Algeria vs Morocco
Algeria vs Morocco: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 326,000 people in Algeria and 246,000 people in Morocco, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Algeria, by 80,000 people, or 1.33 times that in Morocco.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Morocco.
- In 2020, Algeria ranked 21 and Morocco ranked 28 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Algeria | Morocco | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 326,000 | 246,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 317,000 | 246,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 317,000 | 245,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 317,000 | 246,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 317,200 | 245,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 334,200 | 245,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 334,000 | 246,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 334,000 | 246,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 334,000 | 246,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 319,000 | 251,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 318,000 | 250,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 308,700 | 246,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 317,900 | 246,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 305,200 | 246,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 305,200 | 240,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 303,200 | 238,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 268,200 | 238,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 270,200 | 238,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 164,900 | 236,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 162,900 | 237,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 126,000 | 195,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 170,000 | 149,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 170,000 | 149,000 | – |
| 1983 | 130,000 | 135,000 | – |
| 1982 | 120,000 | 125,000 | – |
| 1981 | 101,000 | 120,000 | – |
| 1980 | 101,000 | 117,000 | – |
| 1979 | 88,000 | 98,000 | – |
| 1978 | 76,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1977 | 75,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1976 | 85,000 | 90,000 | – |
| 1975 | 80,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1974 | 80,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1973 | 80,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1972 | 80,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1971 | 80,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1970 | 80,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1969 | 80,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1968 | 75,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1967 | 75,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1966 | 75,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1965 | 60,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1964 | 65,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1963 | 70,000 | 40,000 | – |
| 1962 | 45,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 24,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 10,000 | – |
- 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
Algeria vs Morocco
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Morocco: 75.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Morocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Morocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Morocco: 74.8% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Morocco: 5.41% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Morocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Morocco: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Morocco: 1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Morocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Morocco: 63.1% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Morocco: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Morocco: 7.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Morocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Morocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Morocco: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Morocco: $166 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Morocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Morocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Morocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Morocco: 392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024