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These are the 7 most powerful and 5 weakest militaries in Africa right now

Nigeria has one of the most powerful militaries in Africa right now [dailypost]
  • Global Firepower has released its Military Strength Ranking for 2020.
  • Countries all over the world are ranked yearly by using over 50 factors and categories ranging from the workforce, airpower to logistical capability, and geography. 
  • Below are the seven African countries with the most powerful militaries.

Every year, the Global Firepower list ranks countries all over the world based on the strength of their military.

The countries are given a Power Index ('PwrIndx') score based on the workforce, airpower, land forces, naval forces, natural resources, financials, logistical capability, and geography.

The smaller the PwrIndx score, the stronger a nation's technical fighting capability is. The perfect score is 0.0000, which, according to Global Firepower, is "realistically unattainable."

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Here are the seven African countries with the most powerful militaries:

  • Egypt

Power index - 0.1872

Total Population - 99,413,317

Total Military Personnel - 920,000 (est.) (0.9%)

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  • Algeria

Power index - 0.4659

Total Population - 41,657,488

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Total Military Personnel - 280,000 (est.) (0.7%)

  • South Africa

Power index - 0.4985

Total Population - 55,380,210

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Total Military Personnel - 81,300 (est.) (0.1%)

  • Nigeria

Power index - 0.6485

Total Population - 203,452,505

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Total Military Personnel - 120,000 (est.) (0.1%)

  • Angola

Power index - 0.8379

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Total Population - 30,355,880

Total Military Personnel - 107,000 (est.) (0.4%)

  • Morocco

Power index - 0.8408

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Total Population - 34,314,130

Total Military Personnel - 510,000 (est.) (1.5%)

  • Ethiopia

Power index - 0.8581

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Total Population - 108,386,391

Total Military Personnel - 162,000 (est.) (0.1%)

On the lower end of the list we have these five:

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  • Liberia

Power index - 5.5737

Total Population - 4,809,768

Total Military Personnel - 2,100 (est.) (0.0%)

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  • Somalia

Power index - 4.6404

Total Population - 11,259,029

Total Military Personnel - 20,000 (est.) (0.2%)

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  • Sierra Leone

Power index - 4.2063

Total Population - 6,312,212

Total Military Personnel - 8,500 (est.) (0.1%)

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  • Gabon

Power index - 3.3736

Total Population - 2,119,036

Total Military Personnel - 5,000 (est.) (0.2%)

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  • Central Africa Republic

Power index - 3.2889

Total Population - 5,745,062

Total Military Personnel - 7,150 (est.) (0.1%)

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