Estonia

Armed forces personnel in Estonia

Armed forces personnel in Estonia: 3,000 people in 1992 and 7,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
7,000 people
Since 1992
+4,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in EstoniaArmed forces personnel in Estonia: 3,000 people in 1992 and 7,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 8,100 people in 2002, the lowest 3,000 people in 1992.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 8,100 people in 2002, the lowest 3,000 people in 1992.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1918: 16,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearEstoniaWorld
20207,00027.4 million
20197,00027.7 million
20186,70027.7 million
20176,00027.4 million
20166,40027.5 million
20156,40027.4 million
20145,75027.3 million
20135,75027.2 million
20125,75028.2 million
20115,75028 million
20105,75028.1 million
20095,45027.9 million
20087,00027.5 million
20077,00027.3 million
20067,00027 million
20058,00028.5 million
20046,00027.1 million
20038,10028.2 million
20028,10028.3 million
20017,30028.2 million
20007,60029.4 million
19997,60029.6 million
19987,14029.9 million
19976,30029.9 million
19965,50030.2 million
19955,50030.2 million
19944,00023.2 million
19935,00023.7 million
19923,00024.5 million
1991–22.7 million
1990–23.9 million
1989–24.3 million
1985–22.2 million
194018,000–
193915,000–
193812,000–
193712,000–
193612,000–
193512,000–
193412,000–
193312,000–
193212,000–
193114,000–
193014,000–
192915,000–
192816,000–
192719,000–
192618,000–
192519,000–
192421,000–
192321,000–
192216,000–
192116,000–
192016,000–
191916,000–
191816,000–
  • 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 1992: 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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