Armed forces personnel since 1816 in the G7 in 2022 — 2,371,000 people. Since 1816, the indicator has risen by 328.8%.
1816–2022 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.37M | −39,000 | −1.62% |
| 2021 | 2.41M | +37,000 | +1.56% |
| 2020 | 2.37M | −3,000 | −0.13% |
| 2019 | 2.38M | +11,000 | +0.47% |
| 2018 | 2.37M | +1,000 | +0.04% |
| 2017 | 2.36M | −48,000 | −1.99% |
| 2016 | 2.41M | −66,000 | −2.66% |
| 2015 | 2.48M | −80,000 | −3.13% |
| 2014 | 2.56M | −47,000 | −1.8% |
| 2013 | 2.61M | −127,000 | −4.65% |
| 2012 | 2.73M | +1,000 | +0.04% |
| 2011 | 2.73M | −217,000 | −7.36% |
| 2010 | 2.95M | +64,000 | +2.22% |
| 2009 | 2.88M | +214,000 | +8.01% |
| 2008 | 2.67M | −22,000 | −0.82% |
| 2007 | 2.69M | −124,000 | −4.4% |
| 2006 | 2.82M | +102,000 | +3.76% |
| 2005 | 2.71M | +21,000 | +0.78% |
| 2004 | 2.69M | +18,000 | +0.67% |
| 2003 | 2.68M | −13,000 | −0.48% |
| 2002 | 2.69M | +0 | +0% |
| 2001 | 2.69M | +48,000 | +1.82% |
| 2000 | 2.64M | −511,000 | −16.22% |
| 1999 | 3.15M | −76,000 | −2.36% |
| 1998 | 3.23M | −61,000 | −1.86% |
| 1997 | 3.29M | −90,000 | −2.66% |
| 1996 | 3.38M | −76,000 | −2.2% |
| 1995 | 3.45M | −125,000 | −3.49% |
| 1994 | 3.58M | −174,000 | −4.64% |
| 1993 | 3.75M | −239,000 | −5.99% |
| 1992 | 3.99M | −239,000 | −5.65% |
| 1991 | 4.23M | −186,000 | −4.21% |
| 1990 | 4.42M | +460,000 | +11.62% |
| 1989 | 3.96M | −14,000 | −0.35% |
| 1988 | 3.97M | −30,000 | −0.75% |
| 1987 | 4M | −16,000 | −0.4% |
| 1986 | 4.02M | +48,000 | +1.21% |
| 1985 | 3.97M | +9,000 | +0.23% |
| 1984 | 3.96M | +28,000 | +0.71% |
| 1983 | 3.93M | +10,000 | +0.25% |
| 1982 | 3.92M | +78,000 | +2.03% |
| 1981 | 3.84M | +65,000 | +1.72% |
| 1980 | 3.78M | +36,000 | +0.96% |
| 1979 | 3.74M | −25,000 | −0.66% |
| 1978 | 3.77M | +9,000 | +0.24% |
| 1977 | 3.76M | −7,000 | −0.19% |
| 1976 | 3.77M | −39,000 | −1.02% |
| 1975 | 3.81M | −138,000 | −3.5% |
| 1974 | 3.94M | −84,000 | −2.09% |
| 1973 | 4.03M | −59,000 | −1.44% |
| 1972 | 4.09M | −323,000 | −7.33% |
| 1971 | 4.41M | −387,000 | −8.07% |
| 1970 | 4.8M | −395,000 | −7.61% |
| 1969 | 5.19M | −109,000 | −2.06% |
| 1968 | 5.3M | +134,000 | +2.59% |
| 1967 | 5.17M | +299,000 | +6.14% |
| 1966 | 4.87M | +371,000 | +8.25% |
| 1965 | 4.5M | −270,000 | −5.67% |
| 1964 | 4.77M | +3,000 | +0.06% |
| 1963 | 4.76M | −53,000 | −1.1% |
| 1962 | 4.82M | +490,000 | +11.33% |
| 1961 | 4.33M | −229,000 | −5.03% |
| 1960 | 4.56M | −26,000 | −0.57% |
| 1959 | 4.58M | −88,000 | −1.88% |
| 1958 | 4.67M | −408,000 | −8.04% |
| 1957 | 5.08M | +3,000 | +0.06% |
| 1956 | 5.07M | −98,000 | −1.89% |
