Japan vs Morocco: Military personnel

Japan
247,000 people
in 2022
Morocco
196,000 people
in 2022
Japan rank
22nd
Morocco rank
25th

Military personnel over time

  • Japan
  • Morocco
02.0M4.0M6.0M184719342022

How they compare

Japan currently reports 247,000 people against 196,000 people in Morocco, a difference of 51,000 people.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.3 times Morocco's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 119 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 22nd and Morocco ranks 25th 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.