Guinea-Bissau

Armed forces personnel in Guinea-Bissau

Armed forces personnel in Guinea-Bissau: 8,550 people in 1985 and 4,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
4,000 people
Since 1985
−4,550 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in Guinea-BissauArmed forces personnel in Guinea-Bissau: 8,550 people in 1985 and 4,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 14,200 people in 2003, the lowest 4,000 people in 2017.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 14,200 people in 2003, the lowest 4,000 people in 2017.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1974: 5,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearGuinea-BissauWorld
20204,00027.4 million
20194,00027.7 million
20184,45027.7 million
20174,00027.4 million
20164,45027.5 million
20154,45027.4 million
20146,45027.3 million
20136,45027.2 million
20126,45028.2 million
20116,45028 million
20106,45828.1 million
20096,45827.9 million
20086,00027.5 million
20079,00027.3 million
20069,00027 million
20059,00028.5 million
20049,00027.1 million
200314,20028.2 million
200211,30028.3 million
200111,30028.2 million
20009,30029.4 million
19999,30029.6 million
19989,25029.9 million
19979,25029.9 million
19969,30030.2 million
19959,20030.2 million
19947,00023.2 million
199311,00023.7 million
199211,00024.5 million
199112,00022.7 million
199012,00023.9 million
198910,00024.3 million
19858,55022.2 million
198411,000–
19839,000–
19829,000–
198112,000–
19804,000–
19795,000–
19786,000–
19776,000–
19765,000–
19755,000–
19745,000–
  • 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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