Angola

Armed forces personnel in Angola

Armed forces personnel in Angola: 49,500 people in 1985 and 117,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
117,000 people
Since 1985
+67,500 people
Rank, 2020
49 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in AngolaArmed forces personnel in Angola: 49,500 people in 1985 and 117,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 150,000 people in 1991, the lowest 49,500 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 150,000 people in 1991, the lowest 49,500 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1975: 30,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearAngolaWorld
2020117,00027.4 million
2019117,00027.7 million
2018117,00027.7 million
2017117,00027.4 million
2016117,00027.5 million
2015117,00027.4 million
2014117,00027.3 million
2013117,00027.2 million
2012117,00028.2 million
2011117,00028 million
2010117,00028.1 million
2009117,00027.9 million
2008117,00027.5 million
2007117,00027.3 million
2006110,00027 million
2005118,00028.5 million
2004118,00027.1 million
2003130,00028.2 million
2002110,00028.3 million
2001145,50028.2 million
2000117,50029.4 million
1999127,50029.6 million
1998129,00029.9 million
1997125,50029.9 million
1996106,40030.2 million
1995122,00030.2 million
1994120,00023.2 million
1993128,00023.7 million
1992128,00024.5 million
1991150,00022.7 million
1990115,00023.9 million
1989107,00024.3 million
198549,50022.2 million
198460,000–
198354,000–
198254,000–
198153,000–
198047,000–
197947,000–
197847,000–
197747,000–
197635,000–
197530,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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.

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