Colombia vs Eritrea: Military personnel

Colombia
256,000 people
in 2022
Eritrea
302,000 people
in 2022
Colombia rank
20th
Eritrea rank
18th

Military personnel over time

  • Colombia
  • Eritrea
0100.0k200.0k300.0k183119262022

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 302,000 people against 256,000 people in Colombia, a difference of 46,000 people.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 20th and Eritrea ranks 18th of 194 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Military personnel
Unit
people
Source
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed

Troops under the command of the national government, intended for use against foreign adversaries, and held ready for combat as of January 1 of the given year.