Statizoid

Malta vs Nepal: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Malta
0.4%
in 2020
Nepal
0.4%
in 2020
Malta rank
81st
Nepal rank
80th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Malta
  • Nepal
0.10.20.30.40.50.6198520022020

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Malta, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 81st and Nepal ranks 80th of 173 regions.

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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.