Ethiopia vs Italy
Ethiopia vs Italy: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 138,000 people in Ethiopia and 338,000 people in Italy, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Italy, by 200,000 people, or 2.45 times that in Ethiopia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Italy has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Ethiopia ranked 44 and Italy ranked 20 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Ethiopia | Italy | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 138,000 | 338,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 138,000 | 342,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 138,000 | 341,500 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 138,000 | 347,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 138,000 | 356,900 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 138,000 | 356,900 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 138,000 | 356,900 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 138,000 | 359,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 138,000 | 359,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 138,000 | 367,600 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 138,000 | 359,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 138,000 | 326,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 138,000 | 436,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 138,000 | 436,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 440,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 183,000 | 445,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 182,000 | 445,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 162,400 | 454,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 252,500 | 471,100 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 252,500 | 482,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 352,500 | 503,100 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 325,500 | 521,200 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 120,000 | 554,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 120,000 | 580,900 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 120,000 | 580,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 120,000 | 585,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 120,000 | 436,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 120,000 | 450,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 120,000 | 471,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 120,000 | 473,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 250,000 | 493,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 250,000 | 506,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 217,000 | 385,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 190,000 | 508,000 | – |
| 1983 | 240,000 | 498,000 | – |
| 1982 | 240,000 | 517,000 | – |
| 1981 | 240,000 | 505,000 | – |
| 1980 | 250,000 | 500,000 | – |
| 1979 | 250,000 | 490,000 | – |
| 1978 | 233,000 | 489,000 | – |
| 1977 | 225,000 | 475,000 | – |
| 1976 | 65,000 | 455,000 | – |
| 1975 | 50,000 | 459,000 | – |
| 1974 | 45,000 | 534,000 | – |
| 1973 | 50,000 | 548,000 | – |
| 1972 | 50,000 | 510,000 | – |
| 1971 | 45,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1969 | 45,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1968 | 45,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1967 | 45,000 | 430,000 | – |
| 1966 | 40,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1965 | 60,000 | 460,000 | – |
| 1964 | 60,000 | 590,000 | – |
| 1963 | 55,000 | 515,000 | – |
| 1962 | 30,000 | 470,000 | – |
| 1961 | 27,000 | 470,000 | – |
| 1960 | 29,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1959 | 29,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1958 | 36,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1957 | 32,000 | 321,000 | – |
| 1956 | 28,000 | 320,000 | – |
| 1955 | 24,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1954 | 20,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1953 | 20,000 | 330,000 | – |
| 1952 | 20,000 | 325,000 | – |
| 1951 | 20,000 | 320,000 | – |
| 1950 | 20,000 | 235,000 | – |
| 1949 | 10,000 | 330,000 | – |
| 1948 | 10,000 | 310,000 | – |
| 1947 | 10,000 | 280,000 | – |
| 1946 | 10,000 | 260,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 276,000 | – |
| 1944 | – | 283,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 3.75 million | – |
| 1940 | – | 1.63 million | – |
| 1939 | – | 581,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 486,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 466,000 | – |
| 1936 | 500,000 | 343,000 | – |
| 1935 | 100,000 | 1.38 million | – |
| 1934 | 100,000 | 362,000 | – |
| 1933 | 100,000 | 363,000 | – |
| 1932 | 100,000 | 354,000 | – |
| 1931 | 100,000 | 314,000 | – |
| 1930 | 100,000 | 333,000 | – |
| 1929 | 100,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1928 | 100,000 | 317,000 | – |
| 1927 | 100,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1926 | 100,000 | 317,000 | – |
| 1925 | 100,000 | 299,000 | – |
| 1924 | 100,000 | 380,000 | – |
| 1923 | 100,000 | 311,000 | – |
| 1922 | 100,000 | 291,000 | – |
| 1921 | 100,000 | 290,000 | – |
| 1920 | 100,000 | 840,000 | – |
| 1919 | 100,000 | 2 million | – |
| 1918 | 250,000 | 3.16 million | – |
| 1917 | 250,000 | 3.16 million | – |
| 1916 | 250,000 | 3.16 million | – |
| 1915 | 250,000 | 3.16 million | – |
| 1914 | 250,000 | 344,000 | – |
| 1913 | 150,000 | 288,000 | – |
| 1912 | 150,000 | 398,000 | – |
| 1911 | 150,000 | 291,000 | – |
| 1910 | 150,000 | 252,000 | – |
| 1909 | 150,000 | 251,000 | – |
| 1908 | 150,000 | 227,000 | – |
| 1907 | 150,000 | 219,000 | – |
| 1906 | 150,000 | 267,000 | – |
| 1905 | 150,000 | 266,000 | – |
| 1904 | 150,000 | 263,000 | – |
| 1903 | 150,000 | 270,000 | – |
| 1902 | 150,000 | 276,000 | – |
| 1901 | 150,000 | 262,000 | – |
| 1900 | 150,000 | 262,000 | – |
| 1899 | 150,000 | 264,000 | – |
| 1898 | 150,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 247,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 226,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 229,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 250,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 264,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 241,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 257,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 256,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 237,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 230,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 227,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 226,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 223,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 163,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 162,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 167,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 203,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 152,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 156,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 179,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 177,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 161,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 175,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 353,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 174,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 204,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 294,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 394,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 233,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 209,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 365,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 275,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 185,000 | – |
- 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
Ethiopia vs Italy
Health
- Life expectancyEthiopia: 67.3 years in 2023Italy: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEthiopia: 4.5 per 100 live births in 2024Italy: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEthiopia: 33 per 1,000 live births in 2023Italy: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEthiopia: 13.2% in 2022Italy: 92.7% in 2022
- DepressionEthiopia: 3.82% in 2017Italy: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateEthiopia: 9.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Italy: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEthiopia: 129 million people in 2023Italy: 59.5 million people in 2023
- Population growthEthiopia: 2.59% a year in 2023Italy: -0.22% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEthiopia: 3.99 births per woman in 2023Italy: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEthiopia: 24.1% in 2025Italy: 69.7% in 2025
- Median ageEthiopia: 18.7 years in 2023Italy: 47.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEthiopia: 3.2% in 2023Italy: 24.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateEthiopia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Italy: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEthiopia: 0.49% of GDP in 2025Italy: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEthiopia: $785M in 2025Italy: $45.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personEthiopia: $4 in 2025Italy: $813 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEthiopia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Italy: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerEthiopia: 0.85% of world capability in 2022Italy: 0.96% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEthiopia: 0.28% of the labour force in 2020Italy: 1.35% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEthiopia: 63 million TIV in 2025Italy: 566 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEthiopia: 17 million TIV in 1997Italy: 1.92 billion TIV in 2025