Singapore vs Tanzania
Singapore vs Tanzania: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 59,000 people in Singapore and 28,000 people in Tanzania, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Singapore, by 31,000 people, or 2.11 times that in Tanzania.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Singapore | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 59,000 | 28,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 59,000 | 28,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 59,000 | 28,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 81,000 | 28,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 147,600 | 28,400 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 147,500 | 28,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 147,500 | 28,400 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 167,000 | 28,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 167,000 | 28,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 167,000 | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 167,000 | 28,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 165,000 | 28,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 168,800 | 28,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 156,800 | 28,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 154,500 | 28,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 168,500 | 35,400 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 181,000 | 35,400 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 180,500 | 35,400 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 178,000 | 36,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 65,500 | 36,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 65,500 | 36,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 56,000 | 50,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 56,000 | 46,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 56,000 | 46,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 56,000 | 40,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 56,000 | 40,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 56,000 | 40,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 55,000 | 40,400 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 56,000 | 43,000 | – |
| 1983 | 42,000 | 84,000 | – |
| 1982 | 60,000 | 43,000 | – |
| 1981 | 59,000 | 43,000 | – |
| 1980 | 50,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1979 | 57,000 | 53,000 | – |
| 1978 | 64,000 | 63,000 | – |
| 1977 | 36,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1976 | 35,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1975 | 27,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1974 | 24,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1973 | 24,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1972 | 20,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1971 | 15,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1970 | 14,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1969 | 12,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1968 | 11,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1967 | 10,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | 12,000 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | 10,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 2,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 1,000 | – |
- 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
Singapore vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancySingapore: 83.7 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySingapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySingapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSingapore: 100% in 2022Tanzania: 11.3% in 2022
- DepressionSingapore: 3.44% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateSingapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSingapore: 5.79 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthSingapore: 0.81% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSingapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSingapore: 100% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageSingapore: 35.1 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSingapore: 13.1% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateSingapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSingapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSingapore: $16.9B in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personSingapore: $2,980 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSingapore: 18% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- National powerSingapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSingapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSingapore: 57 million TIV in 2025Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025