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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) (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Eritrea :
58.382
per 1,000 people
1999
Eritrean Military
# 2
Korea, North :
57.327
per 1,000 people
1999
Korean Military
# 3
Singapore :
45.8
per 1,000 people
1999
Singapore Military
# 4
Bahrain :
32.194
per 1,000 people
1999
Bahraini Military
# 5
Israel :
29.314
per 1,000 people
1999
Israeli Military
# 6
Cambodia :
28.765
per 1,000 people
1999
Cambodian Military
# 7
Jordan :
28.629
per 1,000 people
1999
Jordanian Military
# 8
Brunei :
26.871
per 1,000 people
1999
Bruneian Military
# 9
Syria :
25.874
per 1,000 people
1999
Syrian Military
# 10
Laos :
25.18
per 1,000 people
1999
Lao Military
# 11
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
22.934
per 1,000 people
1999
Herzegovinian Military
# 12
Croatia :
22.198
per 1,000 people
1999
Croatian Military
# 13
Albania :
22.036
per 1,000 people
1999
Albanian Military
# 14
Lebanon :
21.713
per 1,000 people
1999
Lebanese Military
# 15
United Arab Emirates :
21.596
per 1,000 people
1999
Emirati Military
# 16
Qatar :
20.366
per 1,000 people
1999
Qatari Military
# 17
Oman :
19.938
per 1,000 people
1999
Omani Military
# 18
Iraq :
19.638
per 1,000 people
1999
Iraqi Military
# 19
Djibouti :
18.17
per 1,000 people
1999
Djiboutian Military
# 20
Maldives :
17.7
per 1,000 people
1999
Maldivian Military
# 21
Armenia :
17.548
per 1,000 people
1999
Armenian Military
# 22
Cyprus :
15.655
per 1,000 people
1999
Cypriot Military
# 23
Greece :
15.584
per 1,000 people
1999
Greek Military
# 24
Korea, South :
14.512
per 1,000 people
1999
Korean Military
# 25
Bulgaria :
13.981
per 1,000 people
1999
Bulgarian Military
# 26
Serbia and Montenegro :
13.797
per 1,000 people
1999
Serbian Military
# 27
Bhutan :
12.882
per 1,000 people
1999
Bhutanese Military
# 28
Turkey :
12.689
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkish Military
# 29
Romania :
12.597
per 1,000 people
1999
Romanian Military
# 30
Libya :
12.589
per 1,000 people
1999
Libyan Military
# 31
Iran :
12.522
per 1,000 people
1999
Iranian Military
# 32
Macedonia, Republic of :
11.74
per 1,000 people
1999
Macedonian Military
# 33
Sri Lanka :
11.464
per 1,000 people
1999
Sri Lankan Military
# 34
Bahamas, The :
10.772
per 1,000 people
1999
Bahamian Military
# 35
Azerbaijan :
10.635
per 1,000 people
1999
Azerbaijani Military
# 36
Belarus :
10.354
per 1,000 people
1999
Belarusian Military
# 37
Egypt :
10.301
per 1,000 people
1999
Egyptian Military
# 38
Russia :
10.13
per 1,000 people
1999
Russian Military
# 39
Algeria :
10.096
per 1,000 people
1999
Algerian Military
# 40
Sweden :
10.014
per 1,000 people
1999
Swedish Military
# 41
Kuwait :
9.635
per 1,000 people
1999
Kuwaiti Military
# 42
Angola :
9.444
per 1,000 people
1999
Angolan Military
# 43
Italy :
9.156
per 1,000 people
1999
Italian Military
# 44
Burma :
9.106
per 1,000 people
1999
Burmese Military
# 45
Portugal :
8.905
per 1,000 people
1999
Portuguese Military
# 46
Saudi Arabia :
8.813
per 1,000 people
1999
Saudi Military
# 47
Slovakia :
8.801
per 1,000 people
1999
Slovak Military
# 48
Ukraine :
8.616
per 1,000 people
1999
Ukrainian Military
# 49
Bolivia :
8.543
per 1,000 people
1999
Bolivian Military
# 50
Morocco :
8.485
per 1,000 people
1999
Moroccan Military
# 51
Cuba :
8.257
per 1,000 people
1999
Cuban Military
# 52
Uruguay :
8.064
per 1,000 people
1999
Uruguayan Military
# 53
Chile :
8.047
per 1,000 people
1999
Chilean Military
# 54
Mauritania :
8.039
per 1,000 people
1999
Mauritanian Military
# 55
Yemen :
7.838
per 1,000 people
1999
Yemeni Military
# 56
Gabon :
7.633
per 1,000 people
1999
Gabonese Military
# 57
Peru :
7.558
per 1,000 people
1999
Peruvian Military
# 58
Somalia :
7.343
per 1,000 people
