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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) (2002) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Korea, North :
57.39
per 1,000 people
2002
Korean Military
# 2
Eritrea :
44.439
per 1,000 people
2002
Eritrean Military
# 3
Singapore :
37.59
per 1,000 people
2002
Singapore Military
# 4
Brunei :
30.62
per 1,000 people
2002
Bruneian Military
# 5
Bahrain :
30.032
per 1,000 people
2002
Bahraini Military
# 6
Israel :
25.799
per 1,000 people
2002
Israeli Military
# 7
Syria :
24.147
per 1,000 people
2002
Syrian Military
# 8
Laos :
23.897
per 1,000 people
2002
Lao Military
# 9
Lebanon :
21.917
per 1,000 people
2002
Lebanese Military
# 10
Jordan :
21.874
per 1,000 people
2002
Jordanian Military
# 11
Belarus :
19.123
per 1,000 people
2002
Belarusian Military
# 12
Oman :
18.495
per 1,000 people
2002
Omani Military
# 13
Qatar :
18.068
per 1,000 people
2002
Qatari Military
# 14
Greece :
16.528
per 1,000 people
2002
Greek Military
# 15
Djibouti :
16.406
per 1,000 people
2002
Djiboutian Military
# 16
Serbia and Montenegro :
15.332
per 1,000 people
2002
Serbian Military
# 17
Armenia :
14.951
per 1,000 people
2002
Armenian Military
# 18
Korea, South :
14.502
per 1,000 people
2002
Korean Military
# 19
Cambodia :
14.47
per 1,000 people
2002
Cambodian Military
# 20
Cyprus :
14.219
per 1,000 people
2002
Cypriot Military
# 21
Libya :
13.861
per 1,000 people
2002
Libyan Military
# 22
Croatia :
13.729
per 1,000 people
2002
Croatian Military
# 23
Bulgaria :
13.013
per 1,000 people
2002
Bulgarian Military
# 24
Sri Lanka :
12.969
per 1,000 people
2002
Sri Lankan Military
# 25
Burma :
11.131
per 1,000 people
2002
Burmese Military
# 26
Egypt :
11.057
per 1,000 people
2002
Egyptian Military
# 27
United Arab Emirates :
11.055
per 1,000 people
2002
Emirati Military
# 28
Azerbaijan :
10.658
per 1,000 people
2002
Azerbaijani Military
# 29
Algeria :
10.13
per 1,000 people
2002
Algerian Military
# 30
Saudi Arabia :
9.959
per 1,000 people
2002
Saudi Military
# 31
Macedonia, Republic of :
9.843
per 1,000 people
2002
Macedonian Military
# 32
Russia :
9.616
per 1,000 people
2002
Russian Military
# 33
Seychelles :
9.558
per 1,000 people
2002
Seychellois Military
# 34
Turkey :
9.548
per 1,000 people
2002
Turkish Military
# 35
Kuwait :
9.465
per 1,000 people
2002
Kuwaiti Military
# 36
Rwanda :
9.287
per 1,000 people
2002
Rwandan Military
# 37
Albania :
8.773
per 1,000 people
2002
Albanian Military
# 38
Portugal :
8.68
per 1,000 people
2002
Portuguese Military
# 39
Ukraine :
8.605
per 1,000 people
2002
Ukrainian Military
# 40
Iran :
8.544
per 1,000 people
2002
Iranian Military
# 41
Morocco :
8.439
per 1,000 people
2002
Moroccan Military
# 42
Italy :
8.242
per 1,000 people
2002
Italian Military
# 43
Romania :
8.214
per 1,000 people
2002
Romanian Military
# 44
Bolivia :
7.92
per 1,000 people
2002
Bolivian Military
# 45
Lithuania :
7.869
per 1,000 people
2002
Lithuanian Military
# 46
Guinea-Bissau :
7.798
per 1,000 people
2002
Guinean Military
# 47
Sweden :
7.788
per 1,000 people
2002
Swedish Military
# 48
Namibia :
7.653
per 1,000 people
2002
Namibian Military
# 49
Angola :
7.525
per 1,000 people
2002
Angolan Military
# 50
Uruguay :
7.496
per 1,000 people
2002
Uruguayan Military
# 51
Burundi :
7.48
per 1,000 people
2002
Burundian Military
# 52
Chile :
7.435
per 1,000 people
2002
Chilean Military
# 53
Mauritania :
7.374
per 1,000 people
2002
Mauritanian Military
# 54
Yemen :
7.149
per 1,000 people
2002
Yemeni Military
# 55
Peru :
6.987
per 1,000 people
2002
Peruvian Military
# 56
Slovenia :
6.77
per 1,000 people
