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Rwanda vs Yemen: Armed forces personnel

Rwanda
35,000
in 2020
Yemen
40,000
in 2020
Rwanda rank
84th
Yemen rank
81st

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Rwanda
  • Yemen
050.0k100.0k150.0k198520022020

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 40,000 against 35,000 in Rwanda, a difference of 5,000.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

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

Rwanda ranks 84th and Yemen ranks 81st 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.