Brunei vs North Korea: Military personnel, per capita

Brunei
0.0154 people per person
in 2022
North Korea
0.0486 people per person
in 2022
Brunei rank
5th
North Korea rank
2nd

Military personnel, per capita over time

  • Brunei
  • North Korea
0.010.020.030.040.050.06196019912022

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 0.0486 people per person against 0.0154 people per person in Brunei, a difference of 0.0332 people per person.

That makes North Korea's figure about 3.2 times Brunei's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, North Korea has been ahead every year.

Brunei ranks 5th and North Korea ranks 2nd of 193 countries.

North Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei North Korea Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0174 people per person 0.0425 people per person 0.0251 people per person North Korea
1990s 0.016 people per person 0.0497 people per person 0.0337 people per person North Korea
2000s 0.0188 people per person 0.045 people per person 0.0261 people per person North Korea
2010s 0.0167 people per person 0.047 people per person 0.0303 people per person North Korea
2020s 0.0155 people per person 0.0488 people per person 0.0333 people per person North Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, per capita, Brunei or North Korea?
North Korea, at 0.0486 people per person against 0.0154 people per person in Brunei as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel, per capita between Brunei and North Korea?
0.0332 people per person, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and North Korea?
39 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2022.
How do Brunei and North Korea rank globally for military personnel, per capita?
Brunei ranks 5th and North Korea ranks 2nd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Military personnel, per capita
Unit
people per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 10,155 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.