Gabon

Armed forces personnel in Gabon

Armed forces personnel in Gabon: 2,400 people in 1985 and 7,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
7,000 people
Since 1985
+4,600 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in GabonArmed forces personnel in Gabon: 2,400 people in 1985 and 7,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 10,000 people in 1989, the lowest 2,400 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 10,000 people in 1989, the lowest 2,400 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearGabonWorld
20207,00027.4 million
20197,00027.7 million
20186,70027.7 million
20177,00027.4 million
20166,70027.5 million
20156,70027.4 million
20146,70027.3 million
20136,70027.2 million
20126,70028.2 million
20116,70028 million
20106,70028.1 million
20096,70027.9 million
20087,00027.5 million
20077,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
20057,00028.5 million
20046,00027.1 million
20036,70028.2 million
20026,70028.3 million
20016,70028.2 million
20006,70029.4 million
19999,50029.6 million
19989,50029.9 million
19979,50029.9 million
19969,50030.2 million
19959,50030.2 million
19946,00023.2 million
19937,00023.7 million
19927,00024.5 million
199110,00022.7 million
19909,00023.9 million
198910,00024.3 million
19852,40022.2 million
19847,000–
19837,000–
19827,000–
19817,000–
19805,000–
19795,000–
19784,000–
19774,000–
19763,000–
19753,000–
19742,000–
19732,000–
19722,000–
19711,000–
19701,000–
19691,000–
19681,000–
19671,000–
19661,000–
19651,000–
19641,000–
19631,000–
19620–
19610–
19600–
  • 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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