Brazil

Armed forces personnel in Brazil

Armed forces personnel in Brazil: 276,000 people in 1985 and 762,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
762,000 people
Since 1985
+486,000 people
Rank, 2020
8 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in BrazilArmed forces personnel in Brazil: 276,000 people in 1985 and 762,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 762,000 people in 2019, the lowest 276,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 762,000 people in 2019, the lowest 276,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1826: 18,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBrazilWorld
2020762,00027.4 million
2019762,00027.7 million
2018761,50027.7 million
2017730,00027.4 million
2016729,50027.5 million
2015729,50027.4 million
2014729,50027.3 million
2013713,50027.2 million
2012713,50028.2 million
2011713,50028 million
2010713,50028.1 million
2009713,50027.9 million
2008721,00027.5 million
2007721,00027.3 million
2006754,00027 million
2005673,00028.5 million
2004687,00027.1 million
2003673,20028.2 million
2002673,20028.3 million
2001673,20028.2 million
2000673,20029.4 million
1999676,60029.6 million
1998698,90029.9 million
1997700,30029.9 million
1996680,60030.2 million
1995680,60030.2 million
1994296,00023.2 million
1993296,00023.7 million
1992296,00024.5 million
1991295,00022.7 million
1990295,00023.9 million
1989319,00024.3 million
1985276,00022.2 million
1984459,000–
1983460,000–
1982460,000–
1981450,000–
1980450,000–
1979450,000–
1978450,000–
1977450,000–
1976450,000–
1975455,000–
1974435,000–
1973420,000–
1972410,000–
1971375,000–
1970375,000–
1969360,000–
1968340,000–
1967330,000–
1966325,000–
1965320,000–
1964315,000–
1963305,000–
1962185,000–
1961180,000–
1960241,000–
1959235,000–
1958229,000–
1957113,000–
1956107,000–
1955107,000–
1954231,000–
1953231,000–
1952231,000–
1951231,000–
1950231,000–
1949231,000–
1948131,000–
1947131,000–
1946119,000–
1942105,000–
1940103,000–
193993,000–
193897,000–
193798,000–
193696,000–
193597,000–
193497,000–
193364,000–
193271,000–
193157,000–
193057,000–
192957,000–
192848,000–
192752,000–
192657,000–
192560,000–
192458,000–
192354,000–
192253,000–
192155,000–
192056,000–
191964,000–
191854,000–
191725,000–
191625,000–
191525,000–
191425,000–
191331,000–
191231,000–
191131,000–
191031,000–
190929,000–
190826,000–
190722,000–
190633,000–
190519,000–
190432,000–
190324,000–
190224,000–
190122,000–
190021,000–
189923,000–
189830,000–
189736,000–
189636,000–
189532,000–
189440,000–
189338,000–
189238,000–
189139,000–
189022,000–
188922,000–
188820,000–
188721,000–
188621,000–
188521,000–
188420,000–
188320,000–
188218,000–
188118,000–
188020,000–
187921,000–
187822,000–
187723,000–
187622,000–
187524,000–
187434,000–
187333,000–
187231,000–
187130,000–
187073,000–
186973,000–
186873,000–
186774,000–
186677,000–
186535,000–
186419,000–
186317,000–
186218,000–
186120,000–
186021,000–
185926,000–
185826,000–
185726,000–
185627,000–
185527,000–
185427,000–
185327,000–
185223,000–
185120,000–
185020,000–
184920,000–
184820,000–
184720,000–
184620,000–
184523,000–
184426,000–
184324,000–
184222,000–
184119,000–
184017,000–
183915,000–
183815,000–
183715,000–
183615,000–
183512,000–
183414,000–
183315,000–
183217,000–
183118,000–
183018,000–
182918,000–
182818,000–
182718,000–
182618,000–
  • 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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