Bahrain

Armed forces personnel in Bahrain

Armed forces personnel in Bahrain: 2,800 people in 1985 and 19,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
19,000 people
Since 1985
+16,200 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in BahrainArmed forces personnel in Bahrain: 2,800 people in 1985 and 19,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 21,400 people in 2003, the lowest 2,800 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 21,400 people in 2003, the lowest 2,800 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1971: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBahrainWorld
202019,00027.4 million
201919,00027.7 million
201819,20027.7 million
201719,00027.4 million
201619,46027.5 million
201519,46027.4 million
201419,46027.3 million
201319,46027.2 million
201219,46028.2 million
201119,46028 million
201019,46028.1 million
200919,46027.9 million
200819,00027.5 million
200719,00027.3 million
200619,00027 million
200521,00028.5 million
200421,00027.1 million
200321,40028.2 million
200220,90028.3 million
200121,20028.2 million
200021,20029.4 million
199921,15029.6 million
199820,85029.9 million
199720,85029.9 million
199620,30030.2 million
199520,00030.2 million
19948,00023.2 million
19937,00023.7 million
19927,00024.5 million
19918,00022.7 million
19908,00023.9 million
19895,00024.3 million
19852,80022.2 million
19843,000–
19832,000–
19822,000–
19812,000–
19802,000–
19792,000–
19782,000–
19772,000–
19762,000–
19752,000–
19742,000–
19733,000–
19723,000–
19711,000–
  • 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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