Statizoid

Cuba vs Ukraine: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Cuba
0.7%
in 2020
Ukraine
0.7%
in 2020
Cuba rank
38th
Ukraine rank
41st

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Cuba
  • Ukraine
0123198520022020

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.7% against 0.7% in Ukraine, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 38th and Ukraine ranks 41st 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.