Angola vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled

Angola
117,000
in 2020
Lao People's Democratic Republic
129,000
in 2020
Angola rank
49th
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
47th

Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled over time

  • Angola
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
25.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k150.0k198520022020

How they compare

Lao People's Democratic Republic currently reports 129,000 against 117,000 in Angola, a difference of 12,000.

That makes Lao People's Democratic Republic's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.

Angola ranks 49th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 47th of 173 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and Lao People's Democratic Republic in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Lao People's Democratic Republic Difference Ahead
1980s 78,250 54,850 23,400 Angola
1990s 125,140 88,820 36,320 Angola
2000s 120,000 129,050 9,050 Lao People's Democratic Republic
2010s 117,000 129,080 12,080 Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020s 117,000 129,000 12,000 Lao People's Democratic Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled, Angola or Lao People's Democratic Republic?
Lao People's Democratic Republic, at 129,000 against 117,000 in Angola as of 2020.
What is the difference in armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled between Angola and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
12,000, with Lao People's Democratic Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Lao People's Democratic Republic?
36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2020.
How do Angola and Lao People's Democratic Republic rank globally for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
Angola ranks 49th and Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 47th of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. 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

Angola vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/armed-forces-personnel-total-gaps-filled/angola/lao-pdr/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://public-sector.statizoid.com/compare/armed-forces-personnel-total-gaps-filled/angola/lao-pdr/">Angola vs Lao People's Democratic Republic: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
219 places, 7,420 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.