Bolivia vs Peru
Bolivia vs Peru: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 71,000 people in Bolivia and 158,000 people in Peru, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Peru, by 87,000 people, or 2.23 times that in Bolivia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Peru has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Bolivia | Peru | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 71,000 | 158,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 71,000 | 158,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 71,100 | 158,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 71,000 | 158,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 71,200 | 158,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 71,200 | 158,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 71,200 | 158,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 83,200 | 192,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 83,200 | 192,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 83,200 | 192,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 83,200 | 192,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 83,200 | 192,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 83,000 | 191,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 83,000 | 198,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 83,000 | 198,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 70,000 | 157,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 68,000 | 157,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 68,600 | 177,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 68,600 | 187,000 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 68,600 | 177,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 69,600 | 193,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 69,600 | 193,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 70,600 | 203,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 70,600 | 203,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 64,100 | 193,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 64,100 | 177,600 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 28,000 | 112,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 32,000 | 112,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 32,000 | 112,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 33,000 | 123,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 30,000 | 125,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 30,000 | 110,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 27,600 | 128,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 28,000 | 135,000 | – |
| 1983 | 27,000 | 167,000 | – |
| 1982 | 26,000 | 164,000 | – |
| 1981 | 26,000 | 157,000 | – |
| 1980 | 24,000 | 151,000 | – |
| 1979 | 20,000 | 125,000 | – |
| 1978 | 20,000 | 125,000 | – |
| 1977 | 20,000 | 125,000 | – |
| 1976 | 22,000 | 100,000 | – |
| 1975 | 20,000 | 95,000 | – |
| 1974 | 18,000 | 90,000 | – |
| 1973 | 18,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1972 | 17,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1971 | 17,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1970 | 17,000 | 80,000 | – |
| 1969 | 20,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1968 | 17,000 | 75,000 | – |
| 1967 | 20,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1966 | 25,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1965 | 16,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1964 | 13,000 | 70,000 | – |
| 1963 | 13,000 | 65,000 | – |
| 1962 | 18,000 | 48,000 | – |
| 1961 | 18,000 | 46,000 | – |
| 1960 | 12,000 | 42,000 | – |
| 1959 | 12,000 | 42,000 | – |
| 1958 | 12,000 | 41,000 | – |
| 1957 | 17,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1956 | 17,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1955 | 12,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1954 | 9,000 | 36,000 | – |
| 1953 | 9,000 | 36,000 | – |
| 1952 | 9,000 | 36,000 | – |
| 1951 | 9,000 | 35,000 | – |
| 1950 | 9,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1949 | 9,000 | 30,000 | – |
| 1948 | 9,000 | 29,000 | – |
| 1947 | 9,000 | 31,000 | – |
| 1946 | 9,000 | 38,000 | – |
| 1945 | 10,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1944 | 10,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1943 | – | 32,000 | – |
| 1942 | 10,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1941 | 10,000 | 32,000 | – |
| 1940 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 10,000 | 15,000 | – |
| 1938 | 10,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1937 | 10,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1936 | 10,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1935 | 42,000 | 17,000 | – |
| 1934 | 23,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1933 | 20,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1932 | 7,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1931 | 7,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1930 | 8,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1929 | 8,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1928 | 8,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1926 | 8,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1925 | 4,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1924 | 4,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1923 | 4,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1922 | 4,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1921 | 4,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1920 | 4,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1919 | 4,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1918 | 5,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1917 | 5,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1916 | 5,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1915 | 5,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1914 | 5,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1913 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1912 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1911 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1910 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1909 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1908 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1907 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1906 | 2,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1905 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1904 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1903 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1902 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1901 | 3,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1900 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1899 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1898 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1897 | 2,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1896 | 3,000 | 3,000 | – |
| 1895 | 1,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1894 | 1,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1893 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1892 | 2,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1891 | 1,000 | 8,000 | – |
| 1890 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1889 | 1,000 | 6,000 | – |
| 1888 | 1,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1887 | 1,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1886 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1885 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1884 | 2,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1883 | 3,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1882 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 3,000 | 7,000 | – |
| 1879 | 7,000 | 4,000 | – |
| 1878 | 3,000 | 5,000 | – |
| 1877 | 3,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1876 | 3,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1875 | 3,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1874 | 3,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1873 | 4,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1872 | 4,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1871 | 2,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1870 | 2,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1869 | 2,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1868 | 3,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1867 | 2,000 | 9,000 | – |
| 1866 | 2,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1865 | 2,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1864 | 2,000 | 18,000 | – |
| 1863 | 2,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1862 | 2,000 | 13,000 | – |
| 1861 | 2,000 | 14,000 | – |
| 1860 | 2,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1859 | 2,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1858 | 3,000 | 12,000 | – |
| 1857 | 3,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1856 | 14,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1855 | 15,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1854 | 15,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1853 | 15,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1852 | 16,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1851 | 16,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1850 | 16,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1849 | 17,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1848 | 17,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 11,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 10,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 9,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 8,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 7,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 6,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 5,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 4,000 | – |
- 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.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Peru
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Peru: 77.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBolivia: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024Peru: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Peru: 11.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Peru: 2.28% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Peru: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Peru: 33.9 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Peru: 1.12% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Peru: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Peru: 85.6% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Peru: 29.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Peru: 9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Peru: 0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Peru: 0.81% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBolivia: $570M in 2025Peru: $2.43B in 2025
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Peru: $75 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBolivia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025Peru: 3.7% of government spending in 2025
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Peru: 0.28% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Peru: 0.94% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Peru: 90 million TIV in 2025