Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda
Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 27,000 people in Côte d’Ivoire and 35,000 people in Rwanda, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 8,000 people, or 1.3 times that in Côte d’Ivoire.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Rwanda 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 | Rwanda | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 | 35,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 134,000 | 35,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 27,000 | 35,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 27,000 | 35,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 25,000 | 35,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 25,000 | 35,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 25,000 | 35,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 35,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | – | 35,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 35,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 35,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 18,550 | 35,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 19,000 | 35,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 19,000 | 35,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 19,000 | 53,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 18,000 | 53,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | – | 61,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | – | 80,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 79,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | – | 76,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 15,000 | 54,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 15,000 | 54,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 15,000 | 62,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 15,000 | 40,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 15,000 | 47,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 15,000 | 6,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 15,000 | 6,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1988 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1987 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1986 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1985 | 8,000 | 5,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 8,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1983 | 8,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1982 | 7,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1981 | 7,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1980 | 6,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1979 | 6,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1978 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1977 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1976 | 8,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1975 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1974 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1973 | 6,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1972 | 6,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1971 | 6,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1970 | 6,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1969 | 5,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1968 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1967 | 5,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1966 | 6,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1965 | 5,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1964 | 7,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1963 | 7,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1962 | 4,000 | 1,000 | – |
| 1961 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 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
Côte d’Ivoire vs Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyCôte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCôte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCôte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateCôte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCôte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthCôte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCôte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCôte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageCôte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCôte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCôte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCôte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personCôte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCôte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCôte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCôte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCôte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023