Bangladesh vs Spain
Bangladesh vs Spain: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 227,000 people in Bangladesh and 199,000 people in Spain, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Bangladesh, by 28,000 people, or 1.14 times that in Spain.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Bangladesh has been higher since 2011, when it overtook Spain.
- In 2020, Bangladesh ranked 29 and Spain ranked 32 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Bangladesh | Spain | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 227,000 | 199,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 227,000 | 199,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 227,100 | 196,400 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 221,000 | 196,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 221,000 | 198,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 221,000 | 200,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 221,000 | 200,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 221,000 | 214,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 221,000 | 215,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 221,000 | 215,700 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 221,000 | 223,200 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 221,000 | 222,400 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 221,000 | 223,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 221,000 | 222,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 214,000 | 222,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 252,000 | 220,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 251,000 | 220,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 188,700 | 224,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 200,200 | 251,200 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 200,200 | 214,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 137,000 | 241,800 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 192,200 | 262,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 170,700 | 269,700 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 170,700 | 273,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 167,200 | 282,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 170,500 | 281,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 113,000 | 213,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 107,000 | 204,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 107,000 | 198,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 107,000 | 246,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 103,000 | 263,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 103,000 | 277,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 91,300 | 320,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 81,000 | 342,000 | – |
| 1983 | 77,000 | 355,000 | – |
| 1982 | 77,000 | 372,000 | – |
| 1981 | 77,000 | 366,000 | – |
| 1980 | 71,000 | 356,000 | – |
| 1979 | 120,000 | 374,000 | – |
| 1978 | 129,000 | 372,000 | – |
| 1977 | 126,000 | 373,000 | – |
| 1976 | 126,000 | 368,000 | – |
| 1975 | 100,000 | 375,000 | – |
| 1974 | 100,000 | 375,000 | – |
| 1973 | 86,000 | 365,000 | – |
| 1972 | 47,000 | 365,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 365,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 365,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 365,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 375,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 340,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 345,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 371,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 398,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 424,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 451,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 478,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 505,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 505,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 503,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 528,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 528,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 494,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 444,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 464,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 464,000 | – |
| 1946 | – | 462,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 477,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 483,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 497,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 508,000 | – |
| 1941 | – | 522,000 | – |
| 1940 | – | 531,000 | – |
| 1939 | – | 539,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 550,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 500,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 475,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 141,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 138,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 146,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 138,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 134,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 134,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 128,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 129,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 154,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 152,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 161,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 199,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 235,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 207,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 236,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 224,000 | – |
| 1918 | – | 212,000 | – |
| 1917 | – | 198,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 189,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 175,000 | – |
| 1914 | – | 162,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 145,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 145,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 147,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 137,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 111,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 111,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 113,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 113,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 112,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 112,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 112,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 114,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 111,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 153,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 154,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 149,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 150,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 136,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 133,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 131,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 137,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 139,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 146,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 149,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 153,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 153,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 176,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 150,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 154,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 157,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 160,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 159,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 154,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 150,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 104,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 104,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 111,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 103,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 100,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 97,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 97,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 124,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 102,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 98,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 109,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 107,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 124,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 118,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 109,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 117,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 123,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 125,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 124,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 123,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 104,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 103,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 105,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 110,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 114,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 117,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 118,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 121,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 121,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 113,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 107,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 100,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 86,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 79,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 79,000 | – |
| 1838 | – | 84,000 | – |
| 1837 | – | 89,000 | – |
| 1836 | – | 95,000 | – |
| 1835 | – | 101,000 | – |
| 1834 | – | 110,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 60,000 | – |
| 1832 | – | 89,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 130,000 | – |
| 1830 | – | 83,000 | – |
| 1829 | – | 87,000 | – |
| 1828 | – | 91,000 | – |
| 1827 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1826 | – | 92,000 | – |
| 1825 | – | 93,000 | – |
| 1824 | – | 93,000 | – |
| 1823 | – | 114,000 | – |
| 1822 | – | 158,000 | – |
| 1821 | – | 165,000 | – |
| 1820 | – | 146,000 | – |
| 1819 | – | 127,000 | – |
| 1818 | – | 126,000 | – |
| 1817 | – | 126,000 | – |
| 1816 | – | 125,000 | – |
- 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
Bangladesh vs Spain
Health
- Life expectancyBangladesh: 74.7 years in 2023Spain: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBangladesh: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Spain: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBangladesh: 22.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Spain: 2.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBangladesh: 59.1% in 2022Spain: 99.6% in 2022
- DepressionBangladesh: 4.11% in 2017Spain: 3.54% in 2017
- Suicide rateBangladesh: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017Spain: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBangladesh: 172 million people in 2023Spain: 47.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthBangladesh: 1.21% a year in 2023Spain: 0.02% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBangladesh: 2.16 births per woman in 2023Spain: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBangladesh: 33.2% in 2025Spain: 80.5% in 2025
- Median ageBangladesh: 25.3 years in 2023Spain: 44.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBangladesh: 6.3% in 2023Spain: 20.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateBangladesh: -3.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Spain: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBangladesh: 0.81% of GDP in 2025Spain: 2.13% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBangladesh: $3.67B in 2025Spain: $37.7B in 2025
- Military spending per personBangladesh: $22 in 2025Spain: $839 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBangladesh: 7.1% of government spending in 2025Spain: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerBangladesh: 1.01% of world capability in 2022Spain: 0.66% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBangladesh: 0.32% of the labour force in 2020Spain: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBangladesh: 32 million TIV in 2025Spain: 237 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBangladesh: 2 million TIV in 1984Spain: 341 million TIV in 2025