Czechia vs Poland
Czechia vs Poland: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 27,000 people in Czechia and 189,000 people in Poland, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Poland, by 162,000 people, or 7 times that in Czechia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Poland has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Czechia | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 | 189,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 25,000 | 189,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 22,250 | 196,700 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 23,000 | 191,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 23,200 | 178,400 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 25,050 | 172,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 24,800 | 172,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 24,100 | 172,700 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 26,750 | 172,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 26,750 | 118,100 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 28,520 | 121,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 26,540 | 121,400 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 27,000 | 143,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 27,000 | 142,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 26,000 | 148,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 28,000 | 162,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 27,000 | 162,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 62,600 | 184,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 55,000 | 184,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 59,200 | 228,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 63,300 | 238,800 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 59,600 | 264,100 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 64,700 | 264,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 67,300 | 265,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 75,600 | 272,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 92,000 | 302,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 90,000 | 255,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 107,000 | 260,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | – | 270,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 305,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 313,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 350,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | – | 319,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | – | 434,000 | – |
| 1983 | – | 426,000 | – |
| 1982 | – | 420,000 | – |
| 1981 | – | 414,000 | – |
| 1980 | – | 408,000 | – |
| 1979 | – | 399,000 | – |
| 1978 | – | 382,000 | – |
| 1977 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1976 | – | 435,000 | – |
| 1975 | – | 435,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 366,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 328,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 318,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 315,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 314,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 312,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 310,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 305,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 303,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 302,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 302,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 303,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 310,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 305,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 200,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 300,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 328,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 255,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 204,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 168,000 | – |
| 1946 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1945 | – | 197,000 | – |
| 1939 | – | 275,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 308,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 281,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 271,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 269,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 263,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 268,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 268,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 293,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 278,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 270,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 252,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 255,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 962,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 300,000 | – |
- 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
Czechia vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025