Statizoid

Paraguay vs Spain: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Paraguay
0.4%
in 2020
Spain
0.4%
in 2020
Paraguay rank
71st
Spain rank
74th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Paraguay
  • Spain
00.20.40.60.8198520022020

How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 0.4% against 0.4% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Paraguay's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Spain ahead.

Paraguay ranks 71st and Spain ranks 74th 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.