Montenegro vs Serbia

Montenegro vs Serbia: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 12,000 people in Montenegro and 32,000 people in Serbia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Serbia, by 20,000 people, or 2.67 times that in Montenegro.

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people · IISS

Montenegro vs Serbia: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 12,000 people in Montenegro and 32,000 people in Serbia, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Serbia, by 20,000 people, or 2.67 times that in Montenegro.
MontenegroSerbiaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Serbia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2006.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMontenegroSerbiaWorld
202012,00032,00027.4 million
201912,00032,00027.7 million
201812,35032,15027.7 million
201712,00032,00027.4 million
201612,05031,85027.5 million
201512,05028,15027.4 million
201412,18028,15027.3 million
201312,18028,15027.2 million
201212,18028,15028.2 million
201112,18028,15028 million
201013,08029,13028.1 million
200913,23029,13027.9 million
200815,00024,00027.5 million
200715,00024,00027.3 million
200616,00024,00027 million
2005–110,00028.5 million
2004–110,00027.1 million
2003–109,20028.2 million
2002–124,50028.3 million
2001–198,50028.2 million
2000–135,70029.4 million
1999–146,70029.6 million
1998–152,20029.9 million
1997–152,20029.9 million
1996–151,90030.2 million
1995–164,50030.2 million
1994–130,00023.2 million
1993–100,00023.7 million
1992–137,00024.5 million
1991–169,00022.7 million
1990–180,00023.9 million
1989–225,00024.3 million
1985––22.2 million
1918–201,000–
1917–156,000–
1916–102,000–
1915–84,000–
1914–41,000–
1913–32,000–
1912–31,000–
1911–30,000–
1910–35,000–
1909–36,000–
1908–29,000–
1907–34,000–
1906–28,000–
1905–27,000–
1904–27,000–
1903–26,000–
1902–24,000–
1901–22,000–
1900–22,000–
1899–23,000–
1898–23,000–
1897–22,000–
1896–22,000–
1895–19,000–
1894–17,000–
1893–13,000–
1892–12,000–
1891–10,000–
1890–10,000–
1889–13,000–
1888–13,000–
1887–13,000–
1886–13,000–
1885–13,000–
1884–18,000–
1883–10,000–
1882–7,000–
1881–7,000–
1880–7,000–
1879–7,000–
1878–7,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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 1989: 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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