Honduras vs Nicaragua
Honduras vs Nicaragua: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Honduras and 12,000 people in Nicaragua, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Honduras, by 11,000 people, or 1.92 times that in Nicaragua.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Honduras has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Nicaragua.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Honduras | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 23,000 | 12,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 23,000 | 12,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 22,950 | 12,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 23,000 | 12,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 22,700 | 12,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 18,700 | 12,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 18,700 | 12,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 20,000 | 14,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 18,000 | 14,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 14,300 | 14,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 14,300 | 16,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 14,300 | 16,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 14,300 | 16,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 14,300 | 17,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 24,300 | 17,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 24,300 | 17,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 24,300 | 12,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 17,000 | 14,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 17,000 | 15,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 17,000 | 15,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 17,000 | 20,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 18,000 | 28,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 19,000 | 65,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 16,600 | 62,900 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 20,000 | 67,000 | – |
| 1983 | 19,000 | 46,000 | – |
| 1982 | 17,000 | 41,000 | – |
| 1981 | 17,000 | 39,000 | – |
| 1980 | 14,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1979 | 14,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1978 | 14,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1977 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1976 | 12,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1975 | 12,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1974 | 10,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1973 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1972 | 12,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1971 | 8,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1970 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1969 | 6,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1968 | 5,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1967 | 5,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1966 | 5,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1965 | 5,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1964 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1963 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1962 | 6,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1961 | 6,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1960 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1959 | 4,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1958 | 4,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1957 | 4,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1956 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1955 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1954 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1953 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1952 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1951 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1950 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1949 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1948 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1947 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1946 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1939 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1938 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1937 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1936 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1935 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1934 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1933 | 1,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1932 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1931 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1930 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1929 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1928 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1927 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1926 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1925 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1924 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1923 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1922 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1921 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1920 | 3,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1919 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1918 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1917 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1916 | 2,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1915 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1914 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1913 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1912 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1911 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1910 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1909 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1908 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1907 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1906 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1905 | 1,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1904 | 1,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1903 | 1,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1902 | 3,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1901 | 1,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1900 | 1,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1899 | 1,000 | – | – |
- 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
Honduras vs Nicaragua
Health
- Life expectancyHonduras: 72.9 years in 2023Nicaragua: 75 years in 2023
- Child mortalityHonduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nicaragua: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityHonduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nicaragua: 12.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHonduras: 65.2% in 2022Nicaragua: 55.5% in 2020
- DepressionHonduras: 2.75% in 2017Nicaragua: 2.85% in 2017
- Suicide rateHonduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Nicaragua: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHonduras: 10.6 million people in 2023Nicaragua: 6.82 million people in 2023
- Population growthHonduras: 1.7% a year in 2023Nicaragua: 1.36% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHonduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023Nicaragua: 2.22 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHonduras: 59.3% in 2025Nicaragua: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageHonduras: 23.6 years in 2023Nicaragua: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHonduras: 4.3% in 2023Nicaragua: 5.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateHonduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Nicaragua: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHonduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025Nicaragua: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHonduras: $582M in 2025Nicaragua: $115M in 2025
- Military spending per personHonduras: $53 in 2025Nicaragua: $17 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHonduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Nicaragua: 2.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerHonduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Nicaragua: 0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHonduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020Nicaragua: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHonduras: 7 million TIV in 2024Nicaragua: 13 million TIV in 2019