Lesotho vs Suriname: Military personnel

Lesotho
2,000
in 2022
Suriname
2,000
in 2022
Lesotho rank
154th
Suriname rank
154th

Military personnel over time

  • Lesotho
  • Suriname
01.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k196619942022

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2,000 against 2,000 in Suriname, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Suriname ahead.

Lesotho ranks 154th and Suriname ranks 154th of 194 countries.

Suriname has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Suriname Difference Ahead
1970s 1,000 1,000 0 —
1980s 1,900 2,500 600 Suriname
1990s 2,000 2,400 400 Suriname
2000s 2,000 2,000 0 —
2010s 2,000 2,000 0 —
2020s 2,000 2,000 0 —

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel, Lesotho or Suriname?
Lesotho, at 2,000 against 2,000 in Suriname as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel between Lesotho and Suriname?
0, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Suriname?
48 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2022.
How do Lesotho and Suriname rank globally for military personnel?
Lesotho ranks 154th and Suriname ranks 154th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Military personnel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs Suriname: Military personnel. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 13 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel/lesotho/suriname/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel/lesotho/suriname/">Lesotho vs Suriname: Military personnel</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 15,765 data points, 1816–2022
Last refreshed