Central African Republic

Armed forces personnel in Central African Republic

Armed forces personnel in Central African Republic: 2,300 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
10,000 people
Since 1985
+7,700 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in Central African RepublicArmed forces personnel in Central African Republic: 2,300 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 10,150 people in 2018, the lowest 2,000 people in 2004.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 10,150 people in 2018, the lowest 2,000 people in 2004.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearCentral African RepublicWorld
202010,00027.4 million
201910,00027.7 million
201810,15027.7 million
20178,00027.4 million
20168,15027.5 million
20158,15027.4 million
20148,15027.3 million
20138,15027.2 million
20128,15028.2 million
20113,15028 million
20103,15028.1 million
20093,15027.9 million
20083,00027.5 million
20073,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
20053,00028.5 million
20042,00027.1 million
20033,60028.2 million
20023,55028.3 million
20014,20028.2 million
20005,40029.4 million
19995,00029.6 million
19984,95029.9 million
19975,00029.9 million
19965,00030.2 million
19955,00030.2 million
19944,00023.2 million
19934,00023.7 million
19924,00024.5 million
19914,00022.7 million
19904,00023.9 million
19895,00024.3 million
19852,30022.2 million
19845,000–
19834,000–
19825,000–
19814,000–
19804,000–
19794,000–
19784,000–
19777,000–
19764,000–
19753,000–
19743,000–
19733,000–
19723,000–
19712,000–
19702,000–
19692,000–
19682,000–
19672,000–
19662,000–
19652,000–
19642,000–
19630–
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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