Tajikistan vs United Kingdom
Tajikistan vs United Kingdom: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 17,000 people in Tajikistan and 153,000 people in United Kingdom, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United Kingdom, by 136,000 people, or 9 times that in Tajikistan.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- United Kingdom has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2020, Tajikistan ranked 112 and United Kingdom ranked 41 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Tajikistan | United Kingdom | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 17,000 | 153,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 17,000 | 149,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 16,800 | 148,500 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 17,000 | 148,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 16,300 | 150,300 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 16,300 | 152,400 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 16,300 | 154,700 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 16,300 | 159,200 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 16,300 | 169,200 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 16,300 | 165,700 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 16,300 | 174,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 16,300 | 178,500 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 17,000 | 160,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 17,000 | 160,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 17,000 | 181,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 13,000 | 217,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 12,000 | 205,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 7,200 | 212,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 7,200 | 210,400 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 7,200 | 211,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 7,200 | 212,500 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 10,200 | 218,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 10,200 | 218,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 10,200 | 218,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 23,500 | 221,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 18,000 | 233,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 3,000 | 257,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 3,000 | 271,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 3,000 | 293,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 301,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 308,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 318,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | – | 334,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | – | 336,000 | – |
| 1983 | – | 333,000 | – |
| 1982 | – | 335,000 | – |
| 1981 | – | 341,000 | – |
| 1980 | – | 330,000 | – |
| 1979 | – | 324,000 | – |
| 1978 | – | 320,000 | – |
| 1977 | – | 326,000 | – |
| 1976 | – | 337,000 | – |
| 1975 | – | 348,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 359,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 377,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 370,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 390,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 390,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 410,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 425,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 425,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 425,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 435,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 450,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 475,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 475,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 519,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 565,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 614,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 702,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 761,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 809,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 839,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 865,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 872,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 826,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 689,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 770,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 847,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 1.3 million | – |
| 1946 | – | 2.05 million | – |
| 1945 | – | 5.09 million | – |
| 1944 | – | 4.9 million | – |
| 1943 | – | 4.15 million | – |
| 1942 | – | 3.39 million | – |
| 1941 | – | 2.3 million | – |
| 1940 | – | 1.02 million | – |
| 1939 | – | 394,000 | – |
| 1938 | – | 376,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 350,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 336,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 321,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 318,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 316,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 317,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 319,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 318,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 325,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 330,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 338,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 341,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 342,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 337,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 337,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 368,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 448,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 596,000 | – |
