Morocco vs Tunisia
Morocco vs Tunisia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 246,000 people in Morocco and 48,000 people in Tunisia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Morocco, by 198,000 people, or 5.13 times that in Tunisia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Morocco has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Morocco ranked 28 and Tunisia ranked 70 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Morocco | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 245,800 | 47,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 246,000 | 48,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 251,000 | 47,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 250,000 | 47,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 246,300 | 47,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 246,300 | 47,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 246,500 | 47,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 240,500 | 47,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 238,300 | 47,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 238,300 | 47,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 238,300 | 47,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 236,000 | 58,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 237,500 | 58,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 195,000 | 35,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 195,000 | 35,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 195,000 | 35,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 195,000 | 35,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 195,000 | 35,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 195,000 | 40,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 149,000 | 35,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 149,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1983 | 135,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1982 | 125,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1981 | 120,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1980 | 117,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1979 | 98,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1978 | 85,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1977 | 85,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1976 | 90,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1975 | 75,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1974 | 65,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1973 | 65,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1972 | 65,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1971 | 65,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1970 | 65,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1969 | 70,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1968 | 70,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1967 | 65,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1966 | 65,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 50,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1964 | 45,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 40,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 45,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1961 | 40,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1960 | 27,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1959 | 27,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1958 | 27,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1957 | 24,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1956 | 20,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1911 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 9,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1880 | 9,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1879 | 9,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1878 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1877 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1876 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1875 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1874 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1873 | 9,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1872 | 10,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1871 | 10,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1870 | 10,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1869 | 10,000 | 23,000 | – |
| 1868 | 10,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1867 | 10,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1866 | 10,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1865 | 10,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1864 | 10,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1863 | 10,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1862 | 10,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1861 | 10,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1860 | 10,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1859 | 10,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1858 | 10,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1857 | 10,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1856 | 10,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1855 | 10,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1854 | 10,000 | 16,000 | – |
| 1853 | 10,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1852 | 10,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1851 | 10,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1850 | 10,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1849 | 10,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1848 | 10,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1847 | 10,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 12,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 12,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1838 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1837 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1836 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1835 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1834 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1832 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1830 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1829 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1828 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1827 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1826 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1825 | – | 9,000 | – |
- 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
Morocco vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyMorocco: 75.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityMorocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityMorocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterMorocco: 74.8% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionMorocco: 5.41% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateMorocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationMorocco: 37.7 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthMorocco: 1% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateMorocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationMorocco: 63.1% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageMorocco: 29.2 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overMorocco: 7.8% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateMorocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingMorocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsMorocco: $5.88B in 2025Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personMorocco: $166 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingMorocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerMorocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersMorocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsMorocco: 392 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025