Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 71,000 people in Dominican Republic and 341,000 people in Mexico, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mexico, by 270,000 people, or 4.8 times that in Dominican Republic.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Mexico 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 | Dominican Republic | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 71,000 | 341,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 71,000 | 328,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 71,050 | 348,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 71,000 | 336,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 71,050 | 336,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 71,050 | 336,100 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 71,050 | 336,100 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 61,000 | 325,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 61,000 | 329,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 39,500 | 329,800 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 39,500 | 331,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 39,500 | 331,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 40,000 | 305,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 65,000 | 286,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 65,000 | 280,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 40,000 | 204,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 39,000 | 203,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 39,500 | 203,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 39,500 | 203,800 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 39,500 | 203,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 39,500 | 207,800 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 39,500 | 193,800 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 39,500 | 190,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 39,500 | 190,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 39,500 | 190,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 39,500 | 189,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 22,000 | 175,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 22,000 | 175,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 22,000 | 175,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 21,000 | 175,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 21,000 | 175,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 21,000 | 154,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 22,200 | 129,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 22,000 | 129,000 | – |
| 1983 | 23,000 | 130,000 | – |
| 1982 | 25,000 | 130,000 | – |
| 1981 | 24,000 | 125,000 | – |
| 1980 | 24,000 | 120,000 | – |
| 1979 | 19,000 | 120,000 | – |
| 1978 | 19,000 | 120,000 | – |
| 1977 | 19,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1976 | 18,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1975 | 18,000 | 95,000 | – |
| 1974 | 18,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1973 | 16,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1972 | 16,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1971 | 16,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1970 | 17,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1969 | 17,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1968 | 18,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1967 | 19,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1966 | 19,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1965 | 17,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1964 | 19,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1963 | 20,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1962 | 19,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1961 | 19,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1960 | 18,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1959 | 18,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1958 | 18,000 | 49,000 | – |
| 1957 | 18,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1956 | 9,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1955 | 9,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1954 | 16,000 | 56,000 | – |
| 1953 | 16,000 | 56,000 | – |
| 1952 | 16,000 | 56,000 | – |
| 1951 | 15,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1950 | 15,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1949 | 15,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1948 | 15,000 | 61,000 | – |
| 1947 | 10,000 | 61,000 | – |
| 1946 | 7,000 | 61,000 | – |
| 1945 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 4,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1942 | 4,000 | 52,000 | – |
| 1941 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 2,000 | 49,000 | – |
| 1938 | 3,000 | 49,000 | – |
| 1937 | 3,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1936 | 3,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1935 | 3,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1934 | 3,000 | 59,000 | – |
| 1933 | 2,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1932 | 2,000 | 54,000 | – |
| 1931 | 2,000 | 61,000 | – |
| 1930 | 2,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1929 | 2,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1928 | 2,000 | 74,000 | – |
| 1927 | 3,000 | 69,000 | – |
| 1926 | 2,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1925 | 2,000 | 64,000 | – |
| 1924 | 2,000 | 52,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 66,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 85,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 103,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 120,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 137,000 | – |
| 1918 | – | 55,000 | – |
| 1916 | 1,000 | 200,000 | – |
| 1915 | 1,000 | 180,000 | – |
| 1914 | 1,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1913 | 1,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1912 | 1,000 | 57,000 | – |
| 1911 | 1,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1910 | 1,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1909 | 1,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1908 | 1,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1907 | 1,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1906 | 1,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1905 | 1,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1904 | 1,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1903 | 1,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1902 | 1,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1901 | 1,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1900 | 1,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1899 | 1,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1898 | 1,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1897 | 1,000 | 33,000 | – |
| 1896 | 1,000 | 35,000 | – |
| 1895 | 1,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1894 | 1,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 38,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 49,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 38,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 37,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 37,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 32,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 33,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 40,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 27,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 26,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 24,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 23,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1838 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1837 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1836 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1835 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1834 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1832 | – | 25,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 25,000 | – |
- 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
Dominican Republic vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyDominican Republic: 73.7 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityDominican Republic: 3.1 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityDominican Republic: 25.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterDominican Republic: 44.9% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionDominican Republic: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateDominican Republic: 8.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationDominican Republic: 11.3 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthDominican Republic: 0.86% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateDominican Republic: 2.24 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationDominican Republic: 72.5% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageDominican Republic: 27.7 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overDominican Republic: 7.6% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateDominican Republic: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personDominican Republic: $9,287 in 2025Mexico: $10,260 in 2025
- GDP growthDominican Republic: 2.1% a year in 2025Mexico: 0.5% a year in 2025
- InflationDominican Republic: 3.9% a year in 2025Mexico: 3.8% a year in 2025
- Government debtDominican Republic: 59% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 61.7% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingDominican Republic: 0.8% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsDominican Republic: $1.04B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personDominican Republic: $90 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingDominican Republic: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerDominican Republic: 0.11% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersDominican Republic: 1.48% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsDominican Republic: 13 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsDominican Republic: 0 TIV in 2022Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019