Military Strength: Cameroon vs Niger

Cameroon (ranked #134 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Niger (#138) on the ATLAS Index. Cameroon fields 34,000 active troops — 3.4:1 Niger's 10,000, backed by 9,000 paramilitary. Cameroon allocates $0.5B to defense compared to $0.4B for Niger.

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CameroonWorld #134 9.5

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Cameroon leads on 3 of 6 pillars

NigerWorld #138 8.4

29.734K active troops Manpower10 % 21.810K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 0.00 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
16.26 combat aircraft Air power25 % 15.82 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.5$533M budget Defense budget15 % 14.8$437M budget

Cameroon Niger Pillar scores 0–100 (weight under each label) over a headline figure from that domain · each conventional pillar read after its branch's availability proxy · Methodology

Key figures

	Cameroon	Niger	Ratio
Defense budget	$533M	$437M	🇨🇲 1.2×
– share of GDP	1.0%	2.2%	🇳🇪 2.2×
Active personnel	34,000	10,000	🇨🇲 3.4×
Combat aircraft	6	2	🇨🇲 3.0×
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	0	—
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	0	—
Paramilitary forces	9,000	7,500	🇨🇲 1.2×
Military aircraft (all types)	35	25	🇨🇲 1.4×
– helicopters	21	12	🇨🇲 1.8×
Budget share of govt spending	—	—	—
Budget per capita	$18	$16	🇨🇲 1.1×
Population	29.1M	27M	🇨🇲 1.1×
GDP	$53B	$20B	🇨🇲 2.7×
GDP per capita	$1,830	$735	🇨🇲 2.5×
Land area	472,710 km²	1,266,700 km²	🇳🇪 2.7×
Coastline	402 km	0 km	🇨🇲