Belgium vs Egypt
Belgium vs Egypt: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 24,000 people in Belgium and 836,000 people in Egypt, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Egypt, by 812,000 people, or 35 times that in Belgium.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Belgium | Egypt | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24,000 | 836,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 26,000 | 836,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 31,500 | 835,500 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 32,000 | 836,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 33,800 | 835,500 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 36,350 | 835,500 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 37,600 | 835,500 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 37,500 | 835,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 30,700 | 835,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 34,050 | 835,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 35,740 | 835,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 39,480 | 865,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 39,000 | 866,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 39,000 | 866,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 40,000 | 866,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 37,000 | 799,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 36,000 | 798,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 40,800 | 780,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 39,200 | 773,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 39,400 | 768,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 39,300 | 678,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 41,750 | 680,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 43,700 | 680,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 44,450 | 680,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 46,300 | 672,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 47,200 | 610,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 53,000 | 430,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 70,000 | 424,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 79,000 | 424,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 101,000 | 434,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 106,000 | 434,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 110,000 | 450,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 91,600 | 445,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 107,000 | 466,000 | – |
| 1983 | 109,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1982 | 109,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1981 | 110,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1980 | 108,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1979 | 107,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1978 | 109,000 | 447,000 | – |
| 1977 | 107,000 | 350,000 | – |
| 1976 | 103,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1975 | 103,000 | 400,000 | – |
| 1974 | 105,000 | 410,000 | – |
| 1973 | 107,000 | 390,000 | – |
| 1972 | 105,000 | 390,000 | – |
| 1971 | 110,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1970 | 110,000 | 255,000 | – |
| 1969 | 115,000 | 230,000 | – |
| 1968 | 115,000 | 195,000 | – |
| 1967 | 115,000 | 220,000 | – |
| 1966 | 115,000 | 215,000 | – |
| 1965 | 115,000 | 205,000 | – |
| 1964 | 115,000 | 160,000 | – |
| 1963 | 115,000 | 135,000 | – |
| 1962 | 110,000 | 220,000 | – |
| 1961 | 110,000 | 215,000 | – |
| 1960 | 110,000 | 160,000 | – |
| 1959 | 108,000 | 157,000 | – |
| 1958 | 106,000 | 107,000 | – |
| 1957 | 101,000 | 95,000 | – |
| 1956 | 98,000 | 93,000 | – |
| 1955 | 94,000 | 92,000 | – |
| 1954 | 91,000 | 88,000 | – |
| 1953 | 86,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1952 | 81,000 | 81,000 | – |
| 1951 | 77,000 | 77,000 | – |
| 1950 | 74,000 | 74,000 | – |
| 1949 | 70,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1948 | 71,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1947 | 75,000 | 57,000 | – |
| 1946 | 79,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1945 | 80,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 82,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1939 | 85,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1938 | 90,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1937 | 72,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1936 | 67,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 68,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 68,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 66,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 67,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 66,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 69,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 67,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 66,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 83,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 82,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 82,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 133,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 117,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 100,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 156,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 212,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 209,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 194,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 189,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 156,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 115,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 51,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 51,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 46,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1881 | 46,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1880 | 46,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1879 | 46,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1878 | 46,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1877 | 46,000 | 26,000 | – |
| 1876 | 46,000 | 26,000 | – |
| 1875 | 43,000 | 26,000 | – |
| 1874 | 40,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1873 | 40,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1872 | 40,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1871 | 40,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1870 | 40,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1869 | 40,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1868 | 40,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1867 | 40,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1866 | 40,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1865 | 40,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1864 | 40,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1863 | 40,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1862 | 40,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1861 | 40,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1860 | 40,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1859 | 40,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1858 | 40,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1857 | 40,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1856 | 40,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1855 | 40,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1854 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 36,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 36,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 62,000 | – | – |
- 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
Belgium vs Egypt
Health
- Life expectancyBelgium: 82.1 years in 2023Egypt: 71.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBelgium: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024Egypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBelgium: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Egypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBelgium: 4.11% in 2017Egypt: 3.24% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelgium: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Egypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelgium: 11.7 million people in 2023Egypt: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelgium: 0.25% a year in 2023Egypt: 1.82% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelgium: 1.38 births per woman in 2023Egypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelgium: 87.7% in 2025Egypt: 42.9% in 2025
- Median ageBelgium: 41.4 years in 2023Egypt: 24 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelgium: 20.2% in 2023Egypt: 5% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelgium: 3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Egypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelgium: 2.01% of GDP in 2025Egypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelgium: $13.6B in 2025Egypt: $2.26B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelgium: $1,237 in 2025Egypt: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelgium: 3.7% of government spending in 2025Egypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerBelgium: 0.22% of world capability in 2022Egypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelgium: 0.47% of the labour force in 2020Egypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelgium: 430 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 697 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelgium: 86 million TIV in 2025Egypt: 2 million TIV in 2024