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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009

2009, as U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009 covers 139 countries on 2 measures. Eritrea is highest, at 5.80; 5 countries share the lowest reading, 0.04. The middle country reads 0.31.

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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population) · Data for 2009

HighestEritrea

5.80

Lowest5 countries share it

0.04

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 139 countries · select a heading to sort

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009: every country, as published by U.S. Department of State.
EritreaERIEastern Africa5.80180highly uncertain
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia4.701,160—
IsraelISRWestern Asia2.40180—
IraqIRQWestern Asia2.10610—
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.606—
JordanJORWestern Asia1.60110—
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1.5045—
OmanOMNWestern Asia1.5045—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.4012—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.4070—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.40670—
SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.40310—
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1.3011—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.2055—
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1.2075—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.20510extremely uncertain
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.20280—
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.108—
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia1.10210highly uncertain
BahrainBHRWestern Asia1.0012—
ColombiaCOLSouth America0.93420—
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.93250—
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia0.86120—
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.8325—
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia0.8265—

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Eritrea5.80
  2. North Korea4.70
  3. Israel2.40
  4. Iraq2.10
  5. Bruneishared1.60

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guineashared0.04
  2. Nigershared0.04
  3. Malawishared0.04
  4. Haitishared0.04
  5. Ghanashared0.04

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Armed forces personnel (thousands)

    HighestChina2,140

    Lowest6 share it

    Middle country: 25

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2009.

  • 65 distinct values among 139

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.39. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • 123 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    U.S. Department of State marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: highly uncertain, extremely uncertain.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. Government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Department of State (2009). Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/armed-forces-personnel/2009

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06Questions

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest armed forces personnel in Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009?

Eritrea, at 5.80, of the 139 countries in the file.

What year does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009 cover?

139.

Where can I download Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2009 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019.

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