Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Military personnel as a share of total population

Cameroon
0.1%
in 2022
Côte d'Ivoire
0.1%
in 2022
Cameroon rank
148th
Côte d'Ivoire rank
149th

Military personnel as a share of total population over time

  • Cameroon
  • Côte d'Ivoire
00.050.10.150.2196019912022

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Cameroon ranks 148th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 149th of 194 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Côte d'Ivoire in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Cameroon
1980s 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% Cameroon
1990s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Cameroon
2000s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Cameroon
2010s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Côte d'Ivoire
2020s 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher military personnel as a share of total population, Cameroon or Côte d'Ivoire?
Cameroon, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2022.
What is the difference in military personnel as a share of total population between Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
0.0%, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Cameroon and Côte d'Ivoire rank globally for military personnel as a share of total population?
Cameroon ranks 148th and Côte d'Ivoire ranks 149th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Military personnel as a share of total population. 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

Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Military personnel as a share of total population. Statizoid, drawing on Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/cameroon/cote-d-ivoire/

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://population.statizoid.com/compare/military-personnel-as-a-share-of-total-population/cameroon/cote-d-ivoire/">Cameroon vs Côte d'Ivoire: Military personnel as a share of total population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Military personnel as a share of total population
Unit
%
Source
Correlates of War - National Material Capabilities Version 7.0 (2026) – with major 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

Ratio of military personnel to total population, expressed as a percentage.