Dominican Republic

Armed forces personnel in Dominican Republic

Armed forces personnel in Dominican Republic: 22,200 people in 1985 and 71,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
71,000 people
Since 1985
+48,800 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in Dominican RepublicArmed forces personnel in Dominican Republic: 22,200 people in 1985 and 71,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 71,050 people in 2014, the lowest 21,000 people in 1989.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 71,050 people in 2014, the lowest 21,000 people in 1989.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1894: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearDominican RepublicWorld
202071,00027.4 million
201971,00027.7 million
201871,05027.7 million
201771,00027.4 million
201671,05027.5 million
201571,05027.4 million
201471,05027.3 million
201361,00027.2 million
201261,00028.2 million
201139,50028 million
201039,50028.1 million
200939,50027.9 million
200840,00027.5 million
200765,00027.3 million
200665,00027 million
200540,00028.5 million
200439,00027.1 million
200339,50028.2 million
200239,50028.3 million
200139,50028.2 million
200039,50029.4 million
199939,50029.6 million
199839,50029.9 million
199739,50029.9 million
199639,50030.2 million
199539,50030.2 million
199422,00023.2 million
199322,00023.7 million
199222,00024.5 million
199121,00022.7 million
199021,00023.9 million
198921,00024.3 million
198522,20022.2 million
198422,000–
198323,000–
198225,000–
198124,000–
198024,000–
197919,000–
197819,000–
197719,000–
197618,000–
197518,000–
197418,000–
197316,000–
197216,000–
197116,000–
197017,000–
196917,000–
196818,000–
196719,000–
196619,000–
196517,000–
196419,000–
196320,000–
196219,000–
196119,000–
196018,000–
195918,000–
195818,000–
195718,000–
19569,000–
19559,000–
195416,000–
195316,000–
195216,000–
195115,000–
195015,000–
194915,000–
194815,000–
194710,000–
19467,000–
19454,000–
19444,000–
19434,000–
19424,000–
19413,000–
19403,000–
19392,000–
19383,000–
19373,000–
19363,000–
19353,000–
19343,000–
19332,000–
19322,000–
19312,000–
19302,000–
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19282,000–
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19262,000–
19252,000–
19242,000–
19161,000–
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19141,000–
19131,000–
19121,000–
19111,000–
19101,000–
19091,000–
19081,000–
19071,000–
19061,000–
19051,000–
19041,000–
19031,000–
19021,000–
19011,000–
19001,000–
18991,000–
18981,000–
18971,000–
18961,000–
18951,000–
18941,000–
  • 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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