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DEFINITION:
Armed forces personnel, total. Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Sudan | 264,300 | 2011 | ||
2 | South Sudan | 210,000 | 2011 | ||
3 | Eritrea | 201,750 | 2011 | ||
4 | Nigeria | 162,000 | 2011 | ||
5 | Ethiopia | 138,000 | 2011 | ||
6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 134,250 | 2011 | ||
7 | Angola | 117,000 | 2011 | ||
8 | South Africa | 77,582 | 2011 | ||
9 | Burundi | 51,050 | 2011 | ||
10 | Zimbabwe | 50,800 | 2011 | ||
11 | Uganda | 46,800 | 2011 | ||
12 | Rwanda | 35,000 | 2011 | ||
13 | Chad | 34,850 | 2011 | ||
14 | Kenya | 29,100 | 2011 | ||
15 | Tanzania | 28,400 | 2011 | ||
16 | Cameroon | 23,100 | 2011 | ||
17 | Madagascar | 21,600 | 2011 | ||
18 | Mauritania | 20,850 | 2011 | ||
19 | Senegal | 18,600 | 2011 | ||
20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 18,550 | 2009 | ||
21 | Zambia | 16,500 | 2011 | ||
22 | Ghana | 15,500 | 2011 | ||
23 | Namibia | 15,200 | 2011 | ||
24 | Djibouti | 12,950 | 2011 | ||
25 | Guinea | 12,300 | 2011 | ||
26 | Mali | 12,150 | 2011 | ||
27 | Republic of the Congo | 12,000 | 2011 | ||
28 | Burkina Faso | 11,450 | 2011 | ||
29 | Mozambique | 11,200 | 2011 | ||
30 | Niger | 10,700 | 2011 | ||
=31 | Sierra Leone | 10,500 | 2011 | ||
=31 | Botswana | 10,500 | 2011 | ||
33 | Benin | 9,450 | 2011 | ||
34 | Togo | 9,300 | 2011 | ||
35 | Malawi | 6,800 | 2011 | ||
36 | Gabon | 6,700 | 2011 | ||
37 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,450 | 2011 | ||
38 | Somalia | 3,200 | 2011 | ||
39 | Central African Republic | 3,150 | 2011 | ||
40 | Swaziland | 3,000 | 1999 | ||
41 | Mauritius | 2,500 | 2011 | ||
42 | Liberia | 2,050 | 2011 | ||
43 | Lesotho | 2,000 | 2011 | ||
44 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,320 | 2011 | ||
45 | Cape Verde | 1,200 | 2011 | ||
46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,000 | 1999 | ||
47 | Seychelles | 870 | 2011 | ||
48 | The Gambia | 800 | 2011 |