Libya vs Niger
Libya vs Niger: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 0 people in Libya and 10,000 people in Niger, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Niger, by 10,000 people.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Niger has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Libya.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Libya | Niger | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 10,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | – | 10,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | – | 10,300 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | – | 10,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | – | 10,700 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | – | 10,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 0 | 10,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 7,000 | 10,700 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 7,000 | 10,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 10,700 | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 10,700 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 76,000 | 10,700 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 76,000 | 10,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 76,000 | 10,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 76,000 | 10,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 76,000 | 10,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 76,000 | 10,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 76,500 | 10,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 76,500 | 10,700 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 76,500 | 10,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 76,500 | 10,700 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 65,500 | 10,700 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 65,500 | 10,700 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 65,500 | 10,700 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 65,500 | 10,700 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 80,500 | 10,700 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 80,000 | 5,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 85,000 | 5,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 85,000 | 5,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 86,000 | 5,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 86,000 | 5,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 86,000 | 4,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 73,000 | 2,200 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 90,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1983 | 68,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1982 | 55,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1981 | 55,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1980 | 53,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1979 | 51,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1978 | 50,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1977 | 30,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1976 | 25,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1975 | 25,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1974 | 25,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1973 | 20,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1972 | 20,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1971 | 19,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1970 | 18,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1969 | 25,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1968 | 30,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1967 | 20,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1966 | 20,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1965 | 17,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1964 | 16,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1963 | 13,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1962 | 8,000 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8,000 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5,000 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 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
Libya vs Niger
Health
- Life expectancyLibya: 69.3 years in 2023Niger: 61.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLibya: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Niger: 11.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLibya: 16 per 1,000 live births in 2023Niger: 64.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionLibya: 3.81% in 2017Niger: 3.46% in 2017
- Suicide rateLibya: 8.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Niger: 7.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLibya: 7.31 million people in 2023Niger: 26.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthLibya: 1.01% a year in 2023Niger: 3.31% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLibya: 2.36 births per woman in 2023Niger: 6.06 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLibya: 87.9% in 2025Niger: 18.4% in 2025
- Median ageLibya: 27.2 years in 2023Niger: 15.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLibya: 4.9% in 2023Niger: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLibya: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Niger: 0 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLibya: 3.57% of GDP in 2023Niger: 2.14% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLibya: $1.6B in 2023Niger: $450M in 2025
- Military spending per personLibya: $216 in 2023Niger: $18 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLibya: 5.5% of government spending in 2023Niger: 15.2% of government spending in 2025
- National powerLibya: 0.08% of world capability in 2022Niger: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLibya: 0% of the labour force in 2020Niger: 0.11% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLibya: 5 million TIV in 2024Niger: 4 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLibya: 0 TIV in 2016Niger: 0 TIV in 1973