El Salvador vs United Arab Emirates: Military personnel, per square kilometre

El Salvador
1.21 people per square kilometre
in 2022
United Arab Emirates
1.17 people per square kilometre
in 2022
El Salvador rank
19th
United Arab Emirates rank
21st

Military personnel, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • United Arab Emirates
0123196119912022

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.21 people per square kilometre against 1.17 people per square kilometre in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.04 people per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1971 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 19th and United Arab Emirates ranks 21st of 193 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1970s 0.4224 people per square kilometre 0.2581 people per square kilometre 0.1642 people per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 1.83 people per square kilometre 0.6167 people per square kilometre 1.21 people per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 1.6 people per square kilometre 0.8617 people per square kilometre 0.7406 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.7867 people per square kilometre 0.742 people per square kilometre 0.0446 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.9315 people per square kilometre 0.8026 people per square kilometre 0.1289 people per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 1.21 people per square kilometre 0.9809 people per square kilometre 0.2256 people per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, per square kilometre, El Salvador or United Arab Emirates?
El Salvador, at 1.21 people per square kilometre against 1.17 people per square kilometre in United Arab Emirates as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel, per square kilometre between El Salvador and United Arab Emirates?
0.04 people per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and United Arab Emirates?
52 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and United Arab Emirates rank globally for military personnel, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 19th and United Arab Emirates ranks 21st of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Military personnel, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Military personnel, per square kilometre
Unit
people per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 9,818 data points, 1961–2022
Last refreshed

Military personnel divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.