Congo - Kinshasa vs South Korea: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa and 569,000 people in South Korea, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in South Korea, by 435,000 people, or 4.25 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
Congo - KinshasaSouth Korea
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people · IISS
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo - Kinshasa | 134,000 2020 | 159,000 | 46 of 170 |
| South Korea | 569,000 2020 | 659,500 | 11 of 170 |
| World | 27.4 million 2020 | 28.1 million |
What the numbers say
- South Korea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 46 and South Korea ranked 11 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Congo - Kinshasa | South Korea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 134,000 | 569,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 134,000 | 613,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 134,300 | 608,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 134,000 | 634,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 134,300 | 634,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 134,300 | 634,500 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 134,300 | 632,500 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 134,300 | 659,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 134,300 | 659,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 134,300 | 659,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 159,000 | 659,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 159,000 | 659,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 151,000 | 692,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 143,000 | 692,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 692,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 65,000 | 693,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 64,000 | 696,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 97,800 | 690,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 81,400 | 690,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 81,400 | 687,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 92,900 | 687,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 92,900 | 676,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 87,000 | 676,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 77,000 | 676,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 65,100 | 668,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 65,100 | 641,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 40,000 | 750,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 40,000 | 750,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 45,000 | 750,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 60,000 | 750,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 55,000 | 650,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 51,000 | 647,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 48,000 | 598,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 60,000 | 602,000 | – |
| 1983 | 42,000 | 602,000 | – |
| 1982 | 40,000 | 601,000 | – |
| 1981 | 44,000 | 606,000 | – |
| 1980 | 26,000 | 600,000 | – |
| 1979 | 23,000 | 638,000 | – |
| 1978 | 53,000 | 600,000 | – |
| 1977 | 53,000 | 600,000 | – |
| 1976 | 55,000 | 610,000 | – |
| 1975 | 55,000 | 630,000 | – |
| 1974 | 60,000 | 634,000 | – |
| 1973 | 65,000 | 634,000 | – |
| 1972 | 45,000 | 635,000 | – |
| 1971 | 45,000 | 638,000 | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | 645,000 | – |
| 1969 | 45,000 | 620,000 | – |
| 1968 | 30,000 | 620,000 | – |
| 1967 | 35,000 | 612,000 | – |
| 1966 | 25,000 | 572,000 | – |
| 1965 | 25,000 | 604,000 | – |
| 1964 | 25,000 | 600,000 | – |
| 1963 | 25,000 | 627,000 | – |
| 1962 | 20,000 | 570,000 | – |
| 1961 | 18,000 | 570,000 | – |
| 1960 | 25,000 | 650,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 650,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 650,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 650,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 650,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 730,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 630,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 504,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 335,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 196,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 109,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 69,000 | – |
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time