| 1955 | 5.17M | −302,000 | −5.52% |
| 1954 | 5.47M | −202,000 | −3.56% |
| 1953 | 5.68M | −33,000 | −0.58% |
| 1952 | 5.71M | +632,000 | +12.45% |
| 1951 | 5.08M | +2.05M | +67.89% |
| 1950 | 3.02M | −326,000 | −9.73% |
| 1949 | 3.35M | +130,000 | +4.04% |
| 1948 | 3.22M | −568,000 | −14.99% |
| 1947 | 3.79M | −2.18M | −36.52% |
| 1946 | 5.97M | −24.3M | −80.28% |
| 1945 | 30.26M | +1.87M | +6.58% |
| 1944 | 28.4M | +2.73M | +10.64% |
| 1943 | 25.66M | +4.16M | +19.36% |
| 1942 | 21.5M | +6.57M | +44.03% |
| 1941 | 14.93M | +2.54M | +20.49% |
| 1940 | 12.39M | +6.79M | +121.13% |
| 1939 | 5.6M | +2.68M | +91.62% |
| 1938 | 2.92M | +181,000 | +6.6% |
| 1937 | 2.74M | +167,000 | +6.48% |
| 1936 | 2.58M | −800,000 | −23.7% |
| 1935 | 3.38M | +1.27M | +60.46% |
| 1934 | 2.1M | +238,000 | +12.75% |
| 1933 | 1.87M | +39,000 | +2.13% |
| 1932 | 1.83M | +88,000 | +5.06% |
| 1931 | 1.74M | +9,000 | +0.52% |
| 1930 | 1.73M | +10,000 | +0.58% |
| 1929 | 1.72M | −51,000 | −2.88% |
| 1928 | 1.77M | −20,000 | −1.12% |
| 1927 | 1.79M | −5,000 | −0.28% |
| 1926 | 1.8M | +4,000 | +0.22% |
| 1925 | 1.79M | −89,000 | −4.73% |
| 1924 | 1.88M | +51,000 | +2.79% |
| 1923 | 1.83M | −68,000 | −3.58% |
| 1922 | 1.9M | −198,000 | −9.45% |
| 1921 | 2.1M | −1.56M | −42.73% |
| 1920 | 3.66M | −3.63M | −49.79% |
| 1919 | 7.29M | −16.93M | −69.89% |
| 1918 | 24.22M | +4.8M | +24.73% |
| 1917 | 19.41M | +5.59M | +40.4% |
| 1916 | 13.83M | −3.33M | −19.38% |
| 1915 | 17.15M | +14.16M | +473.1% |
| 1914 | 2.99M | +230,000 | +8.32% |
| 1913 | 2.76M | +56,000 | +2.07% |
| 1912 | 2.71M | +306,000 | +12.74% |
| 1911 | 2.4M | +30,000 | +1.27% |
| 1910 | 2.37M | +16,000 | +0.68% |
| 1909 | 2.36M | +80,000 | +3.52% |
| 1908 | 2.28M | +40,000 | +1.79% |
| 1907 | 2.24M | −82,000 | −3.54% |
| 1906 | 2.32M | +25,000 | +1.09% |
| 1905 | 2.29M | +54,000 | +2.41% |
| 1904 | 2.24M | −18,000 | −0.8% |
| 1903 | 2.26M | −77,000 | −3.3% |
| 1902 | 2.33M | −1,000 | −0.04% |
| 1901 | 2.33M | +32,000 | +1.39% |
| 1900 | 2.3M | +187,000 | +8.84% |
| 1899 | 2.12M | −186,000 | −8.08% |
| 1898 | 2.3M | +332,000 | +16.86% |
| 1897 | 1.97M | +68,000 | +3.58% |
| 1896 | 1.9M | −74,000 | −3.75% |
| 1895 | 1.98M | +107,000 | +5.73% |
| 1894 | 1.87M | −11,000 | −0.59% |
| 1893 | 1.88M | +100,000 | +5.62% |
| 1892 | 1.78M | −23,000 | −1.28% |
| 1891 | 1.8M | +56,000 | +3.21% |
| 1890 | 1.75M | +14,000 | +0.81% |
| 1889 | 1.73M | +48,000 | +2.85% |
| 1888 | 1.68M | +58,000 | +3.57% |
| 1887 | 1.63M | +43,000 | +2.72% |
| 1886 | 1.58M | +32,000 | +2.06% |
| 1885 | 1.55M | +18,000 | +1.17% |
| 1884 | 1.53M | +73,000 | +5% |