1999
Somali Military
# 59
São Tomé and Príncipe :
7.305
per 1,000 people
1999
Sao Tomean Military
# 60
Rwanda :
7.2
per 1,000 people
1999
Rwandan Military
# 61
Burundi :
7.132
per 1,000 people
1999
Burundian Military
# 62
Slovenia :
7.076
per 1,000 people
1999
Slovenian Military
# 63
France :
7.021
per 1,000 people
1999
French Military
# 64
Guinea-Bissau :
7.004
per 1,000 people
1999
Guinean Military
# 65
Norway :
6.951
per 1,000 people
1999
Norwegian Military
# 66
Georgia :
6.87
per 1,000 people
1999
Georgian Military
# 67
Mongolia :
6.854
per 1,000 people
1999
Mongolian Military
# 68
Poland :
6.83
per 1,000 people
1999
Polish Military
# 69
Finland :
6.795
per 1,000 people
1999
Finnish Military
# 70
Vietnam :
6.76
per 1,000 people
1999
Vietnamese Military
# 71
Kazakhstan :
6.719
per 1,000 people
1999
Kazakhstani Military
# 72
Paraguay :
6.684
per 1,000 people
1999
Paraguayan Military
# 73
Spain :
6.569
per 1,000 people
1999
Spanish Military
# 74
Hungary :
6.349
per 1,000 people
1999
Hungarian Military
# 75
Seychelles :
6.218
per 1,000 people
1999
Seychellois Military
# 76
Thailand :
6.196
per 1,000 people
1999
Thai Military
# 77
Pakistan :
6.187
per 1,000 people
1999
Pakistani Military
# 78
El Salvador :
5.944
per 1,000 people
1999
Salvadoran Military
# 79
Trinidad and Tobago :
5.857
per 1,000 people
1999
Tobagonian Military
# 80
Czech Republic :
5.796
per 1,000 people
1999
Czech Military
# 81
Botswana :
5.761
per 1,000 people
1999
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 82
United States :
5.644
per 1,000 people
1999
American Military
# 83
Colombia :
5.634
per 1,000 people
1999
Colombian Military
# 84
Malaysia :
5.564
per 1,000 people
1999
Malaysian Military
# 85
Estonia :
5.525
per 1,000 people
1999
Estonian Military
# 86
Ethiopia :
5.185
per 1,000 people
1999
Ethiopian Military
# 87
Denmark :
5.076
per 1,000 people
1999
Danish Military
# 88
Austria :
5.061
per 1,000 people
1999
Austrian Military
# 89
Tunisia :
4.97
per 1,000 people
1999
Tunisian Military
# 90
Namibia :
4.911
per 1,000 people
1999
Namibian Military
# 91
Malta :
4.897
per 1,000 people
1999
Maltese Military
# 92
Zimbabwe :
4.873
per 1,000 people
1999
Zimbabwean Military
# 93
Ecuador :
4.73
per 1,000 people
1999
Ecuadorian Military
# 94
Dominican Republic :
4.594
per 1,000 people
1999
Dominican Military
# 95
Lithuania :
4.54
per 1,000 people
1999
Lithuanian Military
# 96
Congo, Republic of the :
4.505
per 1,000 people
1999
Congolese Military
# 97
Chad :
4.385
per 1,000 people
1999
Chadian Military
# 98
Fiji :
4.361
per 1,000 people
1999
Fijian Military
# 99
Belize :
4.319
per 1,000 people
1999
Belizean Military
# 100
Turkmenistan :
4.275
per 1,000 people
1999
Turkmen Military
# 101
Suriname :
4.184
per 1,000 people
1999
Surinamese Military
# 102
Guyana :
4.181
per 1,000 people
1999
Guyanese Military
# 103
Belgium :
4.083
per 1,000 people
1999
Belgian Military
# 104
Panama :
4.078
per 1,000 people
1999
Panamanian Military
# 105
Germany :
4.032
per 1,000 people
1999
German Military
# 106
Costa Rica :
4.011
per 1,000 people
1999
Costa Rican Military
# 107
Latvia :
3.954
per 1,000 people
1999
Latvian Military
# 108
Brazil :
3.949
per 1,000 people
1999
Brazilian Military
# 109
Switzerland :
3.88
per 1,000 people
1999
Swiss Military
# 110
Uzbekistan :
3.852
per 1,000 people
1999
Uzbekistani Military
# 111
Netherlands :
3.796
per 1,000 people
1999
Dutch Military
# 112
Nepal :
3.769
per 1,000 people
1999
Nepalese Military
# 113
Guatemala :
3.749
per 1,000 people
1999
Guatemalan Military
# 114
United Kingdom :
3.712
per 1,000 people
1999
British Military
# 115
Equatorial Guinea :
3.65
per 1,000 people
1999
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 116
Sudan :
3.406
per 1,000 people
1999
Sudanese Military
# 117
Moldova :
3.344
