Lithuania vs Poland
Lithuania vs Poland: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 37,000 people in Lithuania and 189,000 people in Poland, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Poland, by 152,000 people, or 5.11 times that in Lithuania.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Poland 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 | Lithuania | Poland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 37,000 | 189,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 37,000 | 189,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 39,550 | 196,700 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 34,000 | 191,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 29,650 | 178,400 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 28,330 | 172,700 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 27,400 | 172,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 21,950 | 172,700 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 23,350 | 172,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 23,350 | 118,100 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 25,240 | 121,400 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 25,240 | 121,400 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 24,000 | 143,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 24,000 | 142,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 24,000 | 148,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 29,000 | 162,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 28,000 | 162,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 27,300 | 184,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 27,300 | 184,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 17,200 | 228,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 16,600 | 238,800 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 16,030 | 264,100 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 15,030 | 264,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 10,050 | 265,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 9,900 | 272,900 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 8,900 | 302,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 10,000 | 255,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 10,000 | 260,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 10,000 | 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 | – |
| 1940 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 27,000 | 275,000 | – |
| 1938 | 23,000 | 308,000 | – |
| 1937 | 23,000 | 281,000 | – |
| 1936 | 21,000 | 272,000 | – |
| 1935 | 23,000 | 271,000 | – |
| 1934 | 19,000 | 272,000 | – |
| 1933 | 20,000 | 269,000 | – |
| 1932 | 20,000 | 269,000 | – |
| 1931 | 18,000 | 269,000 | – |
| 1930 | 20,000 | 263,000 | – |
| 1929 | 15,000 | 268,000 | – |
| 1928 | 18,000 | 268,000 | – |
| 1927 | 21,000 | 265,000 | – |
| 1926 | 21,000 | 293,000 | – |
| 1925 | 30,000 | 272,000 | – |
| 1924 | 30,000 | 278,000 | – |
| 1923 | 30,000 | 270,000 | – |
| 1922 | 30,000 | 252,000 | – |
| 1921 | 50,000 | 255,000 | – |
| 1920 | 50,000 | 962,000 | – |
| 1919 | 50,000 | 300,000 | – |
| 1918 | 42,000 | – | – |
- 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
Lithuania vs Poland
Health
- Life expectancyLithuania: 76 years in 2023Poland: 78.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityLithuania: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Poland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityLithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Poland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterLithuania: 95% in 2022Poland: 88.9% in 2022
- DepressionLithuania: 4.14% in 2017Poland: 2.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateLithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017Poland: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationLithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023Poland: 38.8 million people in 2023
- Population growthLithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023Poland: -0.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateLithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Poland: 1.3 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationLithuania: 69.1% in 2025Poland: 60.1% in 2025
- Median ageLithuania: 42.1 years in 2023Poland: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overLithuania: 19.9% in 2023Poland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateLithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Poland: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingLithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025Poland: 4.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsLithuania: $2.74B in 2025Poland: $42.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personLithuania: $1,035 in 2025Poland: $1,219 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingLithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025Poland: 9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerLithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Poland: 0.52% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersLithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020Poland: 1.04% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsLithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025Poland: 2.17 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsLithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024Poland: 59 million TIV in 2025