| 1883 | 1.46M | −77,000 | −5.01% |
| 1882 | 1.54M | +5,000 | +0.33% |
| 1881 | 1.53M | +60,000 | +4.08% |
| 1880 | 1.47M | +8,000 | +0.55% |
| 1879 | 1.46M | −51,000 | −3.37% |
| 1878 | 1.52M | +88,000 | +6.17% |
| 1877 | 1.43M | +19,000 | +1.35% |
| 1876 | 1.41M | −8,000 | −0.56% |
| 1875 | 1.42M | +3,000 | +0.21% |
| 1874 | 1.41M | −43,000 | −2.95% |
| 1873 | 1.46M | +55,000 | +3.93% |
| 1872 | 1.4M | −1.25M | −47.19% |
| 1871 | 2.65M | +1.4M | +110.89% |
| 1870 | 1.26M | −66,000 | −4.98% |
| 1869 | 1.32M | −115,000 | −7.99% |
| 1868 | 1.44M | +7,000 | +0.49% |
| 1867 | 1.43M | +164,000 | +12.93% |
| 1866 | 1.27M | −995,000 | −43.97% |
| 1865 | 2.26M | −123,000 | −5.16% |
| 1864 | 2.39M | +130,000 | +5.76% |
| 1863 | 2.26M | +348,000 | +18.24% |
| 1862 | 1.91M | +431,000 | +29.18% |
| 1861 | 1.48M | +97,000 | +7.03% |
| 1860 | 1.38M | +365,000 | +35.96% |
| 1859 | 1.02M | +63,000 | +6.62% |
| 1858 | 952,000 | −68,000 | −6.67% |
| 1857 | 1.02M | −227,000 | −18.2% |
| 1856 | 1.25M | +52,000 | +4.35% |
| 1855 | 1.2M | +310,000 | +35.03% |
| 1854 | 885,000 | +37,000 | +4.36% |
| 1853 | 848,000 | +36,000 | +4.43% |
| 1852 | 812,000 | +2,000 | +0.25% |
| 1851 | 810,000 | −23,000 | −2.76% |
| 1850 | 833,000 | −59,000 | −6.61% |
| 1849 | 892,000 | +32,000 | +3.72% |
| 1848 | 860,000 | +45,000 | +5.52% |
| 1847 | 815,000 | +30,000 | +3.82% |
| 1846 | 785,000 | +66,000 | +9.18% |
| 1845 | 719,000 | −11,000 | −1.51% |
| 1844 | 730,000 | −9,000 | −1.22% |
| 1843 | 739,000 | −72,000 | −8.88% |
| 1842 | 811,000 | −36,000 | −4.25% |
| 1841 | 847,000 | +38,000 | +4.7% |
| 1840 | 809,000 | +162,000 | +25.04% |
| 1839 | 647,000 | −33,000 | −4.85% |
| 1838 | 680,000 | +36,000 | +5.59% |
| 1837 | 644,000 | +18,000 | +2.88% |
| 1836 | 626,000 | +15,000 | +2.45% |
| 1835 | 611,000 | +29,000 | +4.98% |
| 1834 | 582,000 | −39,000 | −6.28% |
| 1833 | 621,000 | −10,000 | −1.58% |
| 1832 | 631,000 | −65,000 | −9.34% |
| 1831 | 696,000 | +124,000 | +21.68% |
| 1830 | 572,000 | −14,000 | −2.39% |
| 1829 | 586,000 | +12,000 | +2.09% |
| 1828 | 574,000 | +13,000 | +2.32% |
| 1827 | 561,000 | +6,000 | +1.08% |
| 1826 | 555,000 | +18,000 | +3.35% |
| 1825 | 537,000 | −2,000 | −0.37% |
| 1824 | 539,000 | −2,000 | −0.37% |
| 1823 | 541,000 | −23,000 | −4.08% |
| 1822 | 564,000 | +43,000 | +8.25% |
| 1821 | 521,000 | −17,000 | −3.16% |
| 1820 | 538,000 | +31,000 | +6.11% |
| 1819 | 507,000 | +13,000 | +2.63% |
| 1818 | 494,000 | −11,000 | −2.18% |
| 1817 | 505,000 | −48,000 | −8.68% |
| 1816 | 553,000 | — | — |
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).