per 1,000 people
1999
Moldovan Military
# 118
Venezuela :
3.31
per 1,000 people
1999
Venezuelan Military
# 119
Nicaragua :
3.308
per 1,000 people
1999
Nicaraguan Military
# 120
Luxembourg :
3.241
per 1,000 people
1999
Luxembourg Military
# 121
Ireland :
3.063
per 1,000 people
1999
Irish Military
# 122
China :
3.047
per 1,000 people
1999
Chinese Military
# 123
Australia :
2.969
per 1,000 people
1999
Australian Military
# 124
Swaziland :
2.943
per 1,000 people
1999
Swazi Military
# 125
Argentina :
2.787
per 1,000 people
1999
Argentine Military
# 126
Cape Verde :
2.726
per 1,000 people
1999
Cape Verdean Military
# 127
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.658
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbudan Military
# 128
Kyrgyzstan :
2.508
per 1,000 people
1999
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 129
New Zealand :
2.485
per 1,000 people
1999
New Zealand Military
# 130
Indonesia :
2.451
per 1,000 people
1999
Indonesian Military
# 131
Guinea :
2.399
per 1,000 people
1999
Guinean Military
# 132
Barbados :
2.299
per 1,000 people
1999
Barbadian Military
# 133
Canada :
2.294
per 1,000 people
1999
Canadian Military
# 134
Honduras :
2.283
per 1,000 people
1999
Honduran Military
# 135
India :
2.265
per 1,000 people
1999
Indian Military
# 136
Zambia :
2.193
per 1,000 people
1999
Zambian Military
# 137
Philippines :
2.053
per 1,000 people
1999
Philippine Military
# 138
Japan :
2.01
per 1,000 people
1999
Japanese Military
# 139
Mexico :
2.006
per 1,000 people
1999
Mexican Military
# 140
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.898
per 1,000 people
1999
Congolese Military
# 141
Liberia :
1.822
per 1,000 people
1999
Liberian Military
# 142
South Africa :
1.821
per 1,000 people
1999
South African Military
# 143
Madagascar :
1.812
per 1,000 people
1999
Malagasy Military
# 144
Uganda :
1.762
per 1,000 people
1999
Ugandan Military
# 145
Senegal :
1.685
per 1,000 people
1999
Senegalese Military
# 146
Tajikistan :
1.673
per 1,000 people
1999
Tajikistani Military
# 147
Mauritius :
1.532
per 1,000 people
1999
Mauritian Military
# 148
Bangladesh :
1.521
per 1,000 people
1999
Bangladeshi Military
# 149
Cameroon :
1.519
per 1,000 people
1999
Cameroonian Military
# 150
Togo :
1.493
per 1,000 people
1999
Togolese Military
# 151
Central African Republic :
1.346
per 1,000 people
1999
Central African Military
# 152
Mali :
1.343
per 1,000 people
1999
Malian Military
# 153
Jamaica :
1.173
per 1,000 people
1999
Jamaican Military
# 154
Lesotho :
1.127
per 1,000 people
1999
Basotho Military
# 155
Tanzania :
1.072
per 1,000 people
1999
Tanzanian Military
# 156
Benin :
1.045
per 1,000 people
1999
Beninese Military
# 157
Nigeria :
1.02
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerian Military
# 158
Kenya :
0.973
per 1,000 people
1999
Kenyan Military
# 159
Niger :
0.94
per 1,000 people
1999
Nigerien Military
# 160
Burkina Faso :
0.939
per 1,000 people
1999
Burkinabe Military
# 161
Côte d'Ivoire :
0.916
per 1,000 people
1999
Ivoirian Military
# 162
Sierra Leone :
0.868
per 1,000 people
1999
Sierra Leonean Military
# 163
Papua New Guinea :
0.831
per 1,000 people
1999
Papua New Guinean Military
# 164
Haiti :
0.677
per 1,000 people
1999
Haitian Military
# 165
Gambia, The :
0.627
per 1,000 people
1999
Gambian Military
# 166
Malawi :
0.535
per 1,000 people
1999
Malawian Military
# 167
Ghana :
0.412
per 1,000 people
1999
Ghanaian Military
# 168
Iceland :
0.36
per 1,000 people
1999
Icelandic Military
# 169
Mozambique :
0.348
per 1,000 people
1999
Mozambican Military
Weighted average:
8.1
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) (1999) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per_percap-military-personnel-per-capita&date=1999
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