Statizoid

Armenia vs Greece: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Armenia
1.6%
in 2020
Greece
1.4%
in 2020
Armenia rank
8th
Greece rank
11th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Armenia
  • Greece
0.511.52198520022020

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 1.6% against 1.4% in Greece, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Armenia's figure about 1.2 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Greece ahead.

Armenia ranks 8th and Greece ranks 11th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.