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Angola vs Laos: Armed forces personnel

Angola
117,000
in 2020
Laos
129,000
in 2020
Angola rank
49th
Laos rank
47th

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Angola
  • Laos
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k198520022020

How they compare

Laos currently reports 129,000 against 117,000 in Angola, a difference of 12,000.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Laos ahead.

Angola ranks 49th and Laos ranks 47th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026) – processed 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.