2002
Slovenian Military
# 57
Finland :
6.711
per 1,000 people
2002
Finnish Military
# 58
Thailand :
6.695
per 1,000 people
2002
Thai Military
# 59
Mongolia :
6.657
per 1,000 people
2002
Mongolian Military
# 60
Vietnam :
6.572
per 1,000 people
2002
Vietnamese Military
# 61
Cuba :
6.478
per 1,000 people
2002
Cuban Military
# 62
Kazakhstan :
6.36
per 1,000 people
2002
Kazakhstani Military
# 63
Georgia :
6.328
per 1,000 people
2002
Georgian Military
# 64
Costa Rica :
6.322
per 1,000 people
2002
Costa Rican Military
# 65
Pakistan :
6.273
per 1,000 people
2002
Pakistani Military
# 66
Colombia :
6.104
per 1,000 people
2002
Colombian Military
# 67
Spain :
6.08
per 1,000 people
2002
Spanish Military
# 68
France :
6.071
per 1,000 people
2002
French Military
# 69
Paraguay :
6
per 1,000 people
2002
Paraguayan Military
# 70
Estonia :
5.962
per 1,000 people
2002
Estonian Military
# 71
Botswana :
5.929
per 1,000 people
2002
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 72
Norway :
5.862
per 1,000 people
2002
Norwegian Military
# 73
Slovakia :
5.744
per 1,000 people
2002
Slovak Military
# 74
Czech Republic :
5.392
per 1,000 people
2002
Czech Military
# 75
Malta :
5.304
per 1,000 people
2002
Maltese Military
# 76
United States :
5.087
per 1,000 people
2002
American Military
# 77
Gabon :
5.076
per 1,000 people
2002
Gabonese Military
# 78
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
5.05
per 1,000 people
2002
Herzegovinian Military
# 79
Malaysia :
5.01
per 1,000 people
2002
Malaysian Military
# 80
Equatorial Guinea :
4.891
per 1,000 people
2002
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 81
Poland :
4.823
per 1,000 people
2002
Polish Military
# 82
Tunisia :
4.805
per 1,000 people
2002
Tunisian Military
# 83
Ecuador :
4.721
per 1,000 people
2002
Ecuadorian Military
# 84
Liberia :
4.678
per 1,000 people
2002
Liberian Military
# 85
Hungary :
4.666
per 1,000 people
2002
Hungarian Military
# 86
Suriname :
4.539
per 1,000 people
2002
Surinamese Military
# 87
Zimbabwe :
4.521
per 1,000 people
2002
Zimbabwean Military
# 88
El Salvador :
4.415
per 1,000 people
2002
Salvadoran Military
# 89
Dominican Republic :
4.372
per 1,000 people
2002
Dominican Military
# 90
Guatemala :
4.304
per 1,000 people
2002
Guatemalan Military
# 91
Austria :
4.28
per 1,000 people
2002
Austrian Military
# 92
Fiji :
4.236
per 1,000 people
2002
Fijian Military
# 93
Denmark :
4.224
per 1,000 people
2002
Danish Military
# 94
Venezuela :
4.175
per 1,000 people
2002
Venezuelan Military
# 95
Belize :
4.148
per 1,000 people
2002
Belizean Military
# 96
Guyana :
4.147
per 1,000 people
2002
Guyanese Military
# 97
Chad :
3.959
per 1,000 people
2002
Chadian Military
# 98
Panama :
3.853
per 1,000 people
2002
Panamanian Military
# 99
Belgium :
3.794
per 1,000 people
2002
Belgian Military
# 100
Switzerland :
3.789
per 1,000 people
2002
Swiss Military
# 101
Turkmenistan :
3.78
per 1,000 people
2002
Turkmen Military
# 102
Brazil :
3.763
per 1,000 people
2002
Brazilian Military
# 103
Ethiopia :
3.756
per 1,000 people
2002
Ethiopian Military
# 104
Latvia :
3.721
per 1,000 people
2002
Latvian Military
# 105
Sudan :
3.624
per 1,000 people
2002
Sudanese Military
# 106
Germany :
3.588
per 1,000 people
2002
German Military
# 107
Nepal :
3.566
per 1,000 people
2002
Nepalese Military
# 108
United Kingdom :
3.548
per 1,000 people
2002
British Military
# 109
Luxembourg :
3.382
per 1,000 people
2002
Luxembourg Military
# 110
Congo, Republic of the :
3.281
per 1,000 people
2002
Congolese Military
# 111
Netherlands :
3.276
per 1,000 people
2002
Dutch Military
# 112
Kyrgyzstan :
