Fiji

Armed forces personnel in Fiji

Armed forces personnel in Fiji: 2,700 people in 1985 and 4,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
4,000 people
Since 1985
+1,300 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in FijiArmed forces personnel in Fiji: 2,700 people in 1985 and 4,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 5,000 people in 1990, the lowest 2,700 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 5,000 people in 1990, the lowest 2,700 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1970: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearFijiWorld
20204,00027.4 million
20194,00027.7 million
20184,04027.7 million
20174,00027.4 million
20163,50027.5 million
20153,50027.4 million
20143,50027.3 million
20133,50027.2 million
20123,50028.2 million
20113,50028 million
20103,50028.1 million
20093,50027.9 million
20084,00027.5 million
20074,00027.3 million
20064,00027 million
20054,00028.5 million
20043,00027.1 million
20033,50028.2 million
20023,50028.3 million
20013,50028.2 million
20003,50029.4 million
19993,50029.6 million
19983,50029.9 million
19973,60029.9 million
19963,60030.2 million
19953,90030.2 million
19944,00023.2 million
19935,00023.7 million
19925,00024.5 million
19915,00022.7 million
19905,00023.9 million
19894,00024.3 million
19852,70022.2 million
19843,000–
19832,000–
19822,000–
19812,000–
19802,000–
19791,000–
19781,000–
19771,000–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
  • 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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