Statizoid

Sudan vs Zimbabwe: Armed forces personnel as a share of total population

Sudan
0.3%
in 2020
Zimbabwe
0.3%
in 2020
Sudan rank
95th
Zimbabwe rank
92nd

Armed forces personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Sudan
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Sudan, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Sudan ranks 95th and Zimbabwe ranks 92nd of 173 countries.

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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.