Cyprus

Armed forces personnel in Cyprus

Armed forces personnel in Cyprus: 10,000 people in 1985 and 13,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
13,000 people
Since 1985
+3,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in CyprusArmed forces personnel in Cyprus: 10,000 people in 1985 and 13,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 16,000 people in 2017, the lowest 10,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 16,000 people in 2017, the lowest 10,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearCyprusWorld
202013,00027.4 million
201916,00027.7 million
201816,00027.7 million
201716,00027.4 million
201615,75027.5 million
201512,75027.4 million
201412,75027.3 million
201312,75027.2 million
201212,75028.2 million
201112,75028 million
201012,75028.1 million
200910,75027.9 million
200810,75027.5 million
200710,75027.3 million
200610,75027 million
200510,75028.5 million
200411,00027.1 million
200310,10028.2 million
200210,10028.3 million
200110,80028.2 million
200010,80029.4 million
199910,75029.6 million
199810,62029.9 million
199710,50029.9 million
199614,00030.2 million
199514,00030.2 million
1994–23.2 million
1993–23.7 million
199210,00024.5 million
199110,00022.7 million
199010,00023.9 million
198914,00024.3 million
198510,00022.2 million
198410,000–
198310,000–
198217,000–
198116,000–
198016,000–
197915,000–
197810,000–
197710,000–
197618,000–
197520,000–
197411,000–
197311,000–
197212,000–
197111,000–
197013,000–
196913,000–
196814,000–
196715,000–
196616,000–
196520,000–
19648,000–
19631,000–
19621,000–
19611,000–
19601,000–
  • 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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