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Bangladesh vs Eritrea: Armed forces personnel

Bangladesh
227,000
in 2020
Eritrea
202,000
in 2020
Bangladesh rank
29th
Eritrea rank
31st

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Eritrea
50.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k198520022020

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 227,000 against 202,000 in Eritrea, a difference of 25,000.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 29th and Eritrea ranks 31st 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.