South Sudan vs Uganda

South Sudan vs Uganda: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 53,000 people in South Sudan and 46,000 people in Uganda, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 7,000 people, or 1.15 times that in Uganda.

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people · IISS

South Sudan vs Uganda: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 53,000 people in South Sudan and 46,000 people in Uganda, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in South Sudan, by 7,000 people, or 1.15 times that in Uganda.
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What the numbers say

  • South Sudan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2010.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearSouth SudanUgandaWorld
202053,00046,00027.4 million
2019185,00046,00027.7 million
2018185,00046,00027.7 million
2017185,00046,00027.4 million
2016185,00046,40027.5 million
2015185,00046,40027.4 million
2014185,00046,80027.3 million
2013185,00046,80027.2 million
2012210,00046,80028.2 million
2011210,00046,80028 million
2010140,00046,80028.1 million
2009–46,80027.9 million
2008–47,00027.5 million
2007–47,00027.3 million
2006––27 million
2005–47,00028.5 million
2004–55,00027.1 million
2003–61,80028.2 million
2002–56,80028.3 million
2001–56,80028.2 million
2000–50,60029.4 million
1999–41,50029.6 million
1998–41,50029.9 million
1997–46,50029.9 million
1996–51,50030.2 million
1995–51,50030.2 million
1994–60,00023.2 million
1993–70,00023.7 million
1992–70,00024.5 million
1991–60,00022.7 million
1990–60,00023.9 million
1989–40,00024.3 million
1985–20,00022.2 million
1984–15,000–
1983–13,000–
1982–10,000–
1981–6,000–
1980–6,000–
1979–6,000–
1978–6,000–
1977–23,000–
1976–25,000–
1975–25,000–
1974–25,000–
1973–12,000–
1972–13,000–
1971–14,000–
1970–16,000–
1969–16,000–
1968–15,000–
1967–12,000–
1966–11,000–
1965–6,000–
1964–6,000–
1963–6,000–
1962–2,000–
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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.

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