Belarus vs Lithuania

Belarus vs Lithuania: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 158,000 people in Belarus and 37,000 people in Lithuania, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Belarus, by 121,000 people, or 4.27 times that in Lithuania.

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Belarus vs Lithuania: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 158,000 people in Belarus and 37,000 people in Lithuania, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Belarus, by 121,000 people, or 4.27 times that in Lithuania.
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What the numbers say

  • Belarus has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBelarusLithuaniaWorld
2020158,00037,00027.4 million
2019155,00037,00027.7 million
2018155,40039,55027.7 million
2017155,00034,00027.4 million
2016155,40029,65027.5 million
2015158,00028,33027.4 million
2014158,00027,40027.3 million
2013158,00021,95027.2 million
2012158,00023,35028.2 million
2011158,00023,35028 million
2010182,90025,24028.1 million
2009182,90025,24027.9 million
2008183,00024,00027.5 million
2007183,00024,00027.3 million
2006183,00024,00027 million
2005183,00029,00028.5 million
2004182,00028,00027.1 million
2003182,90027,30028.2 million
2002189,80027,30028.3 million
2001192,90017,20028.2 million
200091,10016,60029.4 million
1999103,90016,03029.6 million
199891,00015,03029.9 million
199789,80010,05029.9 million
199693,5009,90030.2 million
1995106,4008,90030.2 million
199465,00010,00023.2 million
1993115,00010,00023.7 million
1992102,00010,00024.5 million
1991––22.7 million
1990––23.9 million
1989––24.3 million
1985––22.2 million
1940–33,000–
1939–27,000–
1938–23,000–
1937–23,000–
1936–21,000–
1935–23,000–
1934–19,000–
1933–20,000–
1932–20,000–
1931–18,000–
1930–20,000–
1929–15,000–
1928–18,000–
1927–21,000–
1926–21,000–
1925–30,000–
1924–30,000–
1923–30,000–
1922–30,000–
1921–50,000–
1920–50,000–
1919–50,000–
1918–42,000–
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Good to know

  • Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
  • Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
  • Before 1992: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
  • Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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