Brazil vs Dominican Republic
Brazil vs Dominican Republic: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 762,000 people in Brazil and 71,000 people in Dominican Republic, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Brazil, by 691,000 people, or 11 times that in Dominican Republic.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Brazil 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 | Brazil | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 762,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 762,000 | 71,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 761,500 | 71,050 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 730,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 729,500 | 71,050 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 729,500 | 71,050 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 729,500 | 71,050 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 713,500 | 61,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 713,500 | 61,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 713,500 | 39,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 713,500 | 39,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 713,500 | 39,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 721,000 | 40,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 721,000 | 65,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 754,000 | 65,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 673,000 | 40,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 687,000 | 39,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 673,200 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 673,200 | 39,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 673,200 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 673,200 | 39,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 676,600 | 39,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 698,900 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 700,300 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 680,600 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 680,600 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 296,000 | 22,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 296,000 | 22,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 296,000 | 22,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 295,000 | 21,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 295,000 | 21,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 319,000 | 21,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 276,000 | 22,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 459,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1983 | 460,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1982 | 460,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1981 | 450,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1980 | 450,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1979 | 450,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1978 | 450,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1977 | 450,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1976 | 450,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1975 | 455,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1974 | 435,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1973 | 420,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1972 | 410,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1971 | 375,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1970 | 375,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1969 | 360,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1968 | 340,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1967 | 330,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1966 | 325,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1965 | 320,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1964 | 315,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1963 | 305,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1962 | 185,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1961 | 180,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1960 | 241,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1959 | 235,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1958 | 229,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1957 | 113,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1956 | 107,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1955 | 107,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1954 | 231,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1953 | 231,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1952 | 231,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1951 | 231,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1950 | 231,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1949 | 231,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1948 | 131,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1947 | 131,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1946 | 119,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1942 | 105,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1941 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1940 | 103,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1939 | 93,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1938 | 97,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1937 | 98,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1936 | 96,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1935 | 97,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1934 | 97,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1933 | 64,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1932 | 71,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 57,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1930 | 57,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1929 | 57,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1928 | 48,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1927 | 52,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1926 | 57,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1925 | 60,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1924 | 58,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1923 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 53,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 56,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 64,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 25,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1915 | 25,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1914 | 25,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1913 | 31,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1912 | 31,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1911 | 31,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1910 | 31,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1909 | 29,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1908 | 26,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1907 | 22,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1906 | 33,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1905 | 19,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1904 | 32,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1903 | 24,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1902 | 24,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1901 | 22,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | 21,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | 23,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | 30,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1897 | 36,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1896 | 36,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1895 | 32,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1894 | 40,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1893 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 73,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 73,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 73,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 74,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 77,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1829 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1827 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1826 | 18,000 | – | – |
- 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
Brazil vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyBrazil: 75.9 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBrazil: 1.4 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBrazil: 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBrazil: 87.3% in 2022Dominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022
- DepressionBrazil: 3.3% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateBrazil: 6.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBrazil: 211 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBrazil: 0.41% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBrazil: 1.62 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBrazil: 88.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageBrazil: 33.9 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBrazil: 10.6% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBrazil: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personBrazil: $9,748 in 2025Dominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025
- GDP growthBrazil: 2.3% a year in 2025Dominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025
- InflationBrazil: 5% a year in 2025Dominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025
- Government debtBrazil: 93.3% of GDP in 2025Dominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBrazil: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBrazil: $23.6B in 2025Dominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025
- Military spending per personBrazil: $113 in 2025Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBrazil: 2.2% of government spending in 2025Dominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerBrazil: 2.01% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBrazil: 0.76% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBrazil: 462 million TIV in 2025Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBrazil: 153 million TIV in 2025Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022