Military Personnel per 1,000 People by Country (Americas)
Uruguay has the most military personnel per 1,000 people in Americas — 6.0, ahead of the Dominican Republic (5.1) and Colombia (4.9). All 28 countries ranked with the latest available data.
Top 15 Countries
| # | Country | Per Capita Military |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 6.0 |
| 2 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 5.1 |
| 3 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 4.9 |
| 4 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 4.4 |
| 5 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 4.3 |
| 6 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 4.3 |
| 7 | 🇺🇸 United States | 4.0 |
| 8 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 4.0 |
| 9 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 3.7 |
| 10 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 3.6 |
| 11 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 3.2 |
| 12 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 3.1 |
| 13 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9 |
| 14 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 2.8 |
| 15 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 2.4 |
Top 15 of 28 ranked countries
Statistic
About this Ranking
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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