Egypt vs Libya
Egypt vs Libya: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 836,000 people in Egypt and 0 people in Libya, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Egypt, by 836,000 people.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Egypt 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 | Egypt | Libya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 836,000 | 0 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 836,000 | – | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 835,500 | – | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 836,000 | – | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 835,500 | – | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 835,500 | – | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 835,500 | 0 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 835,500 | 7,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 835,500 | 7,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 835,500 | – | 28 million |
| 2010 | 835,500 | – | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 865,500 | 76,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 866,000 | 76,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 866,000 | 76,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 866,000 | 76,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 799,000 | 76,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 798,000 | 76,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 780,000 | 76,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 773,000 | 76,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 768,000 | 76,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 678,500 | 76,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 680,000 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 680,000 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 680,000 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 672,000 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 610,000 | 80,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 430,000 | 80,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 424,000 | 85,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 424,000 | 85,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 434,000 | 86,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 434,000 | 86,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 450,000 | 86,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 445,000 | 73,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 466,000 | 90,000 | – |
| 1983 | 447,000 | 68,000 | – |
| 1982 | 447,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1981 | 447,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1980 | 447,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1979 | 447,000 | 51,000 | – |
| 1978 | 447,000 | 50,000 | – |
| 1977 | 350,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1976 | 400,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1975 | 400,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1974 | 410,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1973 | 390,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1972 | 390,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1971 | 315,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1970 | 255,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1969 | 230,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1968 | 195,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1967 | 220,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1966 | 215,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1965 | 205,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1964 | 160,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1963 | 135,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1962 | 220,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1961 | 215,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1960 | 160,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1959 | 157,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1958 | 107,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1957 | 95,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1956 | 93,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1955 | 92,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1954 | 88,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1953 | 85,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1952 | 81,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1951 | 77,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1950 | 74,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 70,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 64,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 57,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 24,000 | – | – |
- 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
Egypt vs Libya
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Libya: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Libya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Libya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Libya: 3.81% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Libya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Libya: 7.31 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Libya: 1.01% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Libya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Libya: 87.9% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Libya: 27.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Libya: 4.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Libya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Libya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Libya: $1.6B in 2023
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Libya: $216 in 2023
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Libya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Libya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Libya: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Libya: 5 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Libya: 0 TIV in 2016