Brazil vs Egypt: Armed forces personnel, total

Brazil
762,000
in 2020
Egypt
836,000
in 2020
Brazil rank
8th
Egypt rank
7th

Armed forces personnel, total over time

  • Brazil
  • Egypt
200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k198520022020

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 836,000 against 762,000 in Brazil, a difference of 74,000.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Egypt ahead.

Brazil ranks 8th and Egypt ranks 7th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel, total
Source
The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
219 places, 6,823 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

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.