Botswana

Armed forces personnel in Botswana

Armed forces personnel in Botswana: 4,000 people in 1985 and 9,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
9,000 people
Since 1985
+5,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in BotswanaArmed forces personnel in Botswana: 4,000 people in 1985 and 9,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 11,000 people in 2005, the lowest 4,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 11,000 people in 2005, the lowest 4,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1966: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBotswanaWorld
20209,00027.4 million
20199,00027.7 million
20189,00027.7 million
20179,00027.4 million
20169,00027.5 million
20159,00027.4 million
201410,50027.3 million
201310,50027.2 million
201210,50028.2 million
201110,50028 million
201010,50028.1 million
200910,50027.9 million
200811,00027.5 million
200711,00027.3 million
200611,00027 million
200511,00028.5 million
200410,00027.1 million
200310,50028.2 million
200210,50028.3 million
200110,00028.2 million
200010,00029.4 million
199910,00029.6 million
19989,50029.9 million
19978,50029.9 million
19968,50030.2 million
19958,50030.2 million
19947,00023.2 million
19937,00023.7 million
19927,00024.5 million
19917,00022.7 million
19906,00023.9 million
19896,00024.3 million
19854,00022.2 million
19843,000–
19833,000–
19823,000–
19813,000–
19803,000–
19792,000–
19781,000–
19771,000–
19761,000–
19751,000–
19741,000–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
  • 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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