India vs Kenya
India vs Kenya: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 3.07 million people in India and 24,000 people in Kenya, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in India, by 3.04 million people, or 130 times that in Kenya.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- India 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 | India | Kenya | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3.07 million | 24,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 3.05 million | 29,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 3.03 million | 29,100 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 3.03 million | 29,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 2.98 million | 29,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 2.8 million | 29,100 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 2.75 million | 29,100 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 2.75 million | 29,100 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 2.73 million | 29,100 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 2.65 million | 29,100 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 2.63 million | 29,120 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 2.63 million | 29,120 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 2.58 million | 29,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 2.58 million | 29,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 2.59 million | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 3.05 million | 29,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 2.62 million | 29,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 2.42 million | 29,100 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 2.39 million | 29,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 2.35 million | 29,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 2.37 million | 27,200 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 2.26 million | 29,200 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 2.27 million | 29,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 2.23 million | 29,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 2.22 million | 29,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 2.15 million | 29,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 1.27 million | 22,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 1.27 million | 24,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 1.27 million | 24,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 1.27 million | 20,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 1.26 million | 20,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 1.26 million | 20,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 1.26 million | 13,700 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 1.12 million | 19,000 | – |
| 1983 | 1.1 million | 18,000 | – |
| 1982 | 1.12 million | 19,000 | – |
| 1981 | 1.1 million | 17,000 | – |
| 1980 | 1.1 million | 13,000 | – |
| 1979 | 1.29 million | 13,000 | – |
| 1978 | 1.3 million | 13,000 | – |
| 1977 | 1.27 million | 13,000 | – |
| 1976 | 1.44 million | 9,000 | – |
| 1975 | 1.67 million | 9,000 | – |
| 1974 | 1.62 million | 9,000 | – |
| 1973 | 1.62 million | 8,000 | – |
| 1972 | 1.59 million | 7,000 | – |
| 1971 | 1.56 million | 7,000 | – |
| 1970 | 1.55 million | 7,000 | – |
| 1969 | 1.51 million | 7,000 | – |
| 1968 | 1.48 million | 8,000 | – |
| 1967 | 1.42 million | 16,000 | – |
| 1966 | 1.4 million | 17,000 | – |
| 1965 | 1.22 million | 16,000 | – |
| 1964 | 1.22 million | 15,000 | – |
| 1963 | 1.08 million | 3,000 | – |
| 1962 | 800,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 775,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 535,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 535,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 490,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 445,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 400,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 391,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 381,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 371,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 361,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 351,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 341,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 331,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 321,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 311,000 | – | – |
- 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
India vs Kenya
Health
- Life expectancyIndia: 72 years in 2023Kenya: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndia: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024Kenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndia: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Kenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIndia: 3.53% in 2017Kenya: 3.51% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndia: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Kenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndia: 1.44 billion people in 2023Kenya: 55.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndia: 0.89% a year in 2023Kenya: 1.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndia: 1.98 births per woman in 2023Kenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndia: 35.7% in 2025Kenya: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageIndia: 28.1 years in 2023Kenya: 19.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndia: 6.9% in 2023Kenya: 2.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndia: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Kenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndia: 2.3% of GDP in 2025Kenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndia: $93.3B in 2025Kenya: $1.36B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndia: $63 in 2025Kenya: $26 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Kenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025
- National powerIndia: 9.94% of world capability in 2022Kenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndia: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020Kenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndia: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025Kenya: 117 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndia: 81 million TIV in 2025Kenya: 2 million TIV in 1993