Armed forces as a share of the population — all countries

Armed forces as a share of the population — EAEU

Armed forces as a share of the population in the EAEU in 2022 — 0.72%. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 0.407 pp.

2022 0.72% +0.156 pp vs 2021
World rank
Period maximum 1.128%1992
Period minimum 0.508%2015

Trend over time

1992–2022 · % of population

Armed forces as a share of the population — EAEU, 1992–20220.40.60.811.2199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 1.128%1993: 0.905%1994: 0.845%1995: 0.855%1996: 0.807%1997: 0.819%1998: 0.636%1999: 0.591%2000: 0.661%2001: 0.656%2002: 0.664%2003: 0.651%2004: 0.675%2005: 0.699%2006: 0.694%2007: 0.691%2008: 0.677%2009: 0.671%2010: 0.679%2011: 0.69%2012: 0.64%2013: 0.555%2014: 0.551%2015: 0.508%2016: 0.521%2017: 0.531%2018: 0.565%2019: 0.563%2020: 0.563%2021: 0.564%2022: 0.72%
Change over the period: −0.407 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: EAEU

EAEU 0.72%
World computed 0.259%
Armed forces as a share of the population — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 0.72 +0.156 pp
2021 0.564 +0.001 pp
2020 0.563 −0 pp
2019 0.563 −0.001 pp
2018 0.565 +0.034 pp
2017 0.531 +0.009 pp
2016 0.521 +0.014 pp
2015 0.508 −0.043 pp
2014 0.551 −0.004 pp
2013 0.555 −0.085 pp
2012 0.64 −0.05 pp
2011 0.69 +0.012 pp
2010 0.679 +0.008 pp
2009 0.671 −0.007 pp
2008 0.677 −0.013 pp
2007 0.691 −0.003 pp
2006 0.694 −0.005 pp
2005 0.699 +0.023 pp
2004 0.675 +0.025 pp
2003 0.651 −0.013 pp
2002 0.664 +0.008 pp
2001 0.656 −0.005 pp
2000 0.661 +0.07 pp
1999 0.591 −0.045 pp
1998 0.636 −0.182 pp
1997 0.819 +0.011 pp
1996 0.807 −0.048 pp
1995 0.855 +0.01 pp
1994 0.845 −0.06 pp
1993 0.905 −0.223 pp
1992 1.128

About the indicator

Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.

Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.

Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.