Georgia vs Russia

Georgia vs Russia: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 26,000 people in Georgia and 1.45 million people in Russia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.43 million people, or 56 times that in Georgia.

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people · IISS

Georgia vs Russia: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 26,000 people in Georgia and 1.45 million people in Russia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Russia, by 1.43 million people, or 56 times that in Georgia.
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What the numbers say

  • Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
  • In 2020, Georgia ranked 93 and Russia ranked 4 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearGeorgiaRussiaWorld
202026,0001.45 million27.4 million
201926,0001.45 million27.7 million
201825,6501.45 million27.7 million
201726,0001.45 million27.4 million
201626,0501.45 million27.5 million
201526,0501.49 million27.4 million
201432,3501.29 million27.3 million
201332,3501.26 million27.2 million
201232,3501.36 million28.2 million
201132,3501.36 million28 million
201032,3601.43 million28.1 million
200932,3601.5 million27.9 million
200833,0001.48 million27.5 million
200733,0001.48 million27.3 million
200633,0001.45 million27 million
200523,0001.45 million28.5 million
200422,0001.45 million27.1 million
200329,2001.37 million28.2 million
200229,2001.4 million28.3 million
200128,5001.39 million28.2 million
200033,4001.43 million29.4 million
199932,8001.48 million29.6 million
199839,2001.7 million29.9 million
199739,2001.82 million29.9 million
199615,0001.62 million30.2 million
199514,0001.8 million30.2 million
19947,0001.4 million23.2 million
199325,0001.5 million23.7 million
199225,0001.9 million24.5 million
1991––22.7 million
1990––23.9 million
1989––24.3 million
1985––22.2 million
1922–3.6 million–
1921–5.5 million–
1920–3.05 million–
1919–1.55 million–
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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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