Côte d’Ivoire vs Mali
Côte d’Ivoire vs Mali: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire and 41,000 people in Mali, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mali, by 14,000 people, or 1.52 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Mali has been higher since 2020, when it overtook Côte d’Ivoire.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Mali | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 | 41,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 134,000 | 21,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 27,000 | 21,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 27,000 | 18,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 25,000 | 17,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 25,000 | 15,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 25,000 | 13,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 11,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | – | 7,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 12,150 | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 12,150 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 18,550 | 12,150 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 19,000 | 12,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 19,000 | 12,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 12,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 19,000 | 12,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 18,000 | 11,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | – | 12,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | – | 15,200 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 15,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | – | 15,200 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 15,000 | 15,200 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 15,000 | 15,150 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 15,000 | 15,150 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 15,000 | 15,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 15,000 | 15,200 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 15,000 | 13,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 15,000 | 13,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 15,000 | 8,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1987 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1986 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1985 | 8,000 | 4,900 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 8,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1983 | 8,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1982 | 7,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1981 | 7,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1980 | 6,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1979 | 6,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1978 | 8,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1977 | 9,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1976 | 8,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1975 | 7,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1974 | 7,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1973 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1972 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1971 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1970 | 6,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1969 | 5,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1968 | 7,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1967 | 5,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1966 | 6,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1965 | 5,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1964 | 7,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1963 | 7,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1962 | 4,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1961 | 4,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1960 | 1,000 | 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Mali
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Mali: 60.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Mali: 7.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mali: 60.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Mali: 3.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Mali: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Mali: 23.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Mali: 2.97% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Mali: 5.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Mali: 32.2% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Mali: 15.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Mali: 2.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mali: -1.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Mali: 3.87% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Mali: $883M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Mali: $38 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Mali: 14.8% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Mali: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Mali: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Mali: 64 million TIV in 2025