Kenya vs United States

Kenya vs United States: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 24,000 people in Kenya and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.37 million people, or 58 times that in Kenya.

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people · IISS

Kenya vs United States: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 24,000 people in Kenya and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.37 million people, or 58 times that in Kenya.
KenyaUnited StatesEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • United States 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

YearKenyaUnited StatesWorld
202024,0001.4 million27.4 million
201929,0001.39 million27.7 million
201829,1001.38 million27.7 million
201729,0001.36 million27.4 million
201629,1001.35 million27.5 million
201529,1001.35 million27.4 million
201429,1001.38 million27.3 million
201329,1001.43 million27.2 million
201229,1001.49 million28.2 million
201129,1001.52 million28 million
201029,1201.57 million28.1 million
200929,1201.56 million27.9 million
200829,0001.54 million27.5 million
200729,0001.56 million27.3 million
2006–1.5 million27 million
200529,0001.55 million28.5 million
200429,0001.47 million27.1 million
200329,1001.48 million28.2 million
200229,4001.47 million28.3 million
200129,4001.42 million28.2 million
200027,2001.46 million29.4 million
199929,2001.58 million29.6 million
199829,2001.59 million29.9 million
199729,2001.53 million29.9 million
199629,2001.57 million30.2 million
199529,2001.64 million30.2 million
199422,0001.72 million23.2 million
199324,0001.82 million23.7 million
199224,0001.92 million24.5 million
199120,0002.12 million22.7 million
199020,0002.18 million23.9 million
198920,0002.24 million24.3 million
198513,7002.15 million22.2 million
198419,0002.22 million–
198318,0002.2 million–
198219,0002.17 million–
198117,0002.1 million–
198013,0002.05 million–
197913,0002.03 million–
197813,0002.06 million–
197713,0002.06 million–
19769,0002.08 million–
19759,0002.1 million–
19749,0002.15 million–
19738,0002.21 million–
19727,0002.32 million–
19717,0002.72 million–
19707,0003.07 million–
19697,0003.46 million–
19688,0003.55 million–
196716,0003.38 million–
196617,0003.09 million–
196516,0002.66 million–
196415,0002.69 million–
19633,0002.7 million–
1962–2.81 million–
1961–2.31 million–
1960–2.31 million–
1959–2.33 million–
1958–2.41 million–
1957–2.8 million–
1956–2.81 million–
1955–2.94 million–
1954–3.3 million–
1953–3.56 million–
1952–3.64 million–
1951–3.25 million–
1950–1.46 million–
1949–1.62 million–
1948–1.45 million–
1947–1.58 million–
1946–3.03 million–
1945–12.1 million–
1944–11.5 million–
1943–9.05 million–
1942–3.86 million–
1941–1.8 million–
1940–458,000–
1939–334,000–
1938–323,000–
1937–312,000–
1936–291,000–
1935–252,000–
1934–247,000–
1933–244,000–
1932–245,000–
1931–253,000–
1930–256,000–
1929–255,000–
1928–251,000–
1927–249,000–
1926–247,000–
1925–252,000–
1924–261,000–
1923–247,000–
1922–270,000–
1921–387,000–
1920–343,000–
1919–1.17 million–
1918–2.9 million–
1917–644,000–
1916–179,000–
1915–174,000–
1914–166,000–
1913–155,000–
1912–153,000–
1911–145,000–
1910–139,000–
1909–142,000–
1908–129,000–
1907–108,000–
1906–112,000–
1905–108,000–
1904–110,000–
1903–106,000–
1902–111,000–
1901–112,000–
1900–126,000–
1899–100,000–
1898–236,000–
1897–44,000–
1896–42,000–
1895–42,000–
1894–42,000–
1893–39,000–
1892–39,000–
1891–38,000–
1890–39,000–
1889–39,000–
1888–39,000–
1887–39,000–
1886–39,000–
1885–39,000–
1884–39,000–
1883–37,000–
1882–38,000–
1881–38,000–
1880–38,000–
1879–38,000–
1878–36,000–
1877–34,000–
1876–41,000–
1875–38,000–
1874–44,000–
1873–43,000–
1872–42,000–
1871–42,000–
1870–50,000–
1869–52,000–
1868–66,000–
1867–75,000–
1866–77,000–
1865–1.06 million–
1864–1.03 million–
1863–960,000–
1862–673,000–
1861–217,000–
1860–28,000–
1859–29,000–
1858–29,000–
1857–27,000–
1856–26,000–
1855–26,000–
1854–21,000–
1853–21,000–
1852–21,000–
1851–21,000–
1850–21,000–
1849–23,000–
1848–60,000–
1847–58,000–
1846–39,000–
1845–21,000–
1844–21,000–
1843–21,000–
1842–23,000–
1841–21,000–
1840–22,000–
1839–19,000–
1838–18,000–
1837–22,000–
1836–17,000–
1835–14,000–
1834–13,000–
1833–13,000–
1832–12,000–
1831–11,000–
1830–12,000–
1829–12,000–
1828–11,000–
1827–12,000–
1826–12,000–
1825–11,000–
1824–11,000–
1823–11,000–
1822–10,000–
1821–11,000–
1820–15,000–
1819–13,000–
1818–14,000–
1817–15,000–
1816–17,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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.

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