Military Strength: Cameroon vs Uganda

Uganda (ranked #89 globally) holds a stronger overall military position than Cameroon (#132) on the ATLAS Index. Cameroon fields 34,000 active troops vs 46,000 for Uganda, backed by 10,000 reserves and 1,400 paramilitary. Uganda's $1.3B defense budget is 2.4:1 that of Cameroon ($0.5B).

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CameroonWorld #132 9.6

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Uganda leads on 4 of 6 pillars

UgandaWorld #89 17.1

29.734K active troops Manpower10 % 34.546K active troops
0.00 battle tanks Ground forces20 % 28.6240 battle tanks
0.00 warships Naval power20 % 0.00 warships
16.86 combat aircraft Air power25 % 19.26 combat aircraft
0.00 warheads Nuclear deterrent10 % 0.00 warheads
15.5$533M budget Defense budget15 % 19.4$1.3B budget

Cameroon Uganda 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	Uganda	Ratio
Defense budget	$533M	$1.3B	🇺🇬 2.4×
– share of GDP	1.0%	2.0%	🇺🇬 2.0×
Active personnel	34,000	46,000	🇺🇬 1.4×
Combat aircraft	6	6	—
Warships	0	0	—
– submarines	0	0	—
Main battle tanks	0	240	🇺🇬
Nuclear warheads	0	0	—

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Reserve troops	0	10,000	🇺🇬
Paramilitary forces	9,000	1,400	🇨🇲 6.4×
Military aircraft (all types)	35	51	🇺🇬 1.5×
– helicopters	21	30	🇺🇬 1.4×
Budget share of govt spending	—	9.0%	🇺🇬
Budget per capita	$18	$26	🇺🇬 1.4×
Population	29.1M	50M	🇺🇬 1.7×
GDP	$53B	$54B	🇺🇬 ≈
GDP per capita	$1,830	$1,078	🇨🇲 1.7×
Land area	472,710 km²	197,100 km²	🇨🇲 2.4×
Coastline	402 km	0 km	🇨🇲