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Lithuania vs Sri Lanka: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Lithuania
1.3%
in 2020
Sri Lanka
1.4%
in 2020
Lithuania rank
12th
Sri Lanka rank
9th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Lithuania
  • Sri Lanka
00.511.5198520022020

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 1.4% against 1.3% in Lithuania, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.

Lithuania ranks 12th and Sri Lanka ranks 9th 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.