Syria vs Tunisia
Syria vs Tunisia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 269,000 people in Syria and 48,000 people in Tunisia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Syria, by 221,000 people, or 5.6 times that in Tunisia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Syria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Syria ranked 26 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 | Syria | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 269,000 | 48,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 269,000 | 48,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 257,500 | 47,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 239,000 | 48,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 307,500 | 47,800 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 277,500 | 47,800 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 280,500 | 47,800 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 178,000 | 47,800 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 178,000 | 47,800 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 178,000 | 47,800 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 403,000 | 47,800 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 403,000 | 47,800 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 401,000 | 48,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 401,000 | 48,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 401,000 | 48,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 416,000 | 47,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 415,000 | 47,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 427,000 | 47,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 427,000 | 47,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 429,000 | 47,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 424,800 | 47,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 424,000 | 47,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 428,000 | 47,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 428,000 | 47,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 529,000 | 58,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 531,000 | 58,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 320,000 | 35,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 408,000 | 35,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 408,000 | 35,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 408,000 | 35,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 408,000 | 35,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 400,000 | 40,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 402,500 | 35,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 402,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1983 | 400,000 | 28,000 | – |
| 1982 | 300,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1981 | 270,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1980 | 250,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1979 | 220,000 | 24,000 | – |
| 1978 | 220,000 | 22,000 | – |
| 1977 | 250,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1976 | 240,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1975 | 230,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1974 | 130,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1973 | 115,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1972 | 115,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1971 | 110,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1970 | 75,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1969 | 75,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1968 | 65,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1967 | 80,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1966 | 80,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1965 | 70,000 | 20,000 | – |
| 1964 | 80,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1963 | 75,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1962 | 54,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1961 | 52,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 16,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 12,000 | – |
| 1958 | 62,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1957 | 60,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1956 | 25,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1955 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 4,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 23,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 23,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 23,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 22,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 21,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 20,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 19,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 18,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 17,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 17,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 16,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 16,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 15,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 14,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 14,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 13,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 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
Syria vs Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancySyria: 72.1 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalitySyria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Tunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalitySyria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSyria: 3.58% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateSyria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSyria: 23.6 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthSyria: 4.92% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSyria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSyria: 72.1% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageSyria: 22.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSyria: 4.7% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSyria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSyria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personSyria: $110 in 2011Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSyria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerSyria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSyria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSyria: 2 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025