Angola vs South Sudan

Angola vs South Sudan: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 117,000 people in Angola and 53,000 people in South Sudan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Angola, by 64,000 people, or 2.21 times that in South Sudan.

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people · IISS

Angola vs South Sudan: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 117,000 people in Angola and 53,000 people in South Sudan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Angola, by 64,000 people, or 2.21 times that in South Sudan.
AngolaSouth SudanEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • Angola has been higher since 2020, when it overtook South Sudan.
  • In 2020, Angola ranked 49 and South Sudan ranked 67 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearAngolaSouth SudanWorld
2020117,00053,00027.4 million
2019117,000185,00027.7 million
2018117,000185,00027.7 million
2017117,000185,00027.4 million
2016117,000185,00027.5 million
2015117,000185,00027.4 million
2014117,000185,00027.3 million
2013117,000185,00027.2 million
2012117,000210,00028.2 million
2011117,000210,00028 million
2010117,000140,00028.1 million
2009117,000–27.9 million
2008117,000–27.5 million
2007117,000–27.3 million
2006110,000–27 million
2005118,000–28.5 million
2004118,000–27.1 million
2003130,000–28.2 million
2002110,000–28.3 million
2001145,500–28.2 million
2000117,500–29.4 million
1999127,500–29.6 million
1998129,000–29.9 million
1997125,500–29.9 million
1996106,400–30.2 million
1995122,000–30.2 million
1994120,000–23.2 million
1993128,000–23.7 million
1992128,000–24.5 million
1991150,000–22.7 million
1990115,000–23.9 million
1989107,000–24.3 million
198549,500–22.2 million
198460,000––
198354,000––
198254,000––
198153,000––
198047,000––
197947,000––
197847,000––
197747,000––
197635,000––
197530,000––
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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.

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