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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Military > Armed forces personnel per 1000

DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 Eritrea 50.77 2000
2 Djibouti 11.07 2000
3 Rwanda 8.34 2000
4 Angola 7.76 2000
5 Burundi 5.99 2000
6 Mauritania 5.91 2000
7 Guinea-Bissau 5.5 2000
8 Ethiopia 5.33 2000
9 Botswana 5.13 2000
10 Namibia 4.74 2000
11 Gabon 4.08 2000
12 Sudan 3.75 2000
13 Chad 3.61 2000
14 Zimbabwe 3.2 2000
15 Cape Verde 2.26 2000
16 Zambia 2.18 2000
17 Uganda 2.06 2000
18 Equatorial Guinea 1.93 2000
19 Togo 1.44 2000
20 South Africa 1.43 2000
21 Madagascar 1.33 2000
22 Guinea 1.14 2000
23 Lesotho 1.08 2000
24 Senegal 0.913 2000
25 Central African Republic 0.825 2000
26 Cameroon 0.816 2000
27 The Gambia 0.814 2000
28 Sierra Leone 0.725 2000
29 Benin 0.719 2000
30 Kenya 0.703 2000
31 Mali 0.682 2000
32 Nigeria 0.619 2000
33 Burkina Faso 0.603 2000
34 Cote d'Ivoire 0.496 2000
35 Niger 0.455 2000
36 Malawi 0.442 2000
37 Ghana 0.372 2000
38 Mozambique 0.328 2000
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.213 2000
=40 Swaziland 0.0 2000
=40 Mauritius 0.0 2000
=40 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0 2000
=40 Seychelles 0.0 2000
=40 Comoros 0.0 2000

Citation

Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Military > Armed forces personnel per 1000

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Interesting observations about Military > Armed forces personnel per 1000

  • Israel ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Former British colonies in 2000.
  • Jordan ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Muslim countries in 2000.
  • Eritrea ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Hot countries in 2000.
  • Russia ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Emerging markets in 2000.
  • Greece ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst European Union in 2000.
  • Albania ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Europe in 2000.
  • Uruguay ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2000.
  • Armenia ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Cold countries in 2000.
  • United States ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2000.
  • Lebanon ranked first for armed forces personnel per 1000 amongst Former French colonies in 2000.
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