Portugal vs Uzbekistan

Portugal vs Uzbekistan: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 52,000 people in Portugal and 68,000 people in Uzbekistan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 16,000 people, or 1.31 times that in Portugal.

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Portugal vs Uzbekistan: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 52,000 people in Portugal and 68,000 people in Uzbekistan, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Uzbekistan, by 16,000 people, or 1.31 times that in Portugal.
PortugalUzbekistanEstimates, Correlates of War

Latest figures

people · IISS

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2020
Portugal52,000 202090,33068 of 170
Uzbekistan68,000 202087,00062 of 170
World27.4 million 202028.1 million

What the numbers say

  • Uzbekistan has been higher since 2017, when it overtook Portugal.
  • In 2020, Portugal ranked 68 and Uzbekistan ranked 62 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearPortugalUzbekistanWorld
202052,00068,00027.4 million
201952,00068,00027.7 million
201852,25068,00027.7 million
201752,00068,00027.4 million
201674,50068,00027.5 million
201573,60068,00027.4 million
201478,10068,00027.3 million
201379,85068,00027.2 million
201290,30068,00028.2 million
201190,30068,00028 million
201090,33087,00028.1 million
200991,04087,00027.9 million
200891,00087,00027.5 million
200791,00087,00027.3 million
200691,00087,00027 million
200593,00091,00028.5 million
200491,00075,00027.1 million
200392,60072,00028.2 million
200290,00072,00028.3 million
200190,00072,00028.2 million
200090,50079,10029.4 million
199990,60094,00029.6 million
199894,500100,00029.9 million
1997100,20086,00029.9 million
1996104,00046,00030.2 million
1995104,00041,70030.2 million
1994122,00020,00023.2 million
199368,00041,00023.7 million
199280,00040,00024.5 million
199186,000–22.7 million
199087,000–23.9 million
1989104,000–24.3 million
198573,000–22.2 million
1984100,000––
198393,000––
198291,000––
198188,000––
198088,000––
197981,000––
197882,000––
197780,000––
197683,000––
1975104,000––
1974282,000––
1973276,000––
1972255,000––
1971245,000––
1970230,000––
1969225,000––
1968215,000––
1967195,000––
1966190,000––
1965160,000––
1964302,000––
1963145,000––
196280,000––
196175,000––
196078,000––
195978,000––
195878,000––
195778,000––
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195577,000––
195477,000––
195375,000––
195274,000––
195174,000––
195074,000––
194973,000––
194873,000––
194136,000––
194037,000––
193940,000––
193838,000––
193733,000––
193636,000––
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193437,000––
193341,000––
193241,000––
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193040,000––
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192036,000––
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1918125,000––
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191436,000––
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  • 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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time