Angola vs Côte d’Ivoire
Angola vs Côte d’Ivoire: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 117,000 people in Angola and 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Angola, by 90,000 people, or 4.33 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Angola | Côte d’Ivoire | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 117,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 117,000 | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 117,000 | 27,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 117,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 117,000 | 25,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 117,000 | 25,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 117,000 | 25,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 117,000 | – | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 117,000 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 117,000 | – | 28 million |
| 2010 | 117,000 | – | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 117,000 | 18,550 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 117,000 | 19,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 117,000 | 19,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 110,000 | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 118,000 | 19,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 118,000 | 18,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 130,000 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 110,000 | – | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 145,500 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 117,500 | – | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 127,500 | 15,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 129,000 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 125,500 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 106,400 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 122,000 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 120,000 | 15,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 128,000 | 15,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 128,000 | 15,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 150,000 | 15,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 115,000 | 15,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 107,000 | 15,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1987 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1986 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1985 | 49,500 | 8,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 60,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1983 | 54,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1982 | 54,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1981 | 53,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1980 | 47,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1979 | 47,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1978 | 47,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1977 | 47,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1976 | 35,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1975 | 30,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 1,000 | – |
- 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
Angola vs Côte d’Ivoire
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Côte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAngola: 1.4% of GDP in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Côte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971