Guatemala vs Honduras
Guatemala vs Honduras: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 43,000 people in Guatemala and 23,000 people in Honduras, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Guatemala, by 20,000 people, or 1.87 times that in Honduras.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Guatemala 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 | Guatemala | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 43,000 | 23,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 43,000 | 23,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 43,050 | 22,950 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 43,000 | 23,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 43,050 | 22,700 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 43,050 | 18,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 43,050 | 18,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 42,300 | 20,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 42,300 | 20,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 42,300 | 20,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 34,210 | 20,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 34,210 | 20,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 35,000 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 35,000 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 35,000 | 20,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 48,000 | 20,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 48,000 | 20,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 50,400 | 18,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 50,400 | 14,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 50,400 | 14,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 52,900 | 14,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 40,900 | 14,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 41,200 | 14,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 50,500 | 24,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 56,500 | 24,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 56,500 | 24,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 34,000 | 17,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 44,000 | 17,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 44,000 | 17,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 43,000 | 17,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 43,000 | 18,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 43,000 | 19,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 31,700 | 16,600 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 40,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1983 | 40,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1982 | 30,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1981 | 27,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1980 | 21,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1979 | 21,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1978 | 14,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1977 | 14,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1976 | 14,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1975 | 13,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1974 | 13,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1973 | 13,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1972 | 14,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1971 | 13,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1970 | 13,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | 10,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1968 | 11,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1967 | 10,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | 9,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1965 | 10,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1964 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1963 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1962 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1961 | 7,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1960 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1959 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1958 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1957 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1956 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1955 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1954 | 7,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1953 | 7,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1952 | 7,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1951 | 22,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1950 | 22,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1949 | 22,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1948 | 22,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1947 | 22,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1946 | 20,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1944 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1938 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1937 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1936 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1935 | 6,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1934 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1933 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1932 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1929 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1928 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1927 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1926 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1925 | 8,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1924 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1923 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1922 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1921 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1920 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1919 | 8,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1918 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1917 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1916 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1915 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1914 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1913 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1912 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1911 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1910 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1909 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1908 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1907 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1906 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1905 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1904 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1903 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1902 | 7,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1901 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1900 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1899 | 6,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1898 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 3,000 | – | – |
- 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
Guatemala vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyGuatemala: 72.6 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGuatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGuatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGuatemala: 56.3% in 2022Honduras: 65.2% in 2022
- DepressionGuatemala: 3.22% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateGuatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGuatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthGuatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGuatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGuatemala: 56.3% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageGuatemala: 22.6 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGuatemala: 4.7% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateGuatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGuatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGuatemala: $617M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personGuatemala: $34 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGuatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerGuatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGuatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGuatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024