Congo - Kinshasa vs United States

Congo - Kinshasa vs United States: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.26 million people, or 10 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.

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people · IISS

Congo - Kinshasa vs United States: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 134,000 people in Congo - Kinshasa and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.26 million people, or 10 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
  • In 2020, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 46 and United States ranked 5 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearCongo - KinshasaUnited StatesWorld
2020134,0001.4 million27.4 million
2019134,0001.39 million27.7 million
2018134,3001.38 million27.7 million
2017134,0001.36 million27.4 million
2016134,3001.35 million27.5 million
2015134,3001.35 million27.4 million
2014134,3001.38 million27.3 million
2013134,3001.43 million27.2 million
2012134,3001.49 million28.2 million
2011134,3001.52 million28 million
2010159,0001.57 million28.1 million
2009159,0001.56 million27.9 million
2008151,0001.54 million27.5 million
2007143,0001.56 million27.3 million
2006–1.5 million27 million
200565,0001.55 million28.5 million
200464,0001.47 million27.1 million
200397,8001.48 million28.2 million
200281,4001.47 million28.3 million
200181,4001.42 million28.2 million
200092,9001.46 million29.4 million
199992,9001.58 million29.6 million
199887,0001.59 million29.9 million
199777,0001.53 million29.9 million
199665,1001.57 million30.2 million
199565,1001.64 million30.2 million
199440,0001.72 million23.2 million
199340,0001.82 million23.7 million
199245,0001.92 million24.5 million
199160,0002.12 million22.7 million
199055,0002.18 million23.9 million
198951,0002.24 million24.3 million
198548,0002.15 million22.2 million
198460,0002.22 million–
198342,0002.2 million–
198240,0002.17 million–
198144,0002.1 million–
198026,0002.05 million–
197923,0002.03 million–
197853,0002.06 million–
197753,0002.06 million–
197655,0002.08 million–
197555,0002.1 million–
197460,0002.15 million–
197365,0002.21 million–
197245,0002.32 million–
197145,0002.72 million–
197045,0003.07 million–
196945,0003.46 million–
196830,0003.55 million–
196735,0003.38 million–
196625,0003.09 million–
196525,0002.66 million–
196425,0002.69 million–
196325,0002.7 million–
196220,0002.81 million–
196118,0002.31 million–
196025,0002.31 million–
1959–2.33 million–
1958–2.41 million–
1957–2.8 million–
1956–2.81 million–
1955–2.94 million–
1954–3.3 million–
1953–3.56 million–
1952–3.64 million–
1951–3.25 million–
1950–1.46 million–
1949–1.62 million–
1948–1.45 million–
1947–1.58 million–
1946–3.03 million–
1945–12.1 million–
1944–11.5 million–
1943–9.05 million–
1942–3.86 million–
1941–1.8 million–
1940–458,000–
1939–334,000–
1938–323,000–
1937–312,000–
1936–291,000–
1935–252,000–
1934–247,000–
1933–244,000–
1932–245,000–
1931–253,000–
1930–256,000–
1929–255,000–
1928–251,000–
1927–249,000–
1926–247,000–
1925–252,000–
1924–261,000–
1923–247,000–
1922–270,000–
1921–387,000–
1920–343,000–
1919–1.17 million–
1918–2.9 million–
1917–644,000–
1916–179,000–
1915–174,000–
1914–166,000–
1913–155,000–
1912–153,000–
1911–145,000–
1910–139,000–
1909–142,000–
1908–129,000–
1907–108,000–
1906–112,000–
1905–108,000–
1904–110,000–
1903–106,000–
1902–111,000–
1901–112,000–
1900–126,000–
1899–100,000–
1898–236,000–
1897–44,000–
1896–42,000–
1895–42,000–
1894–42,000–
1893–39,000–
1892–39,000–
1891–38,000–
1890–39,000–
1889–39,000–
1888–39,000–
1887–39,000–
1886–39,000–
1885–39,000–
1884–39,000–
1883–37,000–
1882–38,000–
1881–38,000–
1880–38,000–
1879–38,000–
1878–36,000–
1877–34,000–
1876–41,000–
1875–38,000–
1874–44,000–
1873–43,000–
1872–42,000–
1871–42,000–
1870–50,000–
1869–52,000–
1868–66,000–
1867–75,000–
1866–77,000–
1865–1.06 million–
1864–1.03 million–
1863–960,000–
1862–673,000–
1861–217,000–
1860–28,000–
1859–29,000–
1858–29,000–
1857–27,000–
1856–26,000–
1855–26,000–
1854–21,000–
1853–21,000–
1852–21,000–
1851–21,000–
1850–21,000–
1849–23,000–
1848–60,000–
1847–58,000–
1846–39,000–
1845–21,000–
1844–21,000–
1843–21,000–
1842–23,000–
1841–21,000–
1840–22,000–
1839–19,000–
1838–18,000–
1837–22,000–
1836–17,000–
1835–14,000–
1834–13,000–
1833–13,000–
1832–12,000–
1831–11,000–
1830–12,000–
1829–12,000–
1828–11,000–
1827–12,000–
1826–12,000–
1825–11,000–
1824–11,000–
1823–11,000–
1822–10,000–
1821–11,000–
1820–15,000–
1819–13,000–
1818–14,000–
1817–15,000–
1816–17,000–
  • 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.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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