Burkina Faso

Armed forces personnel in Burkina Faso

Armed forces personnel in Burkina Faso: 4,000 people in 1985 and 11,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
11,000 people
Since 1985
+7,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in Burkina FasoArmed forces personnel in Burkina Faso: 4,000 people in 1985 and 11,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 15,000 people in 2003, the lowest 4,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 15,000 people in 2003, the lowest 4,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearBurkina FasoWorld
202011,00027.4 million
201911,00027.7 million
201811,20027.7 million
201711,00027.4 million
201611,45027.5 million
201511,45027.4 million
201411,45027.3 million
201311,45027.2 million
201211,45028.2 million
201111,45028 million
201011,45028.1 million
200911,45027.9 million
200811,25027.5 million
200711,25027.3 million
2006–27 million
200511,25028.5 million
200410,25027.1 million
200315,00028.2 million
200214,40028.3 million
200114,20028.2 million
200011,30029.4 million
199910,30029.6 million
199810,25029.9 million
199710,00029.9 million
199610,30030.2 million
199510,30030.2 million
19949,00023.2 million
19939,00023.7 million
19929,00024.5 million
199110,00022.7 million
199010,00023.9 million
19898,00024.3 million
19854,00022.2 million
19849,000–
19839,000–
19829,000–
19818,000–
19805,000–
19794,000–
19786,000–
19776,000–
197610,000–
19755,000–
19745,000–
19735,000–
19725,000–
19714,000–
19704,000–
19694,000–
19683,000–
19673,000–
19663,000–
19653,000–
19643,000–
19632,000–
19620–
19610–
19600–
  • 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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