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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Transport > Maritime > Armed forces personnel, total

DEFINITION: Armed forces personnel, total. Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Sudan 264,300 2011
2 South Sudan 210,000 2011
3 Eritrea 201,750 2011
4 Nigeria 162,000 2011
5 Ethiopia 138,000 2011
6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 134,250 2011
7 Angola 117,000 2011
8 South Africa 77,582 2011
9 Burundi 51,050 2011
10 Zimbabwe 50,800 2011
11 Uganda 46,800 2011
12 Rwanda 35,000 2011
13 Chad 34,850 2011
14 Kenya 29,100 2011
15 Tanzania 28,400 2011
16 Cameroon 23,100 2011
17 Madagascar 21,600 2011
18 Mauritania 20,850 2011
19 Senegal 18,600 2011
20 Cote d'Ivoire 18,550 2009
21 Zambia 16,500 2011
22 Ghana 15,500 2011
23 Namibia 15,200 2011
24 Djibouti 12,950 2011
25 Guinea 12,300 2011
26 Mali 12,150 2011
27 Republic of the Congo 12,000 2011
28 Burkina Faso 11,450 2011
29 Mozambique 11,200 2011
30 Niger 10,700 2011
=31 Sierra Leone 10,500 2011
=31 Botswana 10,500 2011
33 Benin 9,450 2011
34 Togo 9,300 2011
35 Malawi 6,800 2011
36 Gabon 6,700 2011
37 Guinea-Bissau 6,450 2011
38 Somalia 3,200 2011
39 Central African Republic 3,150 2011
40 Swaziland 3,000 1999
41 Mauritius 2,500 2011
42 Liberia 2,050 2011
43 Lesotho 2,000 2011
44 Equatorial Guinea 1,320 2011
45 Cape Verde 1,200 2011
46 Sao Tome and Principe 1,000 1999
47 Seychelles 870 2011
48 The Gambia 800 2011

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