 1,000 people
1997
Papua New Guinean Military
# 163
Haiti :
0.723
per 1,000 people
1997
Haitian Military
# 164
Gambia, The :
0.67
per 1,000 people
1997
Gambian Military
# 165
Malawi :
0.567
per 1,000 people
1997
Malawian Military
# 166
Iceland :
0.441
per 1,000 people
1997
Icelandic Military
# 167
Ghana :
0.43
per 1,000 people
1997
Ghanaian Military
# 168
Mozambique :
0.364
per 1,000 people
1997
Mozambican Military
Weighted average:
8.3
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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CITATION
"personnel (per capita) (1997) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per_percap-military-personnel-per-capita&date=1997
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