Bhutan vs China: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel: 6,000 people in Bhutan in 2000 and 2.54 million people in China in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in China, by 3.9 million people, or 650 times that in Bhutan.
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Latest figures
people · IISS
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 6,000 2000 | — | — |
| China | 2.54 million 2020 | 2.95 million | 2 of 170 |
| World | 27.4 million 2020 | 28.1 million |
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 29.4 million people in 2000.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Bhutan | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | 2.54 million | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | – | 2.54 million | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | – | 2.7 million | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | – | 2.7 million | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | – | 2.7 million | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | – | 2.84 million | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | – | 2.99 million | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 2.99 million | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | – | 2.99 million | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 2.95 million | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 2.95 million | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | – | 2.95 million | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | – | 2.89 million | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | – | 2.89 million | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 3.61 million | 27 million |
| 2005 | – | 3.76 million | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | – | 3.76 million | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | – | 3.75 million | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | – | 3.77 million | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 3.81 million | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 6,000 | 3.91 million | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 7,000 | 3.82 million | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 7,000 | 3.82 million | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 6,000 | 3.64 million | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 5,000 | 4.14 million | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 4,000 | 4.13 million | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 5,000 | 2.93 million | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 5,000 | 3.03 million | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 5,000 | 3.16 million | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 3.2 million | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 3.5 million | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 3.9 million | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 3,000 | 3.9 million | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 4,000 | 4.1 million | – |
| 1983 | 4,000 | 4.1 million | – |
| 1982 | 4,000 | 4.35 million | – |
| 1981 | 4,000 | 4.75 million | – |
| 1980 | 4,000 | 4.65 million | – |
| 1979 | 4,000 | 4.6 million | – |
| 1978 | 4,000 | 4.5 million | – |
| 1977 | 4,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1976 | 5,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1975 | 5,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1974 | 5,000 | 4.3 million | – |
| 1973 | 5,000 | 3.25 million | – |
| 1972 | 5,000 | 3.04 million | – |
| 1971 | 5,000 | 2.97 million | – |
| 1970 | – | 2.85 million | – |
| 1969 | – | 2.83 million | – |
| 1968 | – | 2.8 million | – |
| 1967 | – | 2.71 million | – |
| 1966 | – | 2.6 million | – |
| 1965 | – | 2.4 million | – |
| 1964 | – | 2.75 million | – |
| 1963 | – | 2.5 million | – |
| 1962 | – | 2.3 million | – |
| 1961 | – | 2.2 million | – |
| 1960 | – | 3.23 million | – |
| 1959 | – | 3.21 million | – |
| 1958 | – | 3.18 million | – |
| 1957 | – | 3.16 million | – |
| 1956 | – | 3.13 million | – |
| 1955 | – | 3 million | – |
| 1954 | – | 3.08 million | – |
| 1953 | – | 3.05 million | – |
| 1952 | – | 3.03 million | – |
| 1951 | – | 3 million | – |
| 1950 | – | 4 million | – |
| 1949 | – | 2.57 million | – |
| 1948 | – | 3.69 million | – |
| 1947 | – | 4.02 million | – |
| 1946 | – | 4.16 million | – |
| 1945 | – | 4.78 million | – |
| 1944 | – | 4.23 million | – |
| 1943 | – | 3.68 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 3.13 million | – |
| 1941 | – | 2.58 million | – |
| 1940 | – | 2.04 million | – |
| 1939 | – | 1.49 million | – |
| 1938 | – | 900,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 2 million | – |
| 1936 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1935 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1934 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1933 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1932 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1931 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1930 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1929 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1928 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1927 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1926 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1925 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1924 | – | 1.7 million | – |
| 1923 | – | 1.63 million | – |
| 1922 | – | 1.57 million | – |
| 1921 | – | 1.5 million | – |
| 1920 | – | 1.44 million | – |
| 1919 | – | 1.38 million | – |
| 1918 | – | 1.3 million | – |
| 1917 | – | 900,000 | – |
| 1916 | – | 850,000 | – |
| 1915 | – | 500,000 | – |
| 1914 | – | 460,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1910 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1909 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1908 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1907 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1906 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1905 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1904 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1903 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1902 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1901 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1900 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1899 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1898 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1897 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1896 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1895 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1894 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1893 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1892 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1891 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1890 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1889 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1888 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1887 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1886 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1885 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1884 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1883 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1882 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1881 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1880 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1879 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1878 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1877 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1876 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1875 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1874 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1873 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1872 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1871 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1870 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1869 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1868 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1867 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1866 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1865 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1864 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1863 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1862 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1861 | – | 1 million | – |
| 1860 | – | 1 million | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
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 1985: 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time