Statizoid

Iran vs Qatar: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Iran
0.7%
in 2020
Qatar
0.8%
in 2020
Iran rank
34th
Qatar rank
32nd

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Iran
  • Qatar
0.511.522.5198520022020

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Iran, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Qatar ahead.

Iran ranks 34th and Qatar ranks 32nd 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.