Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire
Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 12,000 people in Benin and 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 15,000 people, or 2.25 times that in Benin.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Benin | Côte d’Ivoire | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 12,000 | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 12,250 | 27,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 12,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 9,750 | 25,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 9,750 | 25,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 9,450 | 25,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 9,450 | – | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 9,450 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 9,450 | – | 28 million |
| 2010 | 7,250 | – | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 7,250 | 18,550 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 8,000 | 19,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 8,000 | 19,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 8,000 | 19,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 6,000 | 18,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 7,100 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 7,100 | – | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 7,300 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 7,300 | – | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 7,300 | 15,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 7,300 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 7,300 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 7,300 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 7,300 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 8,000 | 15,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 8,000 | 15,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 7,000 | 15,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 7,000 | 15,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 6,000 | 15,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 5,000 | 15,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1987 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1986 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1985 | 4,500 | 8,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1983 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1982 | 6,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1981 | 6,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1980 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1979 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1978 | 4,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1977 | 2,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1976 | 3,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1975 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1974 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1973 | 3,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1972 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1971 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1970 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1968 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1967 | 3,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1965 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1964 | 2,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1963 | 2,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1962 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | 4,000 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | 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
Benin vs Côte d’Ivoire
Health
- Life expectancyBenin: 60.8 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBenin: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Côte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBenin: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBenin: 3.63% in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateBenin: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBenin: 14.1 million people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthBenin: 2.51% a year in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBenin: 4.56 births per woman in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBenin: 53.4% in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025
- Median ageBenin: 17.8 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBenin: 3.1% in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBenin: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBenin: 0.89% of GDP in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBenin: $204M in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025
- Military spending per personBenin: $15 in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBenin: 4.8% of government spending in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- National powerBenin: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBenin: 0.21% of the labour force in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBenin: 4 million TIV in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025