Greece vs North Macedonia
Greece vs North Macedonia: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 147,000 people in Greece and 16,000 people in North Macedonia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Greece, by 131,000 people, or 9.19 times that in North Macedonia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Greece 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
| Year | Greece | North Macedonia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 147,000 | 16,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 147,000 | 16,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 147,900 | 16,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 146,000 | 16,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 145,400 | 15,600 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 147,000 | 15,600 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 147,000 | 8,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 149,000 | 8,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 147,400 | 8,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 148,400 | 8,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 149,600 | 8,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 142,900 | 8,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 161,000 | 19,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 161,000 | 19,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 161,000 | 19,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 168,000 | 19,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 167,000 | 17,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 181,600 | 20,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 181,600 | 19,900 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 163,200 | 26,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 163,200 | 23,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 169,600 | 23,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 172,500 | 27,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 166,300 | 22,900 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 198,800 | 17,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 201,800 | 17,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 206,000 | 10,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 213,000 | 10,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 208,000 | 10,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 205,000 | – | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 201,000 | – | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 201,000 | – | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 201,500 | – | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 197,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 177,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 186,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 188,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 186,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 187,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 186,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 187,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 186,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 185,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 186,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 184,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 180,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 180,000 | – | – |
| 1970 | 180,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 180,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 185,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 170,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 175,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 190,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 175,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 175,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 152,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 148,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 144,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 135,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 144,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 173,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 171,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 171,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 192,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 223,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 154,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 137,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 117,000 | – | – |
| 1941 | 414,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 105,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 98,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 95,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 68,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 63,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 63,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 66,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 69,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 73,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 76,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 79,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 81,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 78,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 79,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 79,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 72,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 58,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 51,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 42,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 200,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 84,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1829 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 5,000 | – | – |
- 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
Greece vs North Macedonia
Health
- Life expectancyGreece: 81.9 years in 2023North Macedonia: 77.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityGreece: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024North Macedonia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityGreece: 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023North Macedonia: 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGreece: 98.9% in 2022North Macedonia: 80.5% in 2022
- DepressionGreece: 4.19% in 2017North Macedonia: 2.33% in 2017
- Suicide rateGreece: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017North Macedonia: 6.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGreece: 10.2 million people in 2023North Macedonia: 1.83 million people in 2023
- Population growthGreece: -2.08% a year in 2023North Macedonia: -0.47% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGreece: 1.33 births per woman in 2023North Macedonia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGreece: 79.2% in 2025North Macedonia: 62.9% in 2025
- Median ageGreece: 45.8 years in 2023North Macedonia: 40.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGreece: 23.5% in 2023North Macedonia: 17.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateGreece: -15.6 per 1,000 people in 2023North Macedonia: -3.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGreece: 2.99% of GDP in 2025North Macedonia: 1.97% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGreece: $7.81B in 2025North Macedonia: $346M in 2025
- Military spending per personGreece: $842 in 2025North Macedonia: $206 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGreece: 6% of government spending in 2025North Macedonia: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- National powerGreece: 0.26% of world capability in 2022North Macedonia: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGreece: 3.2% of the labour force in 2020North Macedonia: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGreece: 574 million TIV in 2025North Macedonia: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGreece: 2 million TIV in 2025North Macedonia: 59 million TIV in 2023