Main Controls Primary Dataset Military personnel Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Line Chart Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Countries & Regions Select Countries & Regions Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Azerbaijan Baden Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Bavaria Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Yemen Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Thomas and Principe Saudi Arabia Saxony Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Oceania South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Advanced Settings Show All Countries/Regions Selected Countries/Regions Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Y-Axis Log X-Axis Military personnel per 1,000 people, 1816–2012 Cancel Download