Cameroon vs Côte d’Ivoire
Cameroon vs Côte d’Ivoire: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 34,000 people in Cameroon and 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 7,000 people, or 1.26 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Cameroon | Côte d’Ivoire | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 34,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 34,000 | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 34,400 | 27,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 24,000 | 27,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 23,400 | 25,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 23,400 | 25,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 23,200 | 25,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 23,200 | – | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 23,200 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 23,100 | – | 28 million |
| 2010 | 23,200 | – | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 23,100 | 18,550 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 23,000 | 19,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 23,000 | 19,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 23,000 | 19,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 23,000 | 18,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 32,100 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 32,100 | – | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 31,100 | – | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 22,100 | – | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 22,100 | 15,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 22,100 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 22,100 | 15,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 22,100 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 23,600 | 15,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 12,000 | 15,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 24,000 | 15,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 23,000 | 15,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1987 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1986 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1985 | 7,300 | 8,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 15,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1983 | 15,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1982 | 14,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1981 | 14,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1980 | 11,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1979 | 11,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1978 | 11,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1977 | 11,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1976 | 10,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1975 | 10,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1974 | 10,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1973 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1972 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1971 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1970 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | 8,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1968 | 7,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1967 | 8,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1965 | 8,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1964 | 6,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1963 | 8,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1962 | 5,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1961 | 4,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1960 | 1,000 | 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 Côte d’Ivoire
Health
- Life expectancyCameroon: 63.7 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Côte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCameroon: 3.75% in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateCameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthCameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCameroon: 55.7% in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025
- Median ageCameroon: 17.8 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCameroon: 2.8% in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCameroon: $580M in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025
- Military spending per personCameroon: $21 in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025