Djibouti vs Eritrea
Djibouti vs Eritrea: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 13,000 people in Djibouti and 202,000 people in Eritrea, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 189,000 people, or 16 times that in Djibouti.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Eritrea has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Djibouti | Eritrea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13,000 | 202,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 13,000 | 202,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 13,450 | 201,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 13,000 | 202,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 13,100 | 201,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 12,950 | 201,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 13,000 | 202,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 12,000 | 202,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 13,000 | 202,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 11,000 | 201,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 12,300 | 202,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 12,300 | 172,200 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 12,600 | 171,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 12,600 | 200,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 12,600 | 200,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 12,600 | 47,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 12,600 | 46,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 12,600 | 55,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 12,600 | 55,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 8,000 | 55,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 8,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 8,000 | – | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 3,000 | – | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 4,000 | – | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 4,000 | – | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 3,000 | – | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | – |
- 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
Djibouti vs Eritrea
Health
- Life expectancyDjibouti: 66 years in 2023Eritrea: 68.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDjibouti: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Eritrea: 3.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDjibouti: 36.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Eritrea: 27.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionDjibouti: 3.61% in 2017Eritrea: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateDjibouti: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Eritrea: 15.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDjibouti: 1.15 million people in 2023Eritrea: 3.47 million people in 2023
- Population growthDjibouti: 1.38% a year in 2023Eritrea: 1.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDjibouti: 2.61 births per woman in 2023Eritrea: 3.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDjibouti: 73% in 2025Eritrea: 34.5% in 2025
- Median ageDjibouti: 24.4 years in 2023Eritrea: 18.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDjibouti: 4.7% in 2023Eritrea: 4.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateDjibouti: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Eritrea: -4.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDjibouti: 2.63% of GDP in 2008Eritrea: 20.87% of GDP in 2003
- Military spending per personDjibouti: $41 in 2008Eritrea: $75 in 2003
- Military share of state spendingDjibouti: 9.1% of government spending in 2008Eritrea: 46.4% of government spending in 2003
- National powerDjibouti: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Eritrea: 0.31% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDjibouti: 5.4% of the labour force in 2020Eritrea: 13.29% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDjibouti: 0 TIV in 2023Eritrea: 4 million TIV in 2007