Eswatini vs Lesotho: Military personnel

Eswatini
3,000 people
in 1999
Lesotho
2,000 people
in 2022
Eswatini rank
152nd
Lesotho rank
154th

Military personnel over time

  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 3,000 people against 2,000 people in Lesotho, a difference of 1,000 people.

That makes Eswatini's figure about 1.5 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Lesotho ahead.

Eswatini ranks 152nd and Lesotho ranks 154th 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.