Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 34,000 people in Cameroon and 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 33,000 people, or 34 times that in Equatorial Guinea.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Cameroon 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 | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34,000 | 1,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 34,000 | 1,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 34,400 | 1,450 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 24,000 | 1,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 23,400 | 1,450 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 23,400 | 1,320 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 23,200 | 1,320 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 23,200 | 1,320 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 23,200 | 1,320 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 23,100 | 1,320 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 23,200 | 1,320 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 23,100 | 1,320 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 32,100 | 1,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 32,100 | 2,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 31,100 | 1,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 22,100 | 1,600 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 22,100 | 1,600 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 22,100 | 1,600 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 22,100 | 1,620 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 22,100 | 1,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 23,600 | 1,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 12,000 | 1,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 24,000 | 1,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 23,000 | 1,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 21,000 | 1,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 7,300 | 2,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 15,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1983 | 15,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1982 | 14,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1981 | 14,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1980 | 11,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1979 | 11,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1978 | 11,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1977 | 11,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1976 | 10,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1975 | 10,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1974 | 10,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1973 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1972 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1971 | 8,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1970 | 8,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1969 | 8,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1968 | 7,000 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 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
Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Equatorial Guinea: 6.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 52.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 4.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Equatorial Guinea: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 1.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.39% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 4.08 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 71.6% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 21 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 2.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCameroon: $1,489 in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $4,498 in 2025
- GDP growthCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Equatorial Guinea: -5.8% a year in 2025
- InflationCameroon: 3.5% a year in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 2.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtCameroon: 40.5% of GDP in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 35% of GDP in 2024
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 0.9% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $113M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Equatorial Guinea: $63 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Equatorial Guinea: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Equatorial Guinea: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Equatorial Guinea: 0.16% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Equatorial Guinea: 12 million TIV in 2024