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Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Equatorial Guinea
0.1%
in 2020
Malawi
0.1%
in 2020
Equatorial Guinea rank
159th
Malawi rank
157th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Malawi
00.20.40.6198520022020

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times Equatorial Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 159th and Malawi ranks 157th 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.