Ecuador

Armed forces personnel in Ecuador

Armed forces personnel in Ecuador: 42,500 people in 1985 and 42,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
42,000 people
Since 1985
−500 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in EcuadorArmed forces personnel in Ecuador: 42,500 people in 1985 and 42,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 59,800 people in 2001, the lowest 40,750 people in 2014.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 59,800 people in 2001, the lowest 40,750 people in 2014.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1860: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearEcuadorWorld
202042,00027.4 million
201942,00027.7 million
201841,25027.7 million
201741,00027.4 million
201640,75027.5 million
201540,75027.4 million
201440,75027.3 million
201358,98027.2 million
201258,50028.2 million
201158,98028 million
201058,98028.1 million
200958,98027.9 million
200858,40027.5 million
200758,40027.3 million
200657,40027 million
200547,27028.5 million
200446,27027.1 million
200359,80028.2 million
200259,80028.3 million
200159,80028.2 million
200057,80029.4 million
199957,37029.6 million
199857,37029.9 million
199757,37029.9 million
199657,40030.2 million
199557,40030.2 million
199457,00023.2 million
199357,00023.7 million
199257,00024.5 million
199153,00022.7 million
199053,00023.9 million
198946,00024.3 million
198542,50022.2 million
198439,000–
198339,000–
198236,000–
198134,000–
198035,000–
197935,000–
197835,000–
197730,000–
197624,000–
197520,000–
197420,000–
197320,000–
197220,000–
197120,000–
197016,000–
196917,000–
196816,000–
196715,000–
196615,000–
196514,000–
196414,000–
196318,000–
196224,000–
196126,000–
196018,000–
195918,000–
195818,000–
195718,000–
195620,000–
195520,000–
195412,000–
195312,000–
195212,000–
195112,000–
195012,000–
194912,000–
194812,000–
194712,000–
194612,000–
19398,000–
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18702,000–
18690–
18680–
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18620–
18610–
18600–
  • 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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