Egypt

Armed forces personnel in Egypt

Armed forces personnel in Egypt: 445,000 people in 1985 and 836,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
836,000 people
Since 1985
+391,000 people
Rank, 2020
7 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in EgyptArmed forces personnel in Egypt: 445,000 people in 1985 and 836,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 866,000 people in 2006, the lowest 424,000 people in 1992.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 866,000 people in 2006, the lowest 424,000 people in 1992.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1855: 24,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearEgyptWorld
2020836,00027.4 million
2019836,00027.7 million
2018835,50027.7 million
2017836,00027.4 million
2016835,50027.5 million
2015835,50027.4 million
2014835,50027.3 million
2013835,50027.2 million
2012835,50028.2 million
2011835,50028 million
2010835,50028.1 million
2009865,50027.9 million
2008866,00027.5 million
2007866,00027.3 million
2006866,00027 million
2005799,00028.5 million
2004798,00027.1 million
2003780,00028.2 million
2002773,00028.3 million
2001768,00028.2 million
2000678,50029.4 million
1999680,00029.6 million
1998680,00029.9 million
1997680,00029.9 million
1996672,00030.2 million
1995610,00030.2 million
1994430,00023.2 million
1993424,00023.7 million
1992424,00024.5 million
1991434,00022.7 million
1990434,00023.9 million
1989450,00024.3 million
1985445,00022.2 million
1984466,000–
1983447,000–
1982447,000–
1981447,000–
1980447,000–
1979447,000–
1978447,000–
1977350,000–
1976400,000–
1975400,000–
1974410,000–
1973390,000–
1972390,000–
1971315,000–
1970255,000–
1969230,000–
1968195,000–
1967220,000–
1966215,000–
1965205,000–
1964160,000–
1963135,000–
1962220,000–
1961215,000–
1960160,000–
1959157,000–
1958107,000–
195795,000–
195693,000–
195592,000–
195488,000–
195385,000–
195281,000–
195177,000–
195074,000–
194970,000–
194864,000–
194757,000–
194650,000–
194050,000–
193925,000–
193824,000–
193722,000–
188215,000–
188115,000–
188015,000–
187915,000–
187821,000–
187726,000–
187626,000–
187526,000–
187425,000–
187324,000–
187223,000–
187122,000–
187020,000–
186919,000–
186818,000–
186717,000–
186615,000–
186514,000–
186418,000–
186321,000–
186220,000–
186119,000–
186018,000–
185917,000–
185816,000–
185715,000–
185624,000–
185524,000–
  • 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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