Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria
Côte d’Ivoire vs Nigeria: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire and 223,000 people in Nigeria, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 196,000 people, or 8.26 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1989.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Côte d’Ivoire | Nigeria | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 | 223,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 134,000 | 223,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 27,000 | 223,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 27,000 | 215,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 25,000 | 200,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 25,000 | 200,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 25,000 | 162,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 162,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | – | 162,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 162,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 162,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 18,550 | 162,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 19,000 | 162,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 19,000 | 162,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 162,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 19,000 | 161,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 18,000 | 160,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | – | 160,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | – | 160,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 160,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | – | 106,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 15,000 | 124,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 15,000 | 107,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 15,000 | 107,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 15,000 | 89,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 15,000 | 89,100 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 15,000 | 80,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 15,000 | 76,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 15,000 | 76,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 15,000 | 94,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 15,000 | 94,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 15,000 | 107,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1987 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1986 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1985 | 8,000 | 94,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 8,000 | 144,000 | – |
| 1983 | 8,000 | 144,000 | – |
| 1982 | 7,000 | 144,000 | – |
| 1981 | 7,000 | 144,000 | – |
| 1980 | 6,000 | 150,000 | – |
| 1979 | 6,000 | 164,000 | – |
| 1978 | 8,000 | 204,000 | – |
| 1977 | 9,000 | 300,000 | – |
| 1976 | 8,000 | 270,000 | – |
| 1975 | 7,000 | 270,000 | – |
| 1974 | 7,000 | 300,000 | – |
| 1973 | 6,000 | 305,000 | – |
| 1972 | 6,000 | 305,000 | – |
| 1971 | 6,000 | 320,000 | – |
| 1970 | 6,000 | 200,000 | – |
| 1969 | 5,000 | 110,000 | – |
| 1968 | 7,000 | 85,000 | – |
| 1967 | 5,000 | 35,000 | – |
| 1966 | 6,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1965 | 5,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1964 | 7,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 7,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 4,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1961 | 4,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1960 | 1,000 | 5,000 | – |
- 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 Nigeria
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Nigeria: 54.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Nigeria: 11.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Nigeria: 69.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCôte d’Ivoire: 43.9% in 2022Nigeria: 29% in 2022
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Nigeria: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Nigeria: 7.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Nigeria: 228 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Nigeria: 2.1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Nigeria: 4.48 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Nigeria: 63.8% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Nigeria: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Nigeria: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Nigeria: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Nigeria: 0.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Nigeria: $1.76B in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Nigeria: $9 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Nigeria: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Nigeria: 1.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Nigeria: 0.23% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Nigeria: 21 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCôte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971Nigeria: 4 million TIV in 2022