Armed forces personnel since 1816 in the G20 in 2022 — 9,408,000 people. Since 1860, the indicator has risen by 172.4%.
1860–2022 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.41M | +251,000 | +2.74% |
| 2021 | 9.16M | +7,000 | +0.08% |
| 2020 | 9.15M | −18,000 | −0.2% |
| 2019 | 9.17M | +60,000 | +0.66% |
| 2018 | 9.11M | −84,000 | −0.91% |
| 2017 | 9.19M | −269,000 | −2.84% |
| 2016 | 9.46M | −34,000 | −0.36% |
| 2015 | 9.5M | −141,000 | −1.46% |
| 2014 | 9.64M | +0 | +0% |
| 2013 | 9.64M | −154,000 | −1.57% |
| 2012 | 9.79M | −89,000 | −0.9% |
| 2011 | 9.88M | −226,000 | −2.24% |
| 2010 | 10.11M | +232,000 | +2.35% |
| 2009 | 9.87M | +254,000 | +2.64% |
| 2008 | 9.62M | −112,000 | −1.15% |
| 2007 | 9.73M | −57,000 | −0.58% |
| 2006 | 9.79M | +76,000 | +0.78% |
| 2005 | 9.71M | +70,000 | +0.73% |
| 2004 | 9.64M | +66,000 | +0.69% |
| 2003 | 9.58M | −27,000 | −0.28% |
| 2002 | 9.6M | +5,000 | +0.05% |
| 2001 | 9.6M | −617,000 | −6.04% |
| 2000 | 10.22M | −227,000 | −2.17% |
| 1999 | 10.44M | −377,000 | −3.48% |
| 1998 | 10.82M | −330,000 | −2.96% |
| 1997 | 11.15M | −63,000 | −0.56% |
| 1996 | 11.21M | −518,000 | −4.42% |
| 1995 | 11.73M | −124,000 | −1.05% |
| 1994 | 11.85M | −247,000 | −2.04% |
| 1993 | 12.1M | −799,000 | −6.19% |
| 1992 | 12.9M | −1.5M | −10.43% |
| 1991 | 14.4M | −731,000 | −4.83% |
| 1990 | 15.13M | −216,000 | −1.41% |
| 1989 | 15.35M | −242,000 | −1.55% |
| 1988 | 15.59M | +81,000 | +0.52% |
| 1987 | 15.51M | −458,000 | −2.87% |
| 1986 | 15.97M | +37,000 | +0.23% |
| 1985 | 15.93M | +143,000 | +0.91% |
| 1984 | 15.79M | +62,000 | +0.39% |
| 1983 | 15.73M | −212,000 | −1.33% |
| 1982 | 15.94M | −231,000 | −1.43% |
| 1981 | 16.17M | +224,000 | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 15.95M | −114,000 | −0.71% |
| 1979 | 16.06M | +72,000 | +0.45% |
| 1978 | 15.99M | +210,000 | +1.33% |
| 1977 | 15.78M | −380,000 | −2.35% |
| 1976 | 16.16M | −97,000 | −0.6% |
| 1975 | 16.25M | −45,000 | −0.28% |
| 1974 | 16.3M | +1.05M | +6.88% |
| 1973 | 15.25M | +67,000 | +0.44% |
| 1972 | 15.18M | −78,000 | −0.51% |
| 1971 | 15.26M | −564,000 | −3.56% |
| 1970 | 15.83M | −221,000 | −1.38% |
| 1969 | 16.05M | +93,000 | +0.58% |
| 1968 | 15.95M | +526,000 | +3.41% |
| 1967 | 15.43M | +618,000 | +4.17% |
| 1966 | 14.81M | +1.78M | +13.66% |
| 1965 | 13.03M | −946,000 | −6.77% |
| 1964 | 13.98M | +388,000 | +2.86% |
| 1963 | 13.59M | +818,000 | +6.41% |
| 1962 | 12.77M | +651,000 | +5.37% |
| 1961 | 12.12M | −1.73M | −12.47% |
| 1960 | 13.85M | −17,000 | −0.12% |
| 1959 | 13.86M | −290,000 | −2.05% |
| 1958 | 14.15M | −796,000 | −5.33% |
| 1957 | 14.95M | −495,000 | −3.21% |
| 1956 | 15.44M | −678,000 | −4.21% |
| 1955 | 16.12M | −265,000 | −1.62% |
| 1954 | 16.39M | +9,000 | +0.05% |
| 1953 | 16.38M | +11,000 | +0.07% |
| 1952 | 16.37M | +1.41M | +9.41% |
| 1951 | 14.96M | +1.5M | +11.14% |
| 1950 | 13.46M | +2.26M | +20.17% |
| 1949 | 11.2M | +52,000 | +0.47% |
| 1948 | 11.15M | −724,000 | −6.1% |
| 1947 | 11.87M | −1.83M | −13.35% |
| 1946 | 13.7M | −34.95M | −71.83% |
| 1945 | 48.65M | +8.59M | +21.45% |
| 1944 | 40.06M | +4.19M | +11.67% |
| 1943 | 35.87M | +5.63M | +18.63% |
| 1942 | 30.24M | +7.48M | +32.88% |
| 1941 | 22.76M | +3.94M | +20.95% |
| 1940 | 18.82M | +9.57M | +103.45% |
| 1939 | 9.25M | +3.43M | +58.85% |
| 1938 | 5.82M | −790,000 | −11.95% |
| 1937 | 6.61M | +621,000 | +10.37% |
| 1936 | 5.99M | −807,000 | −11.87% |
| 1935 | 6.8M | +1.64M | +31.69% |
| 1934 | 5.16M | +389,000 | +8.15% |
| 1933 | 4.77M | +355,000 | +8.04% |
| 1932 | 4.42M | +100,000 | +2.32% |
| 1931 | 4.32M | +5,000 | +0.12% |
| 1930 | 4.31M | +24,000 | +0.56% |
