Military Personnel per 1,000 People (Asia)
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 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 49.2 | |
| 2 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 17.7 | |
| 3 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 16.1 | |
| 4 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 15.1 | |
| 5 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 12.0 | |
| 6 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 9.6 | |
| 7 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 9.6 | |
| 8 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 9.5 | |
| 9 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 8.9 | |
| 10 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 8.8 | |
| 11 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 7.9 | |
| 12 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 7.2 | |
| 13 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 7.2 | |
| 14 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 7.1 | |
| 15 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 7.1 |
| # | Country | Per Capita Military | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 6.2 | |
| 17 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 6.2 | |
| 18 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 5.9 | |
| 19 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 5.6 | |
| 20 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 5.5 | |
| 21 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 5.1 | |
| 22 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 4.6 | |
| 23 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 4.5 | |
| 24 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 4.5 | |
| 25 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 4.2 | |
| 26 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 4.1 | |
| 27 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 4.0 | |
| 28 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 3.9 | |
| 29 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 3.6 | |
| 30 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 3.4 |
| # | Country | Per Capita Military | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 3.2 | |
| 32 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 2.9 | |
| 33 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.9 | |
| 34 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 2.0 | |
| 35 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 2.0 | |
| 36 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 1.7 | |
| 37 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 1.6 | |
| 38 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 1.4 | |
| 39 | 🇨🇳 China | 1.4 | |
| 40 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 1.4 | |
| 41 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1.3 | |
| 42 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 1.3 | |
| 43 | 🇮🇳 India | 1.0 | |
| 44 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 1.0 | |
| 45 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 0.9 |