Libya vs Sudan: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 0 people in Libya and 144,000 people in Sudan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Sudan, by 144,000 people.

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Sudan has been higher since 1994, when it overtook Libya.
The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

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Year	Libya	Sudan	World
2020	0	144,000	27.4 million
2019	–	124,000	27.7 million
2018	–	124,300	27.7 million
2017	–	124,000	27.4 million
2016	–	124,300	27.5 million
2015	–	264,300	27.4 million
2014	0	264,300	27.3 million
2013	7,000	264,300	27.2 million
2012	7,000	264,300	28.2 million
2011	–	264,300	28 million
2010	–	126,800	28.1 million
2009	76,000	126,800	27.9 million
2008	76,000	127,000	27.5 million
2007	76,000	127,000	27.3 million
2006	76,000	–	27 million
2005	76,000	123,000	28.5 million
2004	76,000	121,000	27.1 million
2003	76,500	114,500	28.2 million
2002	76,500	124,000	28.3 million
2001	76,500	124,000	28.2 million
2000	76,500	119,500	29.4 million
1999	65,500	109,700	29.6 million
1998	65,500	109,700	29.9 million
1997	65,500	94,700	29.9 million
1996	65,500	104,000	30.2 million
1995	80,500	133,500	30.2 million
1994	80,000	82,000	23.2 million
1993	85,000	82,000	23.7 million
1992	85,000	82,000	24.5 million
1991	86,000	65,000	22.7 million
1990	86,000	65,000	23.9 million
1989	86,000	65,000	24.3 million
1985	73,000	56,600	22.2 million
1984	90,000	65,000	–
1983	68,000	86,000	–
1982	55,000	86,000	–
1981	55,000	87,000	–
1980	53,000	65,000	–
1979	51,000	65,000	–
1978	50,000	71,000	–
1977	30,000	50,000	–
1976	25,000	50,000	–
1975	25,000	50,000	–
1974	25,000	35,000	–
1973	20,000	35,000	–
1972	20,000	35,000	–
1971	19,000	35,000	–
1970	18,000	25,000	–
1969	25,000	25,000	–
1968	30,000	20,000	–
1967	20,000	20,000	–
1966	20,000	20,000	–
1965	17,000	18,000	–
1964	16,000	18,000	–
1963	13,000	17,000	–
1962	8,000	18,000	–
1961	8,000	18,000	–
1960	5,000	10,000	–
1959	5,000	10,000	–
1958	3,000	9,000	–
1957	3,000	9,000	–
1956	3,000	9,000	–
1955	3,000	–	–
1954	3,000	–	–
1953	3,000	–	–
1952	3,000	–	–
1951	3,000	–	–

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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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