Chad vs Congo - Kinshasa: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 45,000 people in Chad and 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 89,000 people, or 2.98 times that in Chad.
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Latest figures
people · IISS
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 45,000 2020 | 34,850 | 75 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 1995.
- In 2020, Chad ranked 75 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 | Chad | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 45,000 | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 45,000 | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 32,850 | 134,300 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 35,000 | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 39,850 | 134,300 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 39,850 | 134,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 39,850 | 134,300 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 34,850 | 134,300 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 34,850 | 134,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 34,850 | 134,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 34,850 | 159,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 35,030 | 159,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 35,000 | 151,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 35,000 | 143,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 35,000 | 65,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 34,000 | 64,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 34,800 | 97,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 34,900 | 81,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 34,900 | 81,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 34,600 | 92,900 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 34,850 | 92,900 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 34,850 | 87,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 34,850 | 77,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 34,850 | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 34,850 | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 40,000 | 40,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 30,000 | 40,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 38,000 | 45,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 50,000 | 60,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 50,000 | 55,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 33,000 | 51,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 12,200 | 48,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 16,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1983 | 4,000 | 42,000 | – |
| 1982 | 3,000 | 40,000 | – |
| 1981 | 3,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 3,000 | 26,000 | – |
| 1979 | 5,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1978 | 5,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1977 | 9,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1976 | 11,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1975 | 11,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1974 | 10,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1973 | 10,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1972 | 10,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1971 | 8,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1970 | 7,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 5,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1968 | 6,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1967 | 5,000 | 35,000 | – |
| 1966 | 5,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 4,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1964 | 2,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 2,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | 20,000 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | 18,000 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | 25,000 | – |
- 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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