Mozambique vs Sudan: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 11,000 people in Mozambique and 144,000 people in Sudan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Sudan, by 133,000 people, or 13 times that in Mozambique.

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Sudan has been higher since 1992.
The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

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Year	Mozambique	Sudan	World
2020	11,000	144,000	27.4 million
2019	11,000	124,000	27.7 million
2018	11,200	124,300	27.7 million
2017	11,000	124,000	27.4 million
2016	11,200	124,300	27.5 million
2015	11,200	264,300	27.4 million
2014	11,200	264,300	27.3 million
2013	11,200	264,300	27.2 million
2012	11,200	264,300	28.2 million
2011	11,200	264,300	28 million
2010	11,200	126,800	28.1 million
2009	11,200	126,800	27.9 million
2008	11,000	127,000	27.5 million
2007	11,000	127,000	27.3 million
2006	11,000	–	27 million
2005	11,000	123,000	28.5 million
2004	11,000	121,000	27.1 million
2003	8,200	114,500	28.2 million
2002	11,000	124,000	28.3 million
2001	11,000	124,000	28.2 million
2000	6,100	119,500	29.4 million
1999	6,100	109,700	29.6 million
1998	6,100	109,700	29.9 million
1997	6,100	94,700	29.9 million
1996	11,000	104,000	30.2 million
1995	12,000	133,500	30.2 million
1994	11,000	82,000	23.2 million
1993	50,000	82,000	23.7 million
1992	50,000	82,000	24.5 million
1991	65,000	65,000	22.7 million
1990	65,000	65,000	23.9 million
1989	65,000	65,000	24.3 million
1985	15,800	56,600	22.2 million
1984	34,000	65,000	–
1983	32,000	86,000	–
1982	30,000	86,000	–
1981	30,000	87,000	–
1980	30,000	65,000	–
1979	30,000	65,000	–
1978	25,000	71,000	–
1977	26,000	50,000	–
1976	21,000	50,000	–
1975	20,000	50,000	–
1974	–	35,000	–
1973	–	35,000	–
1972	–	35,000	–
1971	–	35,000	–
1970	–	25,000	–
1969	–	25,000	–
1968	–	20,000	–
1967	–	20,000	–
1966	–	20,000	–
1965	–	18,000	–
1964	–	18,000	–
1963	–	17,000	–
1962	–	18,000	–
1961	–	18,000	–
1960	–	10,000	–
1959	–	10,000	–
1958	–	9,000	–
1957	–	9,000	–
1956	–	9,000	–

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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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