Chile

Armed forces personnel in Chile

Armed forces personnel in Chile: 101,000 people in 1985 and 114,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
114,000 people
Since 1985
+13,000 people
Rank, 2020
51 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in ChileArmed forces personnel in Chile: 101,000 people in 1985 and 114,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 130,000 people in 1995, the lowest 90,000 people in 1991.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 130,000 people in 1995, the lowest 90,000 people in 1991.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1839: 3,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearChileWorld
2020114,00027.4 million
2019122,00027.7 million
2018122,20027.7 million
2017122,00027.4 million
2016121,90027.5 million
2015109,50027.4 million
2014109,50027.3 million
2013106,10027.2 million
2012106,10028.2 million
2011103,80028 million
2010103,80028.1 million
2009103,80027.9 million
2008103,00027.5 million
2007103,00027.3 million
2006103,00027 million
2005116,00028.5 million
2004116,00027.1 million
2003114,10028.2 million
2002117,30028.3 million
2001122,20028.2 million
2000116,50029.4 million
1999122,50029.6 million
1998124,00029.9 million
1997125,50029.9 million
1996120,90030.2 million
1995130,00030.2 million
1994102,00023.2 million
199392,00023.7 million
199292,00024.5 million
199190,00022.7 million
199095,00023.9 million
198995,00024.3 million
1985101,00022.2 million
1984123,000–
1983126,000–
1982116,000–
1981116,000–
1980116,000–
1979111,000–
1978111,000–
1977111,000–
1976111,000–
1975110,000–
197490,000–
197375,000–
197275,000–
197170,000–
197070,000–
196970,000–
196870,000–
196770,000–
196665,000–
196570,000–
196470,000–
196375,000–
196263,000–
196163,000–
196041,000–
195941,000–
195840,000–
195741,000–
195642,000–
195542,000–
195455,000–
195350,000–
195240,000–
195139,000–
195039,000–
194938,000–
194836,000–
194735,000–
194634,000–
193924,000–
193823,000–
193726,000–
193624,000–
193524,000–
193420,000–
193322,000–
193220,000–
193121,000–
193023,000–
192925,000–
192827,000–
192730,000–
192627,000–
192523,000–
192425,000–
192328,000–
192231,000–
192131,000–
192030,000–
191929,000–
191827,000–
191727,000–
191627,000–
191527,000–
191427,000–
191333,000–
191234,000–
191126,000–
191024,000–
190924,000–
190822,000–
190721,000–
190612,000–
190513,000–
190413,000–
190320,000–
190219,000–
190123,000–
190021,000–
189922,000–
189822,000–
189713,000–
189612,000–
189512,000–
18948,000–
18938,000–
18929,000–
18919,000–
189010,000–
18898,000–
18888,000–
18878,000–
18868,000–
188510,000–
188414,000–
188316,000–
188216,000–
188114,000–
18805,000–
18795,000–
18785,000–
18775,000–
18764,000–
18755,000–
18745,000–
18735,000–
18725,000–
18716,000–
18706,000–
18695,000–
18684,000–
18674,000–
18664,000–
18654,000–
18644,000–
18634,000–
18624,000–
18614,000–
18604,000–
18594,000–
18583,000–
18574,000–
18563,000–
18554,000–
18544,000–
18533,000–
18523,000–
18513,000–
18503,000–
18493,000–
18482,000–
18473,000–
18462,000–
18452,000–
18442,000–
18432,000–
18422,000–
18413,000–
18403,000–
18393,000–
  • 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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