Statizoid

Niger vs Tanzania: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Niger
0.0%
in 2020
Tanzania
0.0%
in 2020
Niger rank
164th
Tanzania rank
163rd

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Niger
  • Tanzania
0.050.10.150.2198520022020

How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.0% against 0.0% in Niger, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Tanzania ahead.

Niger ranks 164th and Tanzania ranks 163rd of 173 countries.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.