Canada vs Congo - Kinshasa: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 72,000 people in Canada and 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 62,000 people, or 1.86 times that in Canada.
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people · IISS
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 72,000 2020 | 65,700 | 58 of 170 |
| Congo - Kinshasa | 134,000 2020 | 159,000 | 46 of 170 |
| World | 27.4 million 2020 | 28.1 million |
What the numbers say
- Congo - Kinshasa has been higher since 2007, when it overtook Canada.
- In 2020, Canada ranked 58 and Congo - Kinshasa ranked 46 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Canada | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 72,000 | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 72,000 | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 72,400 | 134,300 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 72,000 | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 67,500 | 134,300 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 67,500 | 134,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 70,200 | 134,300 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 65,700 | 134,300 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 66,000 | 134,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 65,700 | 134,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 65,700 | 159,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 65,720 | 159,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 64,000 | 151,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 64,000 | 143,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 64,000 | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 71,000 | 65,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 71,000 | 64,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 61,600 | 97,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 61,600 | 81,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 66,100 | 81,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 68,500 | 92,900 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 69,950 | 92,900 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 69,950 | 87,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 72,700 | 77,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 79,800 | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 75,700 | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 75,000 | 40,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 76,000 | 40,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 82,000 | 45,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 86,000 | 60,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 87,000 | 55,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 88,000 | 51,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 83,000 | 48,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 82,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1983 | 81,000 | 42,000 | – |
| 1982 | 81,000 | 40,000 | – |
| 1981 | 81,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 82,000 | 26,000 | – |
| 1979 | 79,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1978 | 79,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1977 | 78,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1976 | 78,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1975 | 78,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1974 | 82,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1973 | 82,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1972 | 90,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1971 | 85,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1970 | 95,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 100,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1968 | 105,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1967 | 105,000 | 35,000 | – |
| 1966 | 110,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 120,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1964 | 120,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 120,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 124,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1961 | 124,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1960 | 121,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1959 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 119,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 121,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 116,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 112,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 108,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 104,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 102,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 801,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 728,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 740,000 | – | – |
| 1942 | 400,000 | – | – |
| 1941 | 280,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 4,000 | – | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
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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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