Burkina Faso vs Somalia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 11,000 people in Burkina Faso and 14,000 people in Somalia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Somalia, by 3,000 people, or 1.27 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoSomalia
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people · IISS
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 11,000 2020 | 11,450 | 128 of 170 |
| Somalia | 14,000 2020 | 2,000 | 120 of 170 |
| World | 27.4 million 2020 | 28.1 million |
What the numbers say
- Somalia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Burkina Faso | Somalia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11,000 | 14,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 11,000 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 11,200 | 19,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 11,000 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 11,450 | 19,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 11,450 | 19,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 11,450 | 17,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 11,450 | 11,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 11,450 | 20,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 11,450 | 3,200 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 11,450 | 2,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 11,450 | 2,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 11,250 | – | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 11,250 | – | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 11,250 | – | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 10,250 | – | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 15,000 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 14,400 | – | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 14,200 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 11,300 | 50,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 10,300 | 50,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 10,250 | 225,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 10,000 | 225,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 10,300 | 225,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 10,300 | 225,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 9,000 | – | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 9,000 | – | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 9,000 | – | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 10,000 | – | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 10,000 | 47,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 8,000 | 47,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 4,000 | 62,700 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 9,000 | 43,000 | – |
| 1983 | 9,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1982 | 9,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1981 | 8,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1980 | 5,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1979 | 4,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1978 | 6,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1977 | 6,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1976 | 10,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1975 | 5,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1974 | 5,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1973 | 5,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1972 | 5,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1971 | 4,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1970 | 4,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1969 | 4,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1968 | 3,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1967 | 3,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1966 | 3,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1965 | 3,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1964 | 3,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1963 | 2,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | 4,000 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | 4,000 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | 4,000 | – |
- 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.
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