Tanzania vs United States

Tanzania vs United States: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 28,000 people in Tanzania and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.37 million people, or 50 times that in Tanzania.

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people · IISS

Tanzania vs United States: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 28,000 people in Tanzania and 1.4 million people in United States, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United States, by 1.37 million people, or 50 times that in Tanzania.
TanzaniaUnited StatesEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • United States 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

YearTanzaniaUnited StatesWorld
202028,0001.4 million27.4 million
201928,0001.39 million27.7 million
201828,0001.38 million27.7 million
201728,0001.36 million27.4 million
201628,4001.35 million27.5 million
201528,4001.35 million27.4 million
201428,4001.38 million27.3 million
201328,4001.43 million27.2 million
201228,4001.49 million28.2 million
201128,4001.52 million28 million
201028,4001.57 million28.1 million
200928,4001.56 million27.9 million
200828,0001.54 million27.5 million
200728,0001.56 million27.3 million
2006–1.5 million27 million
200528,0001.55 million28.5 million
200428,0001.47 million27.1 million
200328,4001.48 million28.2 million
200228,4001.47 million28.3 million
200128,4001.42 million28.2 million
200035,4001.46 million29.4 million
199935,4001.58 million29.6 million
199835,4001.59 million29.9 million
199736,0001.53 million29.9 million
199636,0001.57 million30.2 million
199536,0001.64 million30.2 million
199450,0001.72 million23.2 million
199346,0001.82 million23.7 million
199246,0001.92 million24.5 million
199140,0002.12 million22.7 million
199040,0002.18 million23.9 million
198940,0002.24 million24.3 million
198540,4002.15 million22.2 million
198443,0002.22 million–
198384,0002.2 million–
198243,0002.17 million–
198143,0002.1 million–
198053,0002.05 million–
197953,0002.03 million–
197863,0002.06 million–
197731,0002.06 million–
197625,0002.08 million–
197525,0002.1 million–
197420,0002.15 million–
197325,0002.21 million–
197225,0002.32 million–
197120,0002.72 million–
197020,0003.07 million–
196915,0003.46 million–
196814,0003.55 million–
196713,0003.38 million–
196612,0003.09 million–
196510,0002.66 million–
19648,0002.69 million–
19638,0002.7 million–
19622,0002.81 million–
19611,0002.31 million–
1960–2.31 million–
1959–2.33 million–
1958–2.41 million–
1957–2.8 million–
1956–2.81 million–
1955–2.94 million–
1954–3.3 million–
1953–3.56 million–
1952–3.64 million–
1951–3.25 million–
1950–1.46 million–
1949–1.62 million–
1948–1.45 million–
1947–1.58 million–
1946–3.03 million–
1945–12.1 million–
1944–11.5 million–
1943–9.05 million–
1942–3.86 million–
1941–1.8 million–
1940–458,000–
1939–334,000–
1938–323,000–
1937–312,000–
1936–291,000–
1935–252,000–
1934–247,000–
1933–244,000–
1932–245,000–
1931–253,000–
1930–256,000–
1929–255,000–
1928–251,000–
1927–249,000–
1926–247,000–
1925–252,000–
1924–261,000–
1923–247,000–
1922–270,000–
1921–387,000–
1920–343,000–
1919–1.17 million–
1918–2.9 million–
1917–644,000–
1916–179,000–
1915–174,000–
1914–166,000–
1913–155,000–
1912–153,000–
1911–145,000–
1910–139,000–
1909–142,000–
1908–129,000–
1907–108,000–
1906–112,000–
1905–108,000–
1904–110,000–
1903–106,000–
1902–111,000–
1901–112,000–
1900–126,000–
1899–100,000–
1898–236,000–
1897–44,000–
1896–42,000–
1895–42,000–
1894–42,000–
1893–39,000–
1892–39,000–
1891–38,000–
1890–39,000–
1889–39,000–
1888–39,000–
1887–39,000–
1886–39,000–
1885–39,000–
1884–39,000–
1883–37,000–
1882–38,000–
1881–38,000–
1880–38,000–
1879–38,000–
1878–36,000–
1877–34,000–
1876–41,000–
1875–38,000–
1874–44,000–
1873–43,000–
1872–42,000–
1871–42,000–
1870–50,000–
1869–52,000–
1868–66,000–
1867–75,000–
1866–77,000–
1865–1.06 million–
1864–1.03 million–
1863–960,000–
1862–673,000–
1861–217,000–
1860–28,000–
1859–29,000–
1858–29,000–
1857–27,000–
1856–26,000–
1855–26,000–
1854–21,000–
1853–21,000–
1852–21,000–
1851–21,000–
1850–21,000–
1849–23,000–
1848–60,000–
1847–58,000–
1846–39,000–
1845–21,000–
1844–21,000–
1843–21,000–
1842–23,000–
1841–21,000–
1840–22,000–
1839–19,000–
1838–18,000–
1837–22,000–
1836–17,000–
1835–14,000–
1834–13,000–
1833–13,000–
1832–12,000–
1831–11,000–
1830–12,000–
1829–12,000–
1828–11,000–
1827–12,000–
1826–12,000–
1825–11,000–
1824–11,000–
1823–11,000–
1822–10,000–
1821–11,000–
1820–15,000–
1819–13,000–
1818–14,000–
1817–15,000–
1816–17,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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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