Guatemala

Armed forces personnel in Guatemala

Armed forces personnel in Guatemala: 31,700 people in 1985 and 43,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
43,000 people
Since 1985
+11,300 people
Rank, 2020
76 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in GuatemalaArmed forces personnel in Guatemala: 31,700 people in 1985 and 43,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 56,500 people in 1995, the lowest 31,700 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 56,500 people in 1995, the lowest 31,700 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1868: 3,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearGuatemalaWorld
202043,00027.4 million
201943,00027.7 million
201843,05027.7 million
201743,00027.4 million
201643,05027.5 million
201543,05027.4 million
201443,05027.3 million
201342,30027.2 million
201242,30028.2 million
201142,30028 million
201034,21028.1 million
200934,21027.9 million
200835,00027.5 million
200735,00027.3 million
200635,00027 million
200548,00028.5 million
200448,00027.1 million
200350,40028.2 million
200250,40028.3 million
200150,40028.2 million
200052,90029.4 million
199940,90029.6 million
199841,20029.9 million
199750,50029.9 million
199656,50030.2 million
199556,50030.2 million
199434,00023.2 million
199344,00023.7 million
199244,00024.5 million
199143,00022.7 million
199043,00023.9 million
198943,00024.3 million
198531,70022.2 million
198440,000–
198340,000–
198230,000–
198127,000–
198021,000–
197921,000–
197814,000–
197714,000–
197614,000–
197513,000–
197413,000–
197313,000–
197214,000–
197113,000–
197013,000–
196910,000–
196811,000–
196710,000–
19669,000–
196510,000–
19649,000–
19639,000–
19628,000–
19617,000–
19608,000–
19598,000–
19588,000–
19578,000–
19568,000–
19557,000–
19547,000–
19537,000–
19527,000–
195122,000–
195022,000–
194922,000–
194822,000–
194722,000–
194620,000–
194421,000–
19396,000–
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18953,000–
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18913,000–
18903,000–
188913,000–
18883,000–
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18842,000–
18832,000–
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18812,000–
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18793,000–
18783,000–
18773,000–
18763,000–
18753,000–
18743,000–
18733,000–
18723,000–
18713,000–
18703,000–
18693,000–
18683,000–
  • 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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