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Philippines vs East Timor: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Philippines
0.1%
in 2020
East Timor
0.2%
in 2020
Philippines rank
140th
East Timor rank
137th

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Philippines
  • East Timor
00.050.10.150.2198520022020

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 0.2% against 0.1% in Philippines, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 16 shared years of data; in 2004 it was Philippines ahead.

Philippines ranks 140th and East Timor ranks 137th 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.