Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Cuba vs Dominican Republic: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 76,000 people in Cuba and 71,000 people in Dominican Republic, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Cuba, by 5,000 people, or 1.07 times that in Dominican Republic.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Cuba 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 | Cuba | Dominican Republic | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 76,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 76,000 | 71,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 76,000 | 71,050 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 76,000 | 71,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 75,500 | 71,050 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 75,500 | 71,050 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 75,500 | 71,050 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 75,500 | 61,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 75,500 | 61,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 75,500 | 39,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 75,500 | 39,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 75,500 | 39,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 76,000 | 40,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 76,000 | 65,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 76,000 | 65,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 76,000 | 40,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 75,000 | 39,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 72,500 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 72,500 | 39,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 72,500 | 39,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 84,500 | 39,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 91,500 | 39,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 79,000 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 79,000 | 39,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 119,000 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 124,000 | 39,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 140,000 | 22,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 175,000 | 22,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 175,000 | 22,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 297,000 | 21,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 297,000 | 21,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 297,000 | 21,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 161,500 | 22,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 297,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1983 | 250,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1982 | 230,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1981 | 225,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1980 | 220,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1979 | 210,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1978 | 210,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1977 | 200,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1976 | 125,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1975 | 120,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1974 | 140,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1973 | 140,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1972 | 140,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1971 | 140,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1970 | 140,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1969 | 140,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1968 | 110,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1967 | 110,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1966 | 110,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1965 | 110,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1964 | 110,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1963 | 80,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1962 | 270,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1961 | 270,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1960 | 46,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1959 | 19,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1958 | 19,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1957 | 19,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1956 | 13,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1955 | 13,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1954 | 21,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1953 | 21,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1952 | 20,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1951 | 20,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1950 | 20,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1949 | 19,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1948 | 18,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1947 | 18,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1946 | 18,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1945 | 21,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1944 | 20,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1943 | 20,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1942 | 20,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1941 | 19,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1940 | 19,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1939 | 19,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1938 | 19,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1937 | 19,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1936 | 16,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1935 | 16,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1934 | 13,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1933 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1932 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1930 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1929 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1928 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1927 | 13,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1926 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1925 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1924 | 12,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1923 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 18,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1915 | 15,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1914 | 13,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1913 | 11,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1912 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1911 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1910 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1909 | 5,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1906 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1905 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1904 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1903 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1902 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 1,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 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
Cuba vs Dominican Republic
Health
- Life expectancyCuba: 78.1 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCuba: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Dominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Dominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCuba: 3.32% in 2017Dominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017
- Suicide rateCuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Dominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCuba: 11 million people in 2023Dominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthCuba: -0.35% a year in 2023Dominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Dominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCuba: 77.2% in 2025Dominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025
- Median ageCuba: 41.7 years in 2023Dominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCuba: 16.2% in 2023Dominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Dominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018Dominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personCuba: $11 in 2018Dominican Republic: $90 in 2025
- National powerCuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Dominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020Dominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCuba: 8 million TIV in 2004Dominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCuba: 8 million TIV in 1980Dominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022