China vs Congo - Kinshasa
China vs Congo - Kinshasa: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 2.54 million people in China and 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in China, by 2.4 million people, or 19 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, China ranked 2 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 | China | Congo - Kinshasa | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2.54 million | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 2.54 million | 134,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 2.7 million | 134,300 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 2.7 million | 134,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 2.7 million | 134,300 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 2.84 million | 134,300 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 2.99 million | 134,300 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 2.99 million | 134,300 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 2.99 million | 134,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 2.95 million | 134,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 2.95 million | 159,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 2.95 million | 159,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 2.89 million | 151,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 2.89 million | 143,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 3.61 million | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 3.76 million | 65,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 3.76 million | 64,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 3.75 million | 97,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 3.77 million | 81,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 3.81 million | 81,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 3.91 million | 92,900 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 3.82 million | 92,900 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 3.82 million | 87,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 3.64 million | 77,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 4.14 million | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 4.13 million | 65,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 2.93 million | 40,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 3.03 million | 40,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 3.16 million | 45,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 3.2 million | 60,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 3.5 million | 55,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 3.9 million | 51,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 3.9 million | 48,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 4.1 million | 60,000 | – |
| 1983 | 4.1 million | 42,000 | – |
| 1982 | 4.35 million | 40,000 | – |
| 1981 | 4.75 million | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 4.65 million | 26,000 | – |
| 1979 | 4.6 million | 23,000 | – |
| 1978 | 4.5 million | 53,000 | – |
| 1977 | 4.3 million | 53,000 | – |
| 1976 | 4.3 million | 55,000 | – |
| 1975 | 4.3 million | 55,000 | – |
| 1974 | 4.3 million | 60,000 | – |
| 1973 | 3.25 million | 65,000 | – |
| 1972 | 3.04 million | 45,000 | – |
| 1971 | 2.97 million | 45,000 | – |
| 1970 | 2.85 million | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 2.83 million | 45,000 | – |
| 1968 | 2.8 million | 30,000 | – |
| 1967 | 2.71 million | 35,000 | – |
| 1966 | 2.6 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 2.4 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1964 | 2.75 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 2.5 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 2.3 million | 20,000 | – |
| 1961 | 2.2 million | 18,000 | – |
| 1960 | 3.23 million | 25,000 | – |
| 1959 | 3.21 million | – | – |
| 1958 | 3.18 million | – | – |
| 1957 | 3.16 million | – | – |
| 1956 | 3.13 million | – | – |
| 1955 | 3 million | – | – |
| 1954 | 3.08 million | – | – |
| 1953 | 3.05 million | – | – |
| 1952 | 3.03 million | – | – |
| 1951 | 3 million | – | – |
| 1950 | 4 million | – | – |
| 1949 | 2.57 million | – | – |
| 1948 | 3.69 million | – | – |
| 1947 | 4.02 million | – | – |
| 1946 | 4.16 million | – | – |
| 1945 | 4.78 million | – | – |
| 1944 | 4.23 million | – | – |
| 1943 | 3.68 million | – | – |
| 1942 | 3.13 million | – | – |
| 1941 | 2.58 million | – | – |
| 1940 | 2.04 million | – | – |
| 1939 | 1.49 million | – | – |
| 1938 | 900,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 2 million | – | – |
| 1936 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1935 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1934 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1933 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1932 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1931 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1930 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1929 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1928 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1927 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1926 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1925 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1924 | 1.7 million | – | – |
| 1923 | 1.63 million | – | – |
| 1922 | 1.57 million | – | – |
| 1921 | 1.5 million | – | – |
| 1920 | 1.44 million | – | – |
| 1919 | 1.38 million | – | – |
| 1918 | 1.3 million | – | – |
| 1917 | 900,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 850,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 500,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 460,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 450,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 450,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1910 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1909 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1908 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1907 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1906 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1905 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1904 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1903 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1902 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1901 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1900 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1899 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1898 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1897 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1896 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1895 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1894 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1893 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1892 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1891 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1890 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1889 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1888 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1887 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1886 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1885 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1884 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1883 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1882 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1881 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1880 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1879 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1878 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1877 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1876 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1875 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1874 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1873 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1872 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1871 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1870 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1869 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1868 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1867 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1866 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1865 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1864 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1863 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1862 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1861 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1860 | 1 million | – | – |
- 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
China vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyChina: 78 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityChina: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityChina: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionChina: 3.31% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateChina: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationChina: 1.42 billion people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthChina: -0.24% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateChina: 1 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationChina: 66.3% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageChina: 39.1 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overChina: 14.3% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateChina: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingChina: 1.73% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsChina: $335B in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personChina: $237 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingChina: 5.1% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerChina: 23.41% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersChina: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsChina: 207 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsChina: 880 million TIV in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 22 million TIV in 1997