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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019

2019, as U.S. Department of State’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019 covers 140 countries on 2 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 4.60; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.04. The middle country reads 0.26. Against 2018, 52 values changed (8 up, 44 down), the same countries are covered.

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Armed Forces Personnel (% of population) · Data for 2019

Highest2 countries share it

4.60

Lowest4 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), 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 140 countries · select a heading to sort

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019: every country, as published by U.S. Department of State.
EritreaERIEastern Africa4.60160highly uncertain
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia4.601,190—
IsraelISRWestern Asia1.90170—
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1.6045—
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1.60180highly uncertain
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.507—
CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.5013—
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.2070—
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.20630—
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1.1011—
JordanJORWestern Asia1.10120—
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.10490extremely uncertain
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia1.10230highly uncertain
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.008—
ColombiaCOLSouth America0.94470—
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.92220—
OmanOMNWestern Asia0.8845—
LebanonLBNWestern Asia0.8460—
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.81140highly uncertain
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0.76290—
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.76260—
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.7512—
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia0.72120—
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia0.6765—
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.6645extremely uncertain

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Eritreashared4.60
  2. North Koreashared4.60
  3. Israel1.90
  4. Armeniashared1.60
  5. South Sudanshared1.60

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guineashared0.04
  2. Nigershared0.04
  3. Mozambiqueshared0.04
  4. Liberiashared0.04
  5. Tanzaniashared0.05

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Armed forces personnel (thousands)

    HighestChina1,780

    Lowest4 share it

    Middle country: 25

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 52values changed, of 140 in both
  • 8 · 44rose · fell
  • 88unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 2019.

  • 60 distinct values among 140

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 5 countries share 0.22. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • 118 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.

05The 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 (2019). Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/armed-forces-personnel/2019

0611 held

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07Questions

Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest armed forces personnel in Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019?

2 countries share the highest reading, 4.60, so no single country is named.

What year does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019 cover?

140.

Where can I download Armed Forces Personnel (% of population), 2019?

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), 2019 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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