Iraq vs Vietnam: Armed forces personnel, total
Iraq
459,000
in 2020
Vietnam
522,000
in 2020
Iraq rank
15th
Vietnam rank
12th
Armed forces personnel, total over time
- Iraq
- Vietnam
How they compare
Vietnam currently reports 522,000 against 459,000 in Iraq, a difference of 63,000.
That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Vietnam ahead.
Globally, Iraq ranks 15th and Vietnam ranks 12th of 173 countries.
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About this data
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.