3.184
per 1,000 people
2002
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 113
China :
2.944
per 1,000 people
2002
Chinese Military
# 114
Bahamas, The :
2.902
per 1,000 people
2002
Bahamian Military
# 115
Uzbekistan :
2.849
per 1,000 people
2002
Uzbekistani Military
# 116
Nicaragua :
2.772
per 1,000 people
2002
Nicaraguan Military
# 117
Cape Verde :
2.752
per 1,000 people
2002
Cape Verdean Military
# 118
Argentina :
2.686
per 1,000 people
2002
Argentine Military
# 119
Ireland :
2.671
per 1,000 people
2002
Irish Military
# 120
Sierra Leone :
2.657
per 1,000 people
2002
Sierra Leonean Military
# 121
Moldova :
2.628
per 1,000 people
2002
Moldovan Military
# 122
Australia :
2.592
per 1,000 people
2002
Australian Military
# 123
Antigua and Barbuda :
2.541
per 1,000 people
2002
Barbudan Military
# 124
Indonesia :
2.323
per 1,000 people
2002
Indonesian Military
# 125
India :
2.277
per 1,000 people
2002
Indian Military
# 126
Guinea :
2.267
per 1,000 people
2002
Guinean Military
# 127
Barbados :
2.243
per 1,000 people
2002
Barbadian Military
# 128
New Zealand :
2.209
per 1,000 people
2002
New Zealand Military
# 129
Uganda :
2.188
per 1,000 people
2002
Ugandan Military
# 130
Honduras :
2.122
per 1,000 people
2002
Honduran Military
# 131
Trinidad and Tobago :
2.088
per 1,000 people
2002
Tobagonian Military
# 132
Cameroon :
2.077
per 1,000 people
2002
Cameroonian Military
# 133
Zambia :
2.072
per 1,000 people
2002
Zambian Military
# 134
Mexico :
2.038
per 1,000 people
2002
Mexican Military
# 135
Japan :
1.978
per 1,000 people
2002
Japanese Military
# 136
Canada :
1.964
per 1,000 people
2002
Canadian Military
# 137
Philippines :
1.906
per 1,000 people
2002
Philippine Military
# 138
Togo :
1.812
per 1,000 people
2002
Togolese Military
# 139
Mauritius :
1.653
per 1,000 people
2002
Mauritian Military
# 140
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
1.544
per 1,000 people
2002
Congolese Military
# 141
Bangladesh :
1.494
per 1,000 people
2002
Bangladeshi Military
# 142
Senegal :
1.4
per 1,000 people
2002
Senegalese Military
# 143
South Africa :
1.324
per 1,000 people
2002
South African Military
# 144
Madagascar :
1.26
per 1,000 people
2002
Malagasy Military
# 145
Mali :
1.23
per 1,000 people
2002
Malian Military
# 146
Nigeria :
1.222
per 1,000 people
2002
Nigerian Military
# 147
Burkina Faso :
1.198
per 1,000 people
2002
Burkinabe Military
# 148
Jamaica :
1.146
per 1,000 people
2002
Jamaican Military
# 149
Tajikistan :
1.14
per 1,000 people
2002
Tajikistani Military
# 150
Lesotho :
1.111
per 1,000 people
2002
Basotho Military
# 151
Benin :
0.926
per 1,000 people
2002
Beninese Military
# 152
Kenya :
0.918
per 1,000 people
2002
Kenyan Military
# 153
Central African Republic :
0.913
per 1,000 people
2002
Central African Military
# 154
Niger :
0.848
per 1,000 people
2002
Nigerien Military
# 155
Tanzania :
0.797
per 1,000 people
2002
Tanzanian Military
# 156
Haiti :
0.649
per 1,000 people
2002
Haitian Military
# 157
Mozambique :
0.589
per 1,000 people
2002
Mozambican Military
# 158
Gambia, The :
0.573
per 1,000 people
2002
Gambian Military
# 159
Malawi :
0.563
per 1,000 people
2002
Malawian Military
# 160
Papua New Guinea :
0.56
per 1,000 people
2002
Papua New Guinean Military
# 161
Iceland :
0.347
per 1,000 people
2002
Icelandic Military
# 162
Ghana :
0.337
per 1,000 people
2002
Ghanaian Military
Weighted average:
7.2
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) (2002) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per_percap-military-personnel-per-capita&date=2002
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