Honduras vs Mexico

Honduras vs Mexico: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Honduras and 341,000 people in Mexico, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mexico, by 318,000 people, or 15 times that in Honduras.

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people · IISS

Honduras vs Mexico: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Honduras and 341,000 people in Mexico, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mexico, by 318,000 people, or 15 times that in Honduras.
HondurasMexicoEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

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

YearHondurasMexicoWorld
202023,000341,00027.4 million
201923,000328,00027.7 million
201822,950348,00027.7 million
201723,000336,00027.4 million
201622,700336,10027.5 million
201518,700336,10027.4 million
201418,700336,10027.3 million
201320,000325,50027.2 million
201220,000329,80028.2 million
201120,000329,80028 million
201020,000331,80028.1 million
200920,000331,80027.9 million
200820,000305,00027.5 million
200720,000286,00027.3 million
200620,000280,00027 million
200520,000204,00028.5 million
200420,000203,00027.1 million
200318,000203,80028.2 million
200214,300203,80028.3 million
200114,300203,80028.2 million
200014,300207,80029.4 million
199914,300193,80029.6 million
199814,300190,00029.9 million
199724,300190,00029.9 million
199624,300190,00030.2 million
199524,300189,00030.2 million
199417,000175,00023.2 million
199317,000175,00023.7 million
199217,000175,00024.5 million
199117,000175,00022.7 million
199018,000175,00023.9 million
198919,000154,00024.3 million
198516,600129,10022.2 million
198420,000129,000–
198319,000130,000–
198217,000130,000–
198117,000125,000–
198014,000120,000–
197914,000120,000–
197814,000120,000–
197712,000100,000–
197612,000100,000–
197512,00095,000–
197410,00085,000–
197312,00080,000–
197212,00080,000–
19718,00080,000–
19706,00080,000–
19696,00075,000–
19685,00075,000–
19675,00080,000–
19665,00075,000–
19655,00065,000–
19644,00065,000–
19634,00065,000–
19626,00064,000–
19616,00060,000–
19604,00050,000–
19594,00050,000–
19584,00049,000–
19574,00048,000–
19564,00048,000–
19554,00048,000–
19543,00056,000–
19533,00056,000–
19523,00056,000–
19513,00060,000–
19503,00055,000–
19493,00064,000–
19483,00061,000–
19473,00061,000–
19463,00061,000–
1943–80,000–
1942–52,000–
19391,00049,000–
19382,00049,000–
19372,00054,000–
19362,00048,000–
19352,00054,000–
19342,00059,000–
19331,00054,000–
19322,00054,000–
19312,00061,000–
19302,00065,000–
19292,00070,000–
19282,00074,000–
19272,00069,000–
19262,00064,000–
19252,00064,000–
19243,00052,000–
19233,00066,000–
19223,00085,000–
19213,000103,000–
19203,000120,000–
19193,000137,000–
19184,00055,000–
19172,000––
19162,000200,000–
19152,000180,000–
19142,00030,000–
19132,00031,000–
19122,00057,000–
19112,00032,000–
19102,00031,000–
19091,00030,000–
19081,00029,000–
19071,00028,000–
19061,00028,000–
19051,00029,000–
19041,00029,000–
19031,00029,000–
19023,00030,000–
19011,00033,000–
19001,00033,000–
18991,00033,000–
1898–33,000–
1897–33,000–
1896–35,000–
1895–38,000–
1894–38,000–
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

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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.

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