Military Personnel per 1,000 People

Overview

Military personnel per 1,000 inhabitants measures how heavily militarized a country’s population is. High ratios often indicate nations facing direct security threats, maintaining conscription, or serving as regional military powers. This metric normalizes for population size, revealing which countries devote the largest share of their people to defense.

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# Country Per Capita Military
1 🇪🇷 Eritrea 81.1
2 🇰🇵 North Korea 49.2
3 🇺🇦 Ukraine 22.9
4 🇮🇱 Israel 17.7
5 🇸🇸 South Sudan 16.2
6 🇧🇳 Brunei 16.1
7 🇦🇲 Armenia 15.1
8 🇬🇷 Greece 13.3
9 🇨🇾 Cyprus 12.2
10 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 12.0
11 🇩🇯 Djibouti 10.3
12 🇰🇷 South Korea 9.6
13 🇯🇴 Jordan 9.6
14 🇸🇾 Syria 9.5
15 🇸🇬 Singapore 8.9
# Country Per Capita Military
16 🇱🇧 Lebanon 8.8
17 🇴🇲 Oman 7.9
18 🇷🇺 Russia 7.6
19 🇰🇭 Cambodia 7.2
20 🇹🇼 Taiwan 7.2
21 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 7.1
22 🇱🇹 Lithuania 7.1
23 🇮🇷 Iran 7.1
24 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 6.2
25 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 6.2
26 🇺🇾 Uruguay 6.0
27 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 5.9
28 🇬🇪 Georgia 5.6
29 🇶🇦 Qatar 5.5
30 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 5.4
# Country Per Capita Military
31 🇪🇪 Estonia 5.3
32 🇲🇦 Morocco 5.2
33 🇹🇭 Thailand 5.1
34 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 5.1
35 🇨🇴 Colombia 4.9
36 🇧🇾 Belarus 4.9
37 🇮🇶 Iraq 4.6
38 🇻🇳 Vietnam 4.5
39 🇱🇾 Libya 4.5
40 🇧🇭 Bahrain 4.5
41 🇻🇪 Venezuela 4.4
42 🇨🇺 Cuba 4.3
43 🇫🇮 Finland 4.3
44 🇬🇾 Guyana 4.3
45 🇳🇴 Norway 4.3
# Country Per Capita Military
46 🇸🇨 Seychelles 4.2
47 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 4.2
48 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 4.2
49 🇪🇬 Egypt 4.1
50 🇷🇸 Serbia 4.1
51 🇹🇷 Turkey 4.1
52 🇺🇸 United States 4.0
53 🇫🇷 France 4.0
54 🇰🇼 Kuwait 4.0
55 🇨🇱 Chile 4.0
56 🇱🇦 Laos 3.9
57 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 3.9
58 🇫🇯 Fiji 3.8
59 🇭🇷 Croatia 3.8
60 🇲🇪 Montenegro 3.8
# Country Per Capita Military
61 🇳🇦 Namibia 3.8
62 🇸🇻 El Salvador 3.7
63 🇧🇼 Botswana 3.7
64 🇲🇲 Myanmar 3.6
65 🇧🇿 Belize 3.6
66 🇷🇴 Romania 3.6
67 🇲🇹 Malta 3.5
68 🇸🇮 Slovenia 3.4
69 🇲🇾 Malaysia 3.4
70 🇱🇻 Latvia 3.3
71 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2
72 🇧🇸 Bahamas 3.2
73 🇲🇷 Mauritania 3.2
74 🇳🇵 Nepal 3.2
75 🇸🇷 Suriname 3.1
# Country Per Capita Military
76 🇦🇴 Angola 3.1
77 🇦🇱 Albania 3.0
78 🇵🇱 Poland 3.0
79 🇹🇳 Tunisia 3.0
80 🇸🇰 Slovakia 2.9
81 🇵🇰 Pakistan 2.9
82 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 2.9
83 🇲🇳 Mongolia 2.9
84 🇭🇺 Hungary 2.9
85 🇩🇿 Algeria 2.9
86 🇧🇴 Bolivia 2.8
87 🇸🇪 Sweden 2.8
88 🇮🇹 Italy 2.8
89 🇵🇹 Portugal 2.6
90 🇪🇸 Spain 2.5
# Country Per Capita Military
91 🇩🇰 Denmark 2.5
92 🇦🇹 Austria 2.5
93 🇷🇼 Rwanda 2.4
94 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 2.4
95 🇧🇮 Burundi 2.4
96 🇵🇪 Peru 2.4
97 🇸🇩 Sudan 2.3
98 🇧🇪 Belgium 2.3
99 🇨🇭 Switzerland 2.2
100 🇦🇺 Australia 2.2
101 🇪🇨 Ecuador 2.2
102 🇩🇪 Germany 2.2
103 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 2.2
104 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 2.1
105 🇧🇧 Barbados 2.1
# Country Per Capita Military
106 🇨🇻 Cape Verde 2.1
107 🇲🇩 Moldova 2.0
108 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 2.0
109 🇨🇿 Czechia 2.0
110 🇬🇦 Gabon 2.0
111 🇳🇱 Netherlands 2.0
112 🇯🇵 Japan 2.0
113 🇹🇩 Chad 1.9
114 🇵🇾 Paraguay 1.9
115 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 1.9
116 🇮🇪 Ireland 1.9
117 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 1.8
118 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 1.8
119 🇨🇦 Canada 1.7
120 🇨🇬 Congo 1.7
# Country Per Capita Military
121 🇳🇿 New Zealand 1.7
122 🇧🇷 Brazil 1.7
123 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 1.7
124 🇲🇽 Mexico 1.6
125 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 1.6
126 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 1.6
127 🇦🇷 Argentina 1.6
128 🇭🇳 Honduras 1.5
129 🇮🇩 Indonesia 1.4
130 🇨🇳 China 1.4
131 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic 1.4
132 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 1.4
133 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 1.4
134 🇵🇭 Philippines 1.3
135 🇯🇲 Jamaica 1.3
# Country Per Capita Military
136 🇾🇪 Yemen 1.3
137 🇸🇴 Somalia 1.2
138 🇿🇦 South Africa 1.1
139 🇮🇳 India 1.0
140 🇬🇹 Guatemala 1.0
141 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 1.0
142 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast 1.0
143 🇹🇬 Togo 1.0
144 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 1.0
145 🇺🇬 Uganda 0.9
146 🇱🇸 Lesotho 0.9
147 🇨🇲 Cameroon 0.9
148 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 0.9
149 🇿🇲 Zambia 0.8
150 🇸🇳 Senegal 0.8
# Country Per Capita Military
151 🇬🇳 Guinea 0.7
152 🇳🇬 Nigeria 0.7
153 🇲🇱 Mali 0.6
154 🇧🇯 Benin 0.6
155 🇲🇼 Malawi 0.5
156 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0.5
157 🇬🇭 Ghana 0.5
158 🇲🇬 Madagascar 0.5
159 🇰🇪 Kenya 0.4
160 🇹🇿 Tanzania 0.4
161 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 0.4
162 🇱🇷 Liberia 0.4
163 🇲🇿 Mozambique 0.3
164 🇬🇲 Gambia 0.3
165 🇳🇪 Niger 0.2
166 🇭🇹 Haiti 0.1
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