Greece

Armed forces personnel in Greece

Armed forces personnel in Greece: 201,500 people in 1985 and 147,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
147,000 people
Since 1985
−54,500 people
Rank, 2020
42 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in GreeceArmed forces personnel in Greece: 201,500 people in 1985 and 147,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 213,000 people in 1993, the lowest 142,900 people in 2009.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 213,000 people in 1993, the lowest 142,900 people in 2009.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1828: 5,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearGreeceWorld
2020147,00027.4 million
2019147,00027.7 million
2018147,90027.7 million
2017146,00027.4 million
2016145,40027.5 million
2015147,00027.4 million
2014147,00027.3 million
2013149,00027.2 million
2012147,40028.2 million
2011148,40028 million
2010149,60028.1 million
2009142,90027.9 million
2008161,00027.5 million
2007161,00027.3 million
2006161,00027 million
2005168,00028.5 million
2004167,00027.1 million
2003181,60028.2 million
2002181,60028.3 million
2001163,20028.2 million
2000163,20029.4 million
1999169,60029.6 million
1998172,50029.9 million
1997166,30029.9 million
1996198,80030.2 million
1995201,80030.2 million
1994206,00023.2 million
1993213,00023.7 million
1992208,00024.5 million
1991205,00022.7 million
1990201,00023.9 million
1989201,00024.3 million
1985201,50022.2 million
1984197,000–
1983177,000–
1982186,000–
1981188,000–
1980186,000–
1979187,000–
1978186,000–
1977187,000–
1976186,000–
1975185,000–
1974186,000–
1973184,000–
1972180,000–
1971180,000–
1970180,000–
1969180,000–
1968185,000–
1967170,000–
1966175,000–
1965190,000–
1964175,000–
1963175,000–
1962160,000–
1961160,000–
1960160,000–
1959152,000–
1958148,000–
1957144,000–
1956135,000–
1955144,000–
1954173,000–
1953171,000–
1952171,000–
1951160,000–
1950192,000–
1949223,000–
1948154,000–
1947137,000–
1946120,000–
1945117,000–
1941414,000–
1940105,000–
193998,000–
193895,000–
193790,000–
193668,000–
193563,000–
193463,000–
193362,000–
193262,000–
193162,000–
193066,000–
192969,000–
192873,000–
192776,000–
192679,000–
192581,000–
192478,000–
192379,000–
192279,000–
192172,000–
192065,000–
191958,000–
191851,000–
191742,000–
191637,000–
191533,000–
191429,000–
1913200,000–
191227,000–
191133,000–
191030,000–
190925,000–
190825,000–
190725,000–
190626,000–
190529,000–
190428,000–
190323,000–
190222,000–
190122,000–
190025,000–
189925,000–
189825,000–
189725,000–
189625,000–
189526,000–
189425,000–
189325,000–
189231,000–
189132,000–
189025,000–
188929,000–
188825,000–
188727,000–
188628,000–
188528,000–
188428,000–
188328,000–
188232,000–
188184,000–
188010,000–
187913,000–
187813,000–
187725,000–
187612,000–
187514,000–
187411,000–
187311,000–
187211,000–
187111,000–
187014,000–
186916,000–
186816,000–
186715,000–
186613,000–
186513,000–
186412,000–
186312,000–
18628,000–
18618,000–
186010,000–
185910,000–
185810,000–
18579,000–
18569,000–
18559,000–
185410,000–
185310,000–
18528,000–
18519,000–
18509,000–
18499,000–
184810,000–
18478,000–
18466,000–
18457,000–
18447,000–
18438,000–
18428,000–
18418,000–
18409,000–
183912,000–
183812,000–
183711,000–
18369,000–
183512,000–
183411,000–
18339,000–
18328,000–
18315,000–
18305,000–
18295,000–
18285,000–
  • 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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