Argentina vs China
Argentina vs China: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 103,000 people in Argentina and 2.54 million people in China, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in China, by 2.43 million people, or 25 times that in Argentina.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Argentina ranked 53 and China ranked 2 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Argentina | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 103,000 | 2.54 million | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 103,000 | 2.54 million | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 105,200 | 2.7 million | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 105,000 | 2.7 million | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 105,500 | 2.7 million | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 105,500 | 2.84 million | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 105,700 | 2.99 million | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 105,700 | 2.99 million | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 104,400 | 2.99 million | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 104,400 | 2.95 million | 28 million |
| 2010 | 104,300 | 2.95 million | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 104,300 | 2.95 million | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 107,000 | 2.89 million | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 107,000 | 2.89 million | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 107,000 | 3.61 million | 27 million |
| 2005 | 102,000 | 3.76 million | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 102,000 | 3.76 million | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 102,600 | 3.75 million | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 101,100 | 3.77 million | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 101,300 | 3.81 million | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 102,300 | 3.91 million | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 101,700 | 3.82 million | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 104,200 | 3.82 million | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 104,200 | 3.64 million | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 103,700 | 4.14 million | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 98,500 | 4.13 million | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 69,000 | 2.93 million | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 65,000 | 3.03 million | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 65,000 | 3.16 million | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 70,000 | 3.2 million | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 85,000 | 3.5 million | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 95,000 | 3.9 million | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 108,000 | 3.9 million | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 174,000 | 4.1 million | – |
| 1983 | 175,000 | 4.1 million | – |
| 1982 | 175,000 | 4.35 million | – |
| 1981 | 155,000 | 4.75 million | – |
| 1980 | 155,000 | 4.65 million | – |
| 1979 | 155,000 | 4.6 million | – |
| 1978 | 155,000 | 4.5 million | – |
| 1977 | 155,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1976 | 155,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1975 | 160,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1974 | 150,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1973 | 160,000 | 3.25 million | – |
| 1972 | 140,000 | 3.04 million | – |
| 1971 | 140,000 | 2.97 million | – |
| 1970 | 140,000 | 2.85 million | – |
| 1969 | 160,000 | 2.83 million | – |
| 1968 | 160,000 | 2.8 million | – |
| 1967 | 160,000 | 2.71 million | – |
| 1966 | 160,000 | 2.6 million | – |
| 1965 | 155,000 | 2.4 million | – |
| 1964 | 155,000 | 2.75 million | – |
| 1963 | 155,000 | 2.5 million | – |
| 1962 | 129,000 | 2.3 million | – |
| 1961 | 127,000 | 2.2 million | – |
| 1960 | 130,000 | 3.23 million | – |
| 1959 | 145,000 | 3.21 million | – |
| 1958 | 145,000 | 3.18 million | – |
| 1957 | 147,000 | 3.16 million | – |
| 1956 | 148,000 | 3.13 million | – |
| 1955 | 148,000 | 3 million | – |
| 1954 | 71,000 | 3.08 million | – |
| 1953 | 71,000 | 3.05 million | – |
| 1952 | 62,000 | 3.03 million | – |
| 1951 | 62,000 | 3 million | – |
| 1950 | 62,000 | 4 million | – |
| 1949 | 62,000 | 2.57 million | – |
| 1948 | 62,000 | 3.69 million | – |
| 1947 | 62,000 | 4.02 million | – |
| 1946 | 62,000 | 4.16 million | – |
| 1945 | – | 4.78 million | – |
| 1944 | – | 4.23 million | – |
| 1943 | – | 3.68 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 3.13 million | – |
| 1941 | – | 2.58 million | – |
| 1940 | – | 2.04 million | – |
| 1939 | 61,000 | 1.49 million | – |
| 1938 | 59,000 | 900,000 | – |
| 1937 | 57,000 | 2 million | – |
| 1936 | 44,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1935 | 44,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1934 | 44,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1933 | 43,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1932 | 43,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1931 | 42,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1930 | 38,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1929 | 38,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1928 | 37,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1927 | 37,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1926 | 37,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1925 | 37,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1924 | 38,000 | 1.7 million | – |
| 1923 | 34,000 | 1.63 million | – |
| 1922 | 29,000 | 1.57 million | – |
| 1921 | 30,000 | 1.5 million | – |
| 1920 | 29,000 | 1.44 million | – |
| 1919 | 28,000 | 1.38 million | – |
| 1918 | 31,000 | 1.3 million | – |
| 1917 | 30,000 | 900,000 | – |
| 1916 | 30,000 | 850,000 | – |
| 1915 | 30,000 | 500,000 | – |
| 1914 | 30,000 | 460,000 | – |
| 1913 | 30,000 | 450,000 | – |
| 1912 | 30,000 | 450,000 | – |
| 1911 | 30,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1910 | 29,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1909 | 27,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1908 | 18,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1907 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1906 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1905 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1904 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1903 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1902 | 24,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1901 | 18,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1900 | 18,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1899 | 18,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1898 | 43,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1897 | 20,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1896 | 19,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1895 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1894 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1893 | 11,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1892 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1891 | 8,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1890 | 8,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1889 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1888 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1887 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1886 | 12,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1885 | 9,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1884 | 9,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1883 | 8,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1882 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1881 | 9,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1880 | 9,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1879 | 8,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1878 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1877 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1876 | 10,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1875 | 7,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1874 | 7,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1873 | 7,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1872 | 6,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1871 | 9,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1870 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1869 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1868 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1867 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1866 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1865 | 15,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1864 | 12,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1863 | 12,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1862 | 6,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1861 | 5,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1860 | 5,000 | 1 million | – |
| 1859 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 7,000 | – | – |
- 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
Argentina vs China
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025China: 207 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011China: 880 million TIV in 2025