Military personnel, per capita by country
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.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.0886 people per person
Eritrea
Lowest
0 people per person
Seychelles
Median
0.0027 people per person
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
10,155
What the numbers show
Military personnel, per capita is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.0886 people per person in Eritrea; the lowest is 0 people per person in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0027 people per person, and the mean is 0.0043 people per person.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 495.8%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Military personnel, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eritrea | 0.0886 people per person | 2022 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 2 | North Korea | 0.0486 people per person | 2022 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Israel | 0.0178 people per person | 2022 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0.0168 people per person | 2022 | up 495.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Brunei | 0.0154 people per person | 2022 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 6 | Armenia | 0.0145 people per person | 2022 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 7 | Greece | 0.0126 people per person | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 0.0115 people per person | 2022 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 9 | South Korea | 0.0107 people per person | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 10 | Lebanon | 0.0104 people per person | 2022 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bhutan | 0.0101 people per person | 2000 | up 18.5% | falling |
| 12 | Tonga | 0.0095 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Oman | 0.0091 people per person | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 14 | Singapore | 0.009 people per person | 2022 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cyprus | 0.009 people per person | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 16 | Jordan | 0.009 people per person | 2022 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 17 | Russia | 0.0083 people per person | 2022 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0082 people per person | 2022 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Lithuania | 0.0081 people per person | 2022 | up 120.7% | rising |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 0.008 people per person | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 21 | Syria | 0.0075 people per person | 2022 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 22 | Cambodia | 0.0072 people per person | 2022 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Djibouti | 0.007 people per person | 2022 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 24 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.007 people per person | 1999 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Iran | 0.0068 people per person | 2022 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 26 | Myanmar | 0.0066 people per person | 2022 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 0.0064 people per person | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 0.0063 people per person | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 29 | Uruguay | 0.0062 people per person | 2022 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0.0057 people per person | 2022 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Georgia | 0.0057 people per person | 2022 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 32 | Morocco | 0.0053 people per person | 2022 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 33 | Bahrain | 0.0052 people per person | 2022 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 34 | Belarus | 0.0052 people per person | 2022 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 35 | Estonia | 0.0052 people per person | 2022 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 0.0051 people per person | 2022 | up 35.1% | flat |
| 37 | Thailand | 0.005 people per person | 2022 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 38 | Bahamas | 0.005 people per person | 2022 | up 88.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.005 people per person | 2022 | up 100.9% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 0.005 people per person | 2022 | up 66.1% | falling |
| 41 | Colombia | 0.0049 people per person | 2022 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 42 | Vietnam | 0.0048 people per person | 2022 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 43 | South Sudan | 0.0048 people per person | 2022 | down 63.1% | falling |
| 44 | Norway | 0.0046 people per person | 2022 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 45 | Cuba | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Croatia | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Iraq | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 48 | North Macedonia | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 49 | Venezuela | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | up 12.0% | flat |
| 50 | Fiji | 0.0044 people per person | 2022 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Serbia | 0.0042 people per person | 2022 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkey | 0.0042 people per person | 2022 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 53 | United States | 0.0041 people per person | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 54 | Ethiopia | 0.004 people per person | 2022 | up 178.5% | volatile |
| 55 | El Salvador | 0.004 people per person | 2022 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Kuwait | 0.0039 people per person | 2022 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.0039 people per person | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 58 | Laos | 0.0038 people per person | 2022 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Romania | 0.0038 people per person | 2022 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 60 | Malta | 0.0038 people per person | 2022 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Latvia | 0.0037 people per person | 2022 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 62 | Botswana | 0.0037 people per person | 2022 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0037 people per person | 2022 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 64 | Guyana | 0.0037 people per person | 2022 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Barbados | 0.0035 people per person | 2022 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 0.0035 people per person | 2022 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 67 | Namibia | 0.0035 people per person | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0034 people per person | 2022 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Finland | 0.0034 people per person | 2022 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 70 | Hungary | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Slovakia | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Nepal | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Malaysia | 0.0033 people per person | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 0.0032 people per person | 2022 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 0.0032 people per person | 2022 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 78 | Poland | 0.0031 people per person | 2022 | up 17.8% | falling |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.0031 people per person | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 80 | Angola | 0.003 people per person | 2022 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 81 | France | 0.003 people per person | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 82 | Tunisia | 0.003 people per person | 2022 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 83 | Mongolia | 0.0029 people per person | 2022 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Eswatini | 0.0029 people per person | 1999 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovenia | 0.0028 people per person | 2022 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia | 0.0028 people per person | 2022 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 87 | Italy | 0.0027 people per person | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 88 | Pakistan | 0.0027 people per person | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 89 | Spain | 0.0026 people per person | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 90 | Portugal | 0.0026 people per person | 2022 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Austria | 0.0025 people per person | 2022 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 92 | Denmark | 0.0025 people per person | 2022 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 93 | Czechia | 0.0025 people per person | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Afghanistan | 0.0025 people per person | 2022 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Peru | 0.0024 people per person | 2022 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 96 | Rwanda | 0.0024 people per person | 2022 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Australia | 0.0023 people per person | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.0023 people per person | 2022 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 99 | Switzerland | 0.0023 people per person | 2022 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 100 | Burundi | 0.0023 people per person | 2022 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 101 | United Kingdom | 0.0022 people per person | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 102 | Germany | 0.0022 people per person | 2022 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 103 | Comoros | 0.0022 people per person | 1992 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 104 | Jamaica | 0.0021 people per person | 2022 | up 95.3% | rising |
| 105 | Sudan | 0.0021 people per person | 2022 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 106 | Paraguay | 0.0021 people per person | 2022 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Gabon | 0.0021 people per person | 2022 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Moldova | 0.002 people per person | 2022 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 109 | Japan | 0.002 people per person | 2022 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 110 | Belgium | 0.002 people per person | 2022 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0.0019 people per person | 2022 | down 31.2% | flat |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 0.0019 people per person | 2022 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Netherlands | 0.0019 people per person | 2022 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0019 people per person | 2022 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 0.0018 people per person | 2022 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Chad | 0.0018 people per person | 2022 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 0.0018 people per person | 2022 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 118 | New Zealand | 0.0018 people per person | 2022 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 0.0018 people per person | 2022 | up 307.0% | rising |
| 120 | Brazil | 0.0017 people per person | 2022 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 121 | Canada | 0.0017 people per person | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 0.0017 people per person | 2022 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 123 | Congo | 0.0017 people per person | 2022 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Togo | 0.0016 people per person | 2022 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 125 | Argentina | 0.0016 people per person | 2022 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0016 people per person | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 127 | Ireland | 0.0015 people per person | 2022 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 128 | Gambia | 0.0015 people per person | 2022 | up 210.0% | volatile |
| 129 | East Timor | 0.0015 people per person | 2022 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 130 | China | 0.0014 people per person | 2022 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 131 | Honduras | 0.0014 people per person | 2022 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Sweden | 0.0014 people per person | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 133 | Indonesia | 0.0014 people per person | 2022 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 134 | Uzbekistan | 0.0014 people per person | 2022 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 135 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0013 people per person | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 136 | Niger | 0.0013 people per person | 2022 | up 365.1% | falling |
| 137 | Philippines | 0.0013 people per person | 2022 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 138 | South Africa | 0.0012 people per person | 2022 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 0.0011 people per person | 2022 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 140 | Libya | 0.0011 people per person | 2015 | down 91.7% | rising |
| 141 | Yemen | 0.001 people per person | 2022 | down 55.6% | volatile |
| 142 | India | 0.001 people per person | 2022 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 143 | Guatemala | 0.001 people per person | 2022 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Bangladesh | 0.001 people per person | 2022 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 145 | Uganda | 0.001 people per person | 2022 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Mali | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | up 120.5% | falling |
| 147 | Cameroon | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 148 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | down 21.3% | flat |
| 150 | Lesotho | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 151 | Benin | 0.0009 people per person | 2022 | up 81.4% | falling |
| 152 | Senegal | 0.0008 people per person | 2022 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 153 | Somalia | 0.0008 people per person | 2022 | up 390.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Zambia | 0.0007 people per person | 2022 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea | 0.0007 people per person | 2022 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Nigeria | 0.0006 people per person | 2022 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0006 people per person | 2022 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Malawi | 0.0005 people per person | 2022 | up 68.0% | falling |
| 159 | Ghana | 0.0005 people per person | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Madagascar | 0.0005 people per person | 2022 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Kenya | 0.0004 people per person | 2022 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 162 | Tanzania | 0.0004 people per person | 2022 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 people per person | 2022 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 164 | Liberia | 0.0004 people per person | 2022 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Mozambique | 0.0003 people per person | 2022 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 0.0003 people per person | 2022 | down 51.5% | flat |
| 167 | Haiti | 0.0001 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 0 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Grenada | 0 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 0 people per person | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Mauritius | 0 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Panama | 0 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0 people per person | 2022 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
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.
Military personnel ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Military personnel Correlates of War – National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.