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Mongolia vs Namibia: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Mongolia
0.5%
in 2020
Namibia
0.6%
in 2020
Mongolia rank
54th
Namibia rank
51st

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Mongolia
  • Namibia
0.511.5198520022020

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Mongolia, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Mongolia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 30 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Mongolia ahead.

Mongolia ranks 54th and Namibia ranks 51st 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.