Bolivia

Armed forces personnel in Bolivia

Armed forces personnel in Bolivia: 27,600 people in 1985 and 71,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
71,000 people
Since 1985
+43,400 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in BoliviaArmed forces personnel in Bolivia: 27,600 people in 1985 and 71,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 83,200 people in 2009, the lowest 27,600 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 83,200 people in 2009, the lowest 27,600 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1848: 17,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBoliviaWorld
202071,00027.4 million
201971,00027.7 million
201871,10027.7 million
201771,00027.4 million
201671,20027.5 million
201571,20027.4 million
201471,20027.3 million
201383,20027.2 million
201283,20028.2 million
201183,20028 million
201083,20028.1 million
200983,20027.9 million
200883,00027.5 million
200783,00027.3 million
200683,00027 million
200570,00028.5 million
200468,00027.1 million
200368,60028.2 million
200268,60028.3 million
200168,60028.2 million
200069,60029.4 million
199969,60029.6 million
199870,60029.9 million
199770,60029.9 million
199664,10030.2 million
199564,10030.2 million
199428,00023.2 million
199332,00023.7 million
199232,00024.5 million
199133,00022.7 million
199030,00023.9 million
198930,00024.3 million
198527,60022.2 million
198428,000–
198327,000–
198226,000–
198126,000–
198024,000–
197920,000–
197820,000–
197720,000–
197622,000–
197520,000–
197418,000–
197318,000–
197217,000–
197117,000–
197017,000–
196920,000–
196817,000–
196720,000–
196625,000–
196516,000–
196413,000–
196313,000–
196218,000–
196118,000–
196012,000–
195912,000–
195812,000–
195717,000–
195617,000–
195512,000–
19549,000–
19539,000–
19529,000–
19519,000–
19509,000–
19499,000–
19489,000–
19479,000–
19469,000–
194510,000–
194410,000–
194210,000–
194110,000–
194010,000–
193910,000–
193810,000–
193710,000–
193610,000–
193542,000–
193423,000–
193320,000–
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18702,000–
18692,000–
18683,000–
18672,000–
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18642,000–
18632,000–
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18612,000–
18602,000–
18592,000–
18583,000–
18573,000–
185614,000–
185515,000–
185415,000–
185315,000–
185216,000–
185116,000–
185016,000–
184917,000–
184817,000–
  • 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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