Afghanistan vs Egypt
Afghanistan vs Egypt: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 165,000 people in Afghanistan and 836,000 people in Egypt, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Egypt, by 671,000 people, or 5.07 times that in Afghanistan.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Afghanistan ranked 37 and Egypt ranked 7 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Afghanistan | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 165,000 | 836,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 278,000 | 836,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 272,900 | 835,500 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 323,000 | 836,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 323,000 | 835,500 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 319,400 | 835,500 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 308,800 | 835,500 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 330,700 | 835,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 338,200 | 835,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 340,400 | 835,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 306,800 | 835,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 255,700 | 865,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 94,000 | 866,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 51,000 | 866,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 51,000 | 866,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 27,000 | 799,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 27,000 | 798,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 130,000 | 780,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 120,000 | 773,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 768,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 400,000 | 678,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 400,000 | 680,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 400,000 | 680,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 429,000 | 680,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 429,000 | 672,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 383,000 | 610,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 45,000 | 430,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 45,000 | 424,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 45,000 | 424,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 45,000 | 434,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 58,000 | 434,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 55,000 | 450,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 47,000 | 445,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 46,000 | 466,000 | – |
| 1983 | 46,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1982 | 55,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1981 | 45,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1980 | 43,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1979 | 89,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1978 | 110,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1977 | 143,000 | 350,000 | – |
| 1976 | 142,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1975 | 130,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1974 | 80,000 | 410,000 | – |
| 1973 | 91,000 | 390,000 | – |
| 1972 | 91,000 | 390,000 | – |
| 1971 | 91,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1970 | 91,000 | 255,000 | – |
| 1969 | 89,000 | 230,000 | – |
| 1968 | 89,000 | 195,000 | – |
| 1967 | 95,000 | 220,000 | – |
| 1966 | 97,000 | 215,000 | – |
| 1965 | 97,000 | 205,000 | – |
| 1964 | 112,000 | 160,000 | – |
| 1963 | 110,000 | 135,000 | – |
| 1962 | 104,000 | 220,000 | – |
| 1961 | 110,000 | 215,000 | – |
| 1960 | 60,000 | 160,000 | – |
| 1959 | 50,000 | 157,000 | – |
| 1958 | 43,000 | 107,000 | – |
| 1957 | 43,000 | 95,000 | – |
| 1956 | 43,000 | 93,000 | – |
| 1955 | 43,000 | 92,000 | – |
| 1954 | 41,000 | 88,000 | – |
| 1953 | 41,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1952 | 60,000 | 81,000 | – |
| 1951 | 60,000 | 77,000 | – |
| 1950 | 75,000 | 74,000 | – |
| 1949 | 75,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1948 | 90,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1947 | 100,000 | 57,000 | – |
| 1946 | 90,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1945 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1942 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1941 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 60,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1939 | 103,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1938 | 103,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1937 | 103,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1936 | 103,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 72,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 72,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 60,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 76,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 76,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 76,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 24,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 23,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 17,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 14,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 17,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 16,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 24,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 24,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024