| 1919 | – | 1.33 million | – |
| 1918 | – | 4.22 million | – |
| 1917 | – | 4.43 million | – |
| 1915 | – | 4.35 million | – |
| 1914 | – | 532,000 | – |
| 1913 | – | 533,000 | – |
| 1912 | – | 523,000 | – |
| 1911 | – | 376,000 | – |
| 1910 | – | 372,000 | – |
| 1909 | – | 381,000 | – |
| 1908 | – | 364,000 | – |
| 1907 | – | 369,000 | – |
| 1906 | – | 384,000 | – |
| 1905 | – | 394,000 | – |
| 1904 | – | 409,000 | – |
| 1903 | – | 416,000 | – |
| 1902 | – | 489,000 | – |
| 1901 | – | 521,000 | – |
| 1900 | – | 487,000 | – |
| 1899 | – | 331,000 | – |
| 1898 | – | 331,000 | – |
| 1897 | – | 319,000 | – |
| 1896 | – | 315,000 | – |
| 1895 | – | 309,000 | – |
| 1894 | – | 302,000 | – |
| 1893 | – | 294,000 | – |
| 1892 | – | 288,000 | – |
| 1891 | – | 281,000 | – |
| 1890 | – | 278,000 | – |
| 1889 | – | 275,000 | – |
| 1888 | – | 273,000 | – |
| 1887 | – | 273,000 | – |
| 1886 | – | 265,000 | – |
| 1885 | – | 256,000 | – |
| 1884 | – | 240,000 | – |
| 1883 | – | 239,000 | – |
| 1882 | – | 247,000 | – |
| 1881 | – | 247,000 | – |
| 1880 | – | 248,000 | – |
| 1879 | – | 260,000 | – |
| 1878 | – | 261,000 | – |
| 1877 | – | 251,000 | – |
| 1876 | – | 244,000 | – |
| 1875 | – | 245,000 | – |
| 1874 | – | 248,000 | – |
| 1873 | – | 252,000 | – |
| 1872 | – | 254,000 | – |
| 1871 | – | 241,000 | – |
| 1870 | – | 257,000 | – |
| 1869 | – | 270,000 | – |
| 1868 | – | 279,000 | – |
| 1867 | – | 283,000 | – |
| 1866 | – | 286,000 | – |
| 1865 | – | 296,000 | – |
| 1864 | – | 290,000 | – |
| 1863 | – | 312,000 | – |
| 1862 | – | 305,000 | – |
| 1861 | – | 316,000 | – |
| 1860 | – | 347,000 | – |
| 1859 | – | 315,000 | – |
| 1858 | – | 292,000 | – |
| 1857 | – | 272,000 | – |
| 1856 | – | 382,000 | – |
| 1855 | – | 329,000 | – |
| 1854 | – | 234,000 | – |
| 1853 | – | 213,000 | – |
| 1852 | – | 201,000 | – |
| 1851 | – | 198,000 | – |
| 1850 | – | 201,000 | – |
| 1849 | – | 203,000 | – |
| 1848 | – | 208,000 | – |
| 1847 | – | 193,000 | – |
| 1846 | – | 191,000 | – |
| 1845 | – | 178,000 | – |
| 1844 | – | 185,000 | – |
| 1843 | – | 158,000 | – |
| 1842 | – | 184,000 | – |
| 1841 | – | 173,000 | – |
| 1840 | – | 168,000 | – |
| 1839 | – | 159,000 | – |
| 1838 | – | 155,000 | – |
| 1837 | – | 143,000 | – |
| 1836 | – | 143,000 | – |
| 1835 | – | 136,000 | – |
| 1834 | – | 137,000 | – |
| 1833 | – | 144,000 | – |
| 1832 | – | 145,000 | – |
| 1831 | – | 150,000 | – |
| 1830 | – | 140,000 | – |
| 1829 | – | 148,000 | – |
| 1828 | – | 155,000 | – |
| 1827 | – | 155,000 | – |
| 1826 | – | 149,000 | – |
| 1825 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1824 | – | 132,000 | – |
| 1823 | – | 125,000 | – |
| 1822 | – | 125,000 | – |
| 1821 | – | 139,000 | – |
| 1820 | – | 144,000 | – |
| 1819 | – | 143,000 | – |
| 1818 | – | 173,000 | – |
| 1817 | – | 190,000 | – |
| 1816 | – | 255,000 | – |
- 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
Tajikistan vs United Kingdom
Health
- Life expectancyTajikistan: 71.8 years in 2023United Kingdom: 81.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTajikistan: 2.8 per 100 live births in 2024United Kingdom: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTajikistan: 24.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Kingdom: 3.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterTajikistan: 55.3% in 2022United Kingdom: 99.8% in 2022
- DepressionTajikistan: 2.56% in 2017United Kingdom: 4.12% in 2017
- Suicide rateTajikistan: 5.8 per 100,000 people in 2017United Kingdom: 7.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTajikistan: 10.4 million people in 2023United Kingdom: 68.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthTajikistan: 1.96% a year in 2023United Kingdom: 0.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTajikistan: 3.07 births per woman in 2023United Kingdom: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTajikistan: 26.2% in 2025United Kingdom: 83.3% in 2025
- Median ageTajikistan: 21.9 years in 2023United Kingdom: 39.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTajikistan: 3.7% in 2023United Kingdom: 19.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateTajikistan: -1.9 per 1,000 people in 2023United Kingdom: 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personTajikistan: $1,593 in 2025United Kingdom: $48,420 in 2025
- GDP growthTajikistan: 8.4% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 1.2% a year in 2025
- InflationTajikistan: 3.4% a year in 2025United Kingdom: 3.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtTajikistan: 18.6% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 102.1% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTajikistan: 1.47% of GDP in 2025United Kingdom: 2.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsTajikistan: $220M in 2025United Kingdom: $88B in 2025
- Military spending per personTajikistan: $23 in 2025United Kingdom: $1,283 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingTajikistan: 4.7% of government spending in 2025United Kingdom: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- National powerTajikistan: 0.05% of world capability in 2022United Kingdom: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTajikistan: 0.75% of the labour force in 2020United Kingdom: 0.45% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTajikistan: 75 million TIV in 2025United Kingdom: 609 million TIV in 2025