Armed forces as a share of the population in Taiwan in 2022 — 0.722%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 189. Since 1949, the indicator has fallen by 20.408 pp.
1949–2022 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Taiwan
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.722 | +0.004 pp |
| 2021 | 0.717 | +0.029 pp |
| 2020 | 0.689 | +0 pp |
| 2019 | 0.689 | −0.22 pp |
| 2018 | 0.909 | −0.001 pp |
| 2017 | 0.91 | −0.003 pp |
| 2016 | 0.913 | −0.322 pp |
| 2015 | 1.235 | −0.004 pp |
| 2014 | 1.239 | −0.004 pp |
| 2013 | 1.243 | −0.001 pp |
| 2012 | 1.244 | −0.005 pp |
| 2011 | 1.249 | −0.003 pp |
| 2010 | 1.252 | −0.002 pp |
| 2009 | 1.254 | −0.005 pp |
| 2008 | 1.259 | −0.004 pp |
| 2007 | 1.263 | −0.004 pp |
| 2006 | 1.268 | −0.006 pp |
| 2005 | 1.274 | −0.005 pp |
| 2004 | 1.278 | −0.005 pp |
| 2003 | 1.283 | −0.36 pp |
| 2002 | 1.643 | −0.008 pp |
| 2001 | 1.651 | −0.04 pp |
| 2000 | 1.691 | −0 pp |
| 1999 | 1.692 | −0 pp |
| 1998 | 1.692 | −0.153 pp |
| 1997 | 1.845 | −0.018 pp |
| 1996 | 1.863 | −0.132 pp |
| 1995 | 1.995 | −0.017 pp |
| 1994 | 2.012 | −0.099 pp |
| 1993 | 2.11 | +0.376 pp |
| 1992 | 1.735 | −0.065 pp |
| 1991 | 1.8 | −0.018 pp |
| 1990 | 1.818 | −0.201 pp |
| 1989 | 2.019 | −0.021 pp |
| 1988 | 2.04 | −0.115 pp |
| 1987 | 2.155 | −0.024 pp |
| 1986 | 2.179 | −0.126 pp |
| 1985 | 2.306 | −0.24 pp |
| 1984 | 2.546 | +0.069 pp |
| 1983 | 2.477 | +0.001 pp |
| 1982 | 2.476 | −0.066 pp |
| 1981 | 2.542 | −0.07 pp |
| 1980 | 2.612 | −0.066 pp |
| 1979 | 2.677 | −0.071 pp |
| 1978 | 2.749 | +0.013 pp |
| 1977 | 2.736 | −0.141 pp |
| 1976 | 2.877 | −0.243 pp |
| 1975 | 3.121 | +0.011 pp |
| 1974 | 3.11 | −0.122 pp |
| 1973 | 3.232 | −0.366 pp |
| 1972 | 3.597 | −0.004 pp |
| 1971 | 3.601 | +0.044 pp |
| 1970 | 3.557 | −0.315 pp |
| 1969 | 3.872 | +0.07 pp |
| 1968 | 3.802 | −0.264 pp |
| 1967 | 4.066 | −0.108 pp |
| 1966 | 4.173 | +0.024 pp |
| 1965 | 4.15 | −0.754 pp |
| 1964 | 4.903 | +0.316 pp |
| 1963 | 4.587 | −0.373 pp |
| 1962 | 4.96 | −0.248 pp |
| 1961 | 5.208 | −0.351 pp |
| 1960 | 5.56 | −0.34 pp |
| 1959 | 5.899 | −0.356 pp |
| 1958 | 6.256 | +0.293 pp |
| 1957 | 5.962 | +0.323 pp |
| 1956 | 5.639 | −0.97 pp |
| 1955 | 6.609 | −0.248 pp |
| 1954 | 6.857 | −0.258 pp |
| 1953 | 7.115 | +0.963 pp |
| 1952 | 6.152 | −0.284 pp |
| 1951 | 6.436 | +2.397 pp |
| 1950 | 4.039 | −17.09 pp |
| 1949 | 21.13 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