| 1929 | 4.29M | −46,000 | −1.06% |
| 1928 | 4.34M | +11,000 | +0.25% |
| 1927 | 4.32M | −31,000 | −0.71% |
| 1926 | 4.36M | +2,000 | +0.05% |
| 1925 | 4.35M | −74,000 | −1.67% |
| 1924 | 4.43M | −1.42M | −24.32% |
| 1923 | 5.85M | −1.6M | −21.43% |
| 1922 | 7.45M | −2.02M | −21.31% |
| 1921 | 9.46M | +991,000 | +11.7% |
| 1920 | 8.47M | −2.11M | −19.91% |
| 1919 | 10.58M | — | — |
| 1915 | 24.18M | +19.07M | +373.34% |
| 1914 | 5.11M | +276,000 | +5.71% |
| 1913 | 4.83M | −118,000 | −2.38% |
| 1912 | 4.95M | −310,000 | −5.89% |
| 1911 | 5.26M | +94,000 | +1.82% |
| 1910 | 5.17M | −21,000 | −0.4% |
| 1909 | 5.19M | +139,000 | +2.75% |
| 1908 | 5.05M | +184,000 | +3.78% |
| 1907 | 4.86M | −84,000 | −1.7% |
| 1906 | 4.95M | −1.08M | −17.9% |
| 1905 | 6.03M | +1.31M | +27.64% |
| 1904 | 4.72M | −37,000 | −0.78% |
| 1903 | 4.76M | −78,000 | −1.61% |
| 1902 | 4.84M | +13,000 | +0.27% |
| 1901 | 4.82M | +35,000 | +0.73% |
| 1900 | 4.79M | +427,000 | +9.79% |
| 1899 | 4.36M | −309,000 | −6.62% |
| 1898 | 4.67M | +249,000 | +5.63% |
| 1897 | 4.42M | +242,000 | +5.79% |
| 1896 | 4.18M | −39,000 | −0.92% |
| 1895 | 4.22M | +108,000 | +2.63% |
| 1894 | 4.11M | +8,000 | +0.19% |
| 1893 | 4.1M | +90,000 | +2.24% |
| 1892 | 4.01M | +8,000 | +0.2% |
| 1891 | 4.01M | +112,000 | +2.88% |
| 1890 | 3.89M | −11,000 | −0.28% |
| 1889 | 3.9M | +37,000 | +0.96% |
| 1888 | 3.87M | +141,000 | +3.78% |
| 1887 | 3.73M | +38,000 | +1.03% |
| 1886 | 3.69M | +72,000 | +1.99% |
| 1885 | 3.62M | +19,000 | +0.53% |
| 1884 | 3.6M | +54,000 | +1.52% |
| 1883 | 3.54M | −193,000 | −5.17% |
| 1882 | 3.74M | −4,000 | −0.11% |
| 1881 | 3.74M | +154,000 | +4.29% |
| 1880 | 3.59M | +17,000 | +0.48% |
| 1879 | 3.57M | −549,000 | −13.33% |
| 1878 | 4.12M | +335,000 | +8.86% |
| 1877 | 3.78M | +51,000 | +1.37% |
| 1876 | 3.73M | +277,000 | +8.02% |
| 1875 | 3.46M | +5,000 | +0.14% |
| 1874 | 3.45M | −55,000 | −1.57% |
| 1873 | 3.51M | +60,000 | +1.74% |
| 1872 | 3.45M | −1.19M | −25.72% |
| 1871 | 4.64M | +1.38M | +42.49% |
| 1870 | 3.26M | −24,000 | −0.73% |
| 1869 | 3.28M | −80,000 | −2.38% |
| 1868 | 3.36M | +17,000 | +0.51% |
| 1867 | 3.34M | +85,000 | +2.61% |
| 1866 | 3.26M | −964,000 | −22.84% |
| 1865 | 4.22M | −505,000 | −10.69% |
| 1864 | 4.73M | +460,000 | +10.78% |
| 1863 | 4.27M | +466,000 | +12.26% |
| 1862 | 3.8M | +248,000 | +6.98% |
| 1861 | 3.55M | +98,000 | +2.84% |
| 1860 | 3.45M | — | — |
The number of military personnel on active duty. The series was assembled by the Correlates of War project and continued with data of the International Institute for Strategic Studies; unlike the World Bank series, which begins in 1985, it reaches 1816 and makes military buildup over two centuries visible — including both world wars.
Important: Over two hundred years borders and the composition of countries changed, so the series before the middle of the 20th century refers to the territory of the time: comparing adjacent years is reliable, comparing 1830 with 2020 only loosely so.
Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.
The number of active-duty military personnel and paramilitary forces.
Defense Armed forces as a share of the populationWhat share of a country’s population military personnel make up — a measure of how militarized a society is.
Defense Military expenditure in dollarsThe absolute volume of defense spending in current US dollars.
Defense Military expenditure (% of GDP)The share of GDP a country spends on defense.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
Defense Arms exportsTransfers of major conventional weapons abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV).