Argentina

Armed forces personnel in Argentina

Armed forces personnel in Argentina: 108,000 people in 1985 and 103,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
103,000 people
Since 1985
−5,000 people
Rank, 2020
53 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in ArgentinaArmed forces personnel in Argentina: 108,000 people in 1985 and 103,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 108,000 people in 1985, the lowest 65,000 people in 1992.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 108,000 people in 1985, the lowest 65,000 people in 1992.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1841: 7,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearArgentinaWorld
2020103,00027.4 million
2019103,00027.7 million
2018105,20027.7 million
2017105,00027.4 million
2016105,50027.5 million
2015105,50027.4 million
2014105,70027.3 million
2013105,70027.2 million
2012104,40028.2 million
2011104,40028 million
2010104,30028.1 million
2009104,30027.9 million
2008107,00027.5 million
2007107,00027.3 million
2006107,00027 million
2005102,00028.5 million
2004102,00027.1 million
2003102,60028.2 million
2002101,10028.3 million
2001101,30028.2 million
2000102,30029.4 million
1999101,70029.6 million
1998104,20029.9 million
1997104,20029.9 million
1996103,70030.2 million
199598,50030.2 million
199469,00023.2 million
199365,00023.7 million
199265,00024.5 million
199170,00022.7 million
199085,00023.9 million
198995,00024.3 million
1985108,00022.2 million
1984174,000–
1983175,000–
1982175,000–
1981155,000–
1980155,000–
1979155,000–
1978155,000–
1977155,000–
1976155,000–
1975160,000–
1974150,000–
1973160,000–
1972140,000–
1971140,000–
1970140,000–
1969160,000–
1968160,000–
1967160,000–
1966160,000–
1965155,000–
1964155,000–
1963155,000–
1962129,000–
1961127,000–
1960130,000–
1959145,000–
1958145,000–
1957147,000–
1956148,000–
1955148,000–
195471,000–
195371,000–
195262,000–
195162,000–
195062,000–
194962,000–
194862,000–
194762,000–
194662,000–
193961,000–
193859,000–
193757,000–
193644,000–
193544,000–
193444,000–
193343,000–
193243,000–
193142,000–
193038,000–
192938,000–
192837,000–
192737,000–
192637,000–
192537,000–
192438,000–
192334,000–
192229,000–
192130,000–
192029,000–
191928,000–
191831,000–
191730,000–
191630,000–
191530,000–
191430,000–
191330,000–
191230,000–
191130,000–
191029,000–
190927,000–
190818,000–
190724,000–
190624,000–
190524,000–
190424,000–
190324,000–
190224,000–
190118,000–
190018,000–
189918,000–
189843,000–
189720,000–
189619,000–
189515,000–
189410,000–
189311,000–
189210,000–
18918,000–
18908,000–
188910,000–
188810,000–
188710,000–
188612,000–
18859,000–
18849,000–
18838,000–
188210,000–
18819,000–
18809,000–
18798,000–
187810,000–
187710,000–
187610,000–
18757,000–
18747,000–
18737,000–
18726,000–
18719,000–
187015,000–
186915,000–
186815,000–
186715,000–
186615,000–
186515,000–
186412,000–
186312,000–
18626,000–
18615,000–
18605,000–
18595,000–
18585,000–
18576,000–
18565,000–
18553,000–
18544,000–
18536,000–
18527,000–
18515,000–
18504,000–
18492,000–
18417,000–
  • 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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