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Burundi vs Cameroon: Armed forces personnel

Burundi
31,000
in 2020
Cameroon
34,000
in 2020
Burundi rank
87th
Cameroon rank
85th

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k198520022020

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 34,000 against 31,000 in Burundi, a difference of 3,000.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

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

Burundi ranks 87th and Cameroon ranks 85th 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.