Eritrea vs Ethiopia

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 202,000 people in Eritrea and 138,000 people in Ethiopia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 64,000 people, or 1.46 times that in Ethiopia.

Watch it change on the map

people · IISS

Eritrea vs Ethiopia: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 202,000 people in Eritrea and 138,000 people in Ethiopia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Eritrea, by 64,000 people, or 1.46 times that in Ethiopia.
EritreaEthiopiaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Eritrea has been higher since 2003, when it overtook Ethiopia.
  • In 2020, Eritrea ranked 31 and Ethiopia ranked 44 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearEritreaEthiopiaWorld
2020202,000138,00027.4 million
2019202,000138,00027.7 million
2018201,800138,00027.7 million
2017202,000138,00027.4 million
2016201,800138,00027.5 million
2015201,800138,00027.4 million
2014201,800138,00027.3 million
2013201,800138,00027.2 million
2012201,800138,00028.2 million
2011201,800138,00028 million
2010201,800138,00028.1 million
2009201,800138,00027.9 million
2008202,000138,00027.5 million
2007202,000138,00027.3 million
2006––27 million
2005202,000183,00028.5 million
2004201,000182,00027.1 million
2003202,000162,40028.2 million
2002172,200252,50028.3 million
2001171,900252,50028.2 million
2000200,000352,50029.4 million
1999200,000325,50029.6 million
199847,100120,00029.9 million
199746,000120,00029.9 million
199655,000120,00030.2 million
199555,000120,00030.2 million
199455,000120,00023.2 million
199355,000120,00023.7 million
1992–120,00024.5 million
1991–120,00022.7 million
1990–250,00023.9 million
1989–250,00024.3 million
1985–217,00022.2 million
1984–190,000–
1983–240,000–
1982–240,000–
1981–240,000–
1980–250,000–
1979–250,000–
1978–233,000–
1977–225,000–
1976–65,000–
1975–50,000–
1974–45,000–
1973–50,000–
1972–50,000–
1971–45,000–
1970–45,000–
1969–45,000–
1968–45,000–
1967–45,000–
1966–40,000–
1965–60,000–
1964–60,000–
1963–55,000–
1962–30,000–
1961–27,000–
1960–29,000–
1959–29,000–
1958–36,000–
1957–32,000–
1956–28,000–
1955–24,000–
1954–20,000–
1953–20,000–
1952–20,000–
1951–20,000–
1950–20,000–
1949–10,000–
1948–10,000–
1947–10,000–
1946–10,000–
1936–500,000–
1935–100,000–
1934–100,000–
1933–100,000–
1932–100,000–
1931–100,000–
1930–100,000–
1929–100,000–
1928–100,000–
1927–100,000–
1926–100,000–
1925–100,000–
1924–100,000–
1923–100,000–
1922–100,000–
1921–100,000–
1920–100,000–
1919–100,000–
1918–250,000–
1917–250,000–
1916–250,000–
1915–250,000–
1914–250,000–
1913–150,000–
1912–150,000–
1911–150,000–
1910–150,000–
1909–150,000–
1908–150,000–
1907–150,000–
1906–150,000–
1905–150,000–
1904–150,000–
1903–150,000–
1902–150,000–
1901–150,000–
1900–150,000–
1899–150,000–
1898–150,000–
  • 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

Eritrea vs Ethiopia

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment