Bhutan vs Cyprus: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Bhutan
1.0%
in 2000
Cyprus
1.0%
in 2020
Bhutan rank
23rd
Cyprus rank
24th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Bhutan
  • Cyprus
0.50.7511.21.51.8198520022020

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 1.0% against 1.0% in Cyprus, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Cyprus ahead.

Bhutan ranks 23rd and Cyprus ranks 24th 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.