Colombia vs Dominican Republic
Colombia vs Dominican Republic: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 428,000 people in Colombia and 71,000 people in Dominican Republic, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 357,000 people, or 6.03 times that in Dominican Republic.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Colombia 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 | Colombia | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 428,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 481,000 | 71,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 481,200 | 71,050 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 481,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 481,100 | 71,050 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 481,100 | 71,050 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 455,800 | 71,050 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 455,800 | 61,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 440,200 | 61,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 440,200 | 39,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 441,800 | 39,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 441,800 | 39,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 411,000 | 40,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 411,000 | 65,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 398,000 | 65,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 336,000 | 40,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 336,000 | 39,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 304,600 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 262,600 | 39,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 262,600 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 247,000 | 39,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 231,000 | 39,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 233,300 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 233,300 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 233,300 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 233,400 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 146,000 | 22,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 139,000 | 22,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 139,000 | 22,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 110,000 | 21,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 110,000 | 21,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 91,000 | 21,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 66,200 | 22,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 70,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1983 | 70,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1982 | 70,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1981 | 65,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1980 | 60,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1979 | 60,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1978 | 60,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1977 | 60,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1976 | 60,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1975 | 50,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1974 | 50,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1973 | 50,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1972 | 50,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1971 | 50,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1969 | 50,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1968 | 50,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1967 | 50,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1966 | 50,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1965 | 50,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1964 | 55,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1963 | 50,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1962 | 55,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1961 | 55,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1960 | 18,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1959 | 17,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1958 | 19,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1957 | 15,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1956 | 17,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1955 | 12,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1954 | 19,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1953 | 18,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1952 | 17,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1951 | 17,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1950 | 17,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1949 | 17,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1948 | 17,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1947 | 17,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1946 | 17,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1945 | 11,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1944 | 11,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1943 | 11,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1942 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1941 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1940 | – | 3,000 | – |
| 1939 | 15,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1938 | 18,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1937 | 15,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1936 | 12,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1935 | 13,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1934 | 13,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1933 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1932 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1929 | 9,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1928 | 9,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1926 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1925 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1924 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1923 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1915 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1914 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1913 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1912 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1911 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1910 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1909 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1908 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1907 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1906 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1905 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1904 | 10,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1903 | 15,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1902 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1901 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1897 | 1,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1896 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1895 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1894 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1893 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 3,000 | – | – |
- 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
Colombia vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterColombia: 73.9% in 2022Dominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personColombia: $6,976 in 2025Dominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025
- GDP growthColombia: 2.6% a year in 2025Dominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025
- InflationColombia: 5.1% a year in 2025Dominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025
- Government debtColombia: 59.9% of GDP in 2025Dominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025Dominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025Dominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022