Military personnel, per square kilometre by country
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.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
71.03 people per square kilometre
Singapore
Lowest
0 people per square kilometre
Seychelles
Median
0.168 people per square kilometre
Years covered
62
1961–2022
Data points
9,818
What the numbers show
Military personnel, per square kilometre is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 71.03 people per square kilometre in Singapore; the lowest is 0 people per square kilometre in Seychelles.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.168 people per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.03 people per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 100.0%).
Military personnel, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 71.03 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 2 | North Korea | 10.63 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 3 | Bahrain | 10.13 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 7.86 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 5 | Malta | 6.25 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Lebanon | 5.87 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 7 | South Korea | 5.69 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 4.12 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Eritrea | 2.49 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 10 | Barbados | 2.33 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Vietnam | 1.54 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 12 | Armenia | 1.52 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 13 | Qatar | 1.48 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 14 | Tonga | 1.39 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Rwanda | 1.34 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Brunei | 1.33 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Cyprus | 1.3 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 1.25 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 19 | El Salvador | 1.21 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Ukraine | 1.19 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 429.2% | volatile |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 1.17 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 22 | Burundi | 1.17 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Dominican Republic | 1.16 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 124.5% | rising |
| 24 | Jordan | 1.14 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 25 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 people per square kilometre | 1999 | unchanged | volatile |
| 26 | Greece | 1.02 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 27 | Kuwait | 1.01 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 28 | Netherlands | 1.01 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9747 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Syria | 0.9203 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 31 | Pakistan | 0.8458 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 32 | Azerbaijan | 0.7743 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 33 | Belgium | 0.7542 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 34 | Thailand | 0.7066 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cambodia | 0.7025 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Japan | 0.6776 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 37 | Nepal | 0.6767 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 0.62 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 39 | Jamaica | 0.554 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 40 | Myanmar | 0.5455 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Italy | 0.5444 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 42 | Comoros | 0.5373 people per square kilometre | 1992 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Germany | 0.5238 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 44 | Switzerland | 0.5062 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 45 | India | 0.4911 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 0.4863 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 47 | Cuba | 0.4721 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Turkey | 0.4613 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 0.4457 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 264.5% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 0.4446 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Egypt | 0.441 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 52 | Morocco | 0.4392 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 53 | Gambia | 0.3953 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 54 | France | 0.3767 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 55 | Iran | 0.376 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 56 | Denmark | 0.375 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 57 | Slovakia | 0.3744 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 58 | Poland | 0.3724 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 14.0% | falling |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.3674 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 109.3% | rising |
| 60 | Hungary | 0.3506 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Czechia | 0.3499 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Djibouti | 0.3451 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0.3439 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 0.3408 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.333 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 0.3172 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Romania | 0.3129 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 68 | Croatia | 0.3038 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Georgia | 0.3022 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Slovenia | 0.298 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | Portugal | 0.2947 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Albania | 0.292 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Austria | 0.2787 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 74 | Spain | 0.2481 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 75 | Cape Verde | 0.2481 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Togo | 0.239 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Belarus | 0.2365 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.2317 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Colombia | 0.2307 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Uganda | 0.2244 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 81 | Fiji | 0.2189 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | China | 0.2168 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2148 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 0.2092 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 0.1998 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.1744 people per square kilometre | 1999 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Guatemala | 0.168 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.1651 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 89 | Estonia | 0.1638 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 90 | Nigeria | 0.157 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 0.1533 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Moldova | 0.1521 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 93 | Bhutan | 0.1508 people per square kilometre | 2000 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.1487 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 95 | United States | 0.1487 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 96 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1422 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Venezuela | 0.1394 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 98 | Oman | 0.1389 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | East Timor | 0.1345 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 0.1341 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 101 | Laos | 0.1257 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 0.1247 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.12 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1196 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Malawi | 0.1167 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 120.0% | rising |
| 106 | Ireland | 0.1161 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.0% | flat |
| 107 | Latvia | 0.1125 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 108 | Mexico | 0.1111 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 0.1089 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 110 | Benin | 0.1064 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 0.0997 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 112 | Chile | 0.0929 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 0.0877 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 114 | Angola | 0.0858 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0849 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 116 | South Sudan | 0.0839 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0.0787 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 118 | Yemen | 0.0758 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 0.075 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Senegal | 0.0727 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Russia | 0.0727 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 122 | Ghana | 0.0703 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Norway | 0.0686 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 124 | Lesotho | 0.0659 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 0.0648 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Peru | 0.0633 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 127 | Finland | 0.0625 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 128 | South Africa | 0.061 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0591 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Algeria | 0.0584 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0574 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 132 | Sudan | 0.0557 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 133 | Cameroon | 0.0529 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 134 | Brazil | 0.0439 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 135 | Kenya | 0.0413 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea | 0.0407 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 137 | Sweden | 0.0368 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 138 | Haiti | 0.0363 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0357 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Paraguay | 0.0354 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 141 | New Zealand | 0.0342 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 142 | Bolivia | 0.0314 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 143 | Tanzania | 0.0305 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Congo | 0.0293 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Argentina | 0.0263 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 146 | Chad | 0.0262 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Niger | 0.0261 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 0.0256 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 149 | Madagascar | 0.0241 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 0.0223 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Liberia | 0.0208 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Zambia | 0.0202 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Gabon | 0.0194 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Mali | 0.0172 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 200.0% | rising |
| 155 | Botswana | 0.0159 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 156 | Mauritania | 0.0155 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Central African Republic | 0.0144 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 350.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Kazakhstan | 0.0144 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 159 | Guyana | 0.0142 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 179.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Mozambique | 0.014 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Suriname | 0.0125 people per square kilometre | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Namibia | 0.0121 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0088 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 164 | Australia | 0.0078 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 165 | Canada | 0.0076 people per square kilometre | 2022 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 166 | Mongolia | 0.0064 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Libya | 0.004 people per square kilometre | 2015 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Grenada | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Luxembourg | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 168 | Mauritius | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Panama | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Seychelles | 0 people per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
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.
Military personnel ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Military personnel Correlates of War – National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.