Armed forces personnel in Albania

Armed forces personnel in Albania: 40,400 people in 1985 and 8,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020: 8,000 people
Since 1985: −32,400 people
World, 2020: 27.4 million people

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Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 86,500 people in 1995, the lowest 8,000 people in 2019.
Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1914: 2,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

Year	Albania	World
2020	8,000	27.4 million
2019	8,000	27.7 million
2018	9,000	27.7 million
2017	9,000	27.4 million
2016	8,500	27.5 million
2015	8,500	27.4 million
2014	8,500	27.3 million
2013	8,500	27.2 million
2012	14,750	28.2 million
2011	14,750	28 million
2010	14,750	28.1 million
2009	14,750	27.9 million
2008	14,500	27.5 million
2007	14,500	27.3 million
2006	11,500	27 million
2005	22,500	28.5 million
2004	21,500	27.1 million
2003	22,000	28.2 million
2002	27,000	28.3 million
2001	40,500	28.2 million
2000	67,500	29.4 million
1999	67,500	29.6 million
1998	67,500	29.9 million
1997	67,500	29.9 million
1996	67,500	30.2 million
1995	86,500	30.2 million
1994	65,000	23.2 million
1993	65,000	23.7 million
1992	65,000	24.5 million
1991	–	22.7 million
1990	–	23.9 million
1989	–	24.3 million
1985	40,400	22.2 million
1984	41,000	–
1983	42,000	–
1982	42,000	–
1981	41,000	–
1980	46,000	–
1979	45,000	–
1978	45,000	–
1977	45,000	–
1976	52,000	–
1975	52,000	–
1974	53,000	–
1973	52,000	–
1972	52,000	–
1971	52,000	–
1970	52,000	–
1969	52,000	–
1968	52,000	–
1967	52,000	–
1966	52,000	–
1965	52,000	–
1964	52,000	–
1963	52,000	–
1962	50,000	–
1961	50,000	–
1960	27,000	–
1959	27,000	–
1958	31,000	–
1957	33,000	–
1956	37,000	–
1955	39,000	–
1954	41,000	–
1953	53,000	–
1952	61,000	–
1951	55,000	–
1950	60,000	–
1949	65,000	–
1948	60,000	–
1947	60,000	–
1946	60,000	–
1945	60,000	–
1944	60,000	–
1939	9,000	–
1938	9,000	–
1937	9,000	–
1936	9,000	–
1935	9,000	–
1934	13,000	–
1933	13,000	–
1932	13,000	–
1931	11,000	–
1930	11,000	–
1929	11,000	–
1928	10,000	–
1927	8,000	–
1926	8,000	–
1925	8,000	–
1924	8,000	–
1923	8,000	–
1922	5,000	–
1921	3,000	–
1920	4,000	–
1919	3,000	–
1918	3,000	–
1917	2,000	–
1916	2,000	–
1915	2,000	–
1914	2,000	–

12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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.

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