Mexico vs Philippines
Mexico vs Philippines: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 341,000 people in Mexico and 157,000 people in Philippines, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Mexico, by 184,000 people, or 2.17 times that in Philippines.
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What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Mexico ranked 19 and Philippines ranked 40 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Mexico | Philippines | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 341,000 | 157,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 328,000 | 155,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 348,000 | 153,400 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 336,000 | 153,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 336,100 | 165,500 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 336,100 | 165,500 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 336,100 | 165,500 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 325,500 | 165,500 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 329,800 | 165,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 329,800 | 165,500 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 331,800 | 165,500 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 331,800 | 165,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 305,000 | 147,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 286,000 | 147,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 280,000 | 147,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 204,000 | 147,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 203,000 | 146,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 203,800 | 150,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 203,800 | 150,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 203,800 | 151,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 207,800 | 148,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 193,800 | 152,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 190,000 | 160,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 190,000 | 153,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 190,000 | 150,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 189,000 | 149,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 175,000 | 104,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 175,000 | 107,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 175,000 | 107,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 175,000 | 107,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 175,000 | 109,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 154,000 | 112,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 129,100 | 114,800 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 129,000 | 105,000 | – |
| 1983 | 130,000 | 113,000 | – |
| 1982 | 130,000 | 157,000 | – |
| 1981 | 125,000 | 156,000 | – |
| 1980 | 120,000 | 155,000 | – |
| 1979 | 120,000 | 156,000 | – |
| 1978 | 120,000 | 156,000 | – |
| 1977 | 100,000 | 155,000 | – |
| 1976 | 100,000 | 140,000 | – |
| 1975 | 95,000 | 120,000 | – |
| 1974 | 85,000 | 90,000 | – |
| 1973 | 80,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1972 | 80,000 | 62,000 | – |
| 1971 | 80,000 | 58,000 | – |
| 1970 | 80,000 | 59,000 | – |
| 1969 | 75,000 | 55,000 | – |
| 1968 | 75,000 | 51,000 | – |
| 1967 | 80,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1966 | 75,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1965 | 65,000 | 46,000 | – |
| 1964 | 65,000 | 47,000 | – |
| 1963 | 65,000 | 45,000 | – |
| 1962 | 64,000 | 60,000 | – |
| 1961 | 60,000 | 62,000 | – |
| 1960 | 50,000 | 58,000 | – |
| 1959 | 50,000 | 58,000 | – |
| 1958 | 49,000 | 58,000 | – |
| 1957 | 48,000 | 58,000 | – |
| 1956 | 48,000 | 42,000 | – |
| 1955 | 48,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1954 | 56,000 | 34,000 | – |
| 1953 | 56,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1952 | 56,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1951 | 60,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1950 | 55,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1949 | 64,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1948 | 61,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1947 | 61,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1946 | 61,000 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 80,000 | – | – |
| 1942 | 52,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 48,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 59,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 54,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 61,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 70,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 74,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 69,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 64,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 64,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 52,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 66,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 85,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 103,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 137,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 200,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 180,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 57,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 49,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 25,000 | – | – |
- 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
Mexico vs Philippines
Health
- Life expectancyMexico: 75.1 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMexico: 43% in 2022Philippines: 47.9% in 2022
- DepressionMexico: 2.79% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateMexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMexico: 130 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthMexico: 0.88% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMexico: 80% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageMexico: 28.9 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMexico: 8% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateMexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMexico: $13.8B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personMexico: $104 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- National powerMexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMexico: 9 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsMexico: 1 million TIV in 2019Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007