Chad

Armed forces personnel in Chad

Armed forces personnel in Chad: 12,200 people in 1985 and 45,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
45,000 people
Since 1985
+32,800 people
Rank, 2020
75 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in ChadArmed forces personnel in Chad: 12,200 people in 1985 and 45,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 50,000 people in 1990, the lowest 12,200 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 50,000 people in 1990, the lowest 12,200 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearChadWorld
202045,00027.4 million
201945,00027.7 million
201832,85027.7 million
201735,00027.4 million
201639,85027.5 million
201539,85027.4 million
201439,85027.3 million
201334,85027.2 million
201234,85028.2 million
201134,85028 million
201034,85028.1 million
200935,03027.9 million
200835,00027.5 million
200735,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
200535,00028.5 million
200434,00027.1 million
200334,80028.2 million
200234,90028.3 million
200134,90028.2 million
200034,60029.4 million
199934,85029.6 million
199834,85029.9 million
199734,85029.9 million
199634,85030.2 million
199534,85030.2 million
199440,00023.2 million
199330,00023.7 million
199238,00024.5 million
199150,00022.7 million
199050,00023.9 million
198933,00024.3 million
198512,20022.2 million
198416,000–
19834,000–
19823,000–
19813,000–
19803,000–
19795,000–
19785,000–
19779,000–
197611,000–
197511,000–
197410,000–
197310,000–
197210,000–
19718,000–
19707,000–
19695,000–
19686,000–
19675,000–
19665,000–
19654,000–
19642,000–
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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