Kenya vs Poland
Kenya vs Poland: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 24,000 people in Kenya and 189,000 people in Poland, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Poland, by 165,000 people, or 7.88 times that in Kenya.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Poland 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 | Kenya | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 24,000 | 189,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 29,000 | 189,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 29,100 | 196,700 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 29,000 | 191,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 29,100 | 178,400 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 29,100 | 172,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 29,100 | 172,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 29,100 | 172,700 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 29,100 | 172,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 29,100 | 118,100 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 29,120 | 121,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 29,120 | 121,400 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 29,000 | 143,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 29,000 | 142,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 148,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 29,000 | 162,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 29,000 | 162,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 29,100 | 184,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 29,400 | 184,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 29,400 | 228,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 27,200 | 238,800 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 29,200 | 264,100 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 29,200 | 264,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 29,200 | 265,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 29,200 | 272,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 29,200 | 302,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 22,000 | 255,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 24,000 | 260,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 24,000 | 270,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 20,000 | 305,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 20,000 | 313,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 20,000 | 350,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 13,700 | 319,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 19,000 | 434,000 | – |
| 1983 | 18,000 | 426,000 | – |
| 1982 | 19,000 | 420,000 | – |
| 1981 | 17,000 | 414,000 | – |
| 1980 | 13,000 | 408,000 | – |
| 1979 | 13,000 | 399,000 | – |
| 1978 | 13,000 | 382,000 | – |
| 1977 | 13,000 | 370,000 | – |
| 1976 | 9,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1975 | 9,000 | 435,000 | – |
| 1974 | 9,000 | 366,000 | – |
| 1973 | 8,000 | 328,000 | – |
| 1972 | 7,000 | 318,000 | – |
| 1971 | 7,000 | 315,000 | – |
| 1970 | 7,000 | 314,000 | – |
| 1969 | 7,000 | 312,000 | – |
| 1968 | 8,000 | 310,000 | – |
| 1967 | 16,000 | 305,000 | – |
| 1966 | 17,000 | 303,000 | – |
| 1965 | 16,000 | 302,000 | – |
| 1964 | 15,000 | 302,000 | – |
| 1963 | 3,000 | 303,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 310,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 305,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 328,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 255,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 204,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 168,000 | – |
| 1946 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 197,000 | – |
| 1939 | – | 275,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 308,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 281,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 271,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 263,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 268,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 268,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 293,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 278,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 270,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 252,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 255,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 962,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 300,000 | – |
- 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
Kenya vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyKenya: 63.7 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityKenya: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityKenya: 29.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionKenya: 3.51% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateKenya: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationKenya: 55.3 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthKenya: 1.97% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKenya: 3.21 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKenya: 32.2% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageKenya: 19.5 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKenya: 2.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateKenya: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKenya: 1.07% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKenya: $1.36B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personKenya: $26 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKenya: 4.6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerKenya: 0.23% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersKenya: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsKenya: 117 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsKenya: 2 million TIV in 1993Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025