Haiti

Armed forces personnel in Haiti

Armed forces personnel in Haiti: 6,900 people in 1985 and 1,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
1,000 people
Since 1985
−5,900 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in HaitiArmed forces personnel in Haiti: 6,900 people in 1985 and 1,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 9,000 people in 1989, the lowest 0 people in 2010.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 9,000 people in 1989, the lowest 0 people in 2010.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1859: 30,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearHaitiWorld
20201,00027.4 million
20191,00027.7 million
201850027.7 million
2017027.4 million
201620027.5 million
201512027.4 million
201412027.3 million
201312027.2 million
20125028.2 million
20115028 million
2010028.1 million
2009–27.9 million
2008–27.5 million
2007–27.3 million
20065,40027 million
2005–28.5 million
2004–27.1 million
20035,30028.2 million
20025,30028.3 million
20018,30028.2 million
20005,30029.4 million
19995,30029.6 million
19985,30029.9 million
19975,50029.9 million
19967,00030.2 million
19957,00030.2 million
1994–23.2 million
19938,00023.7 million
19928,00024.5 million
19918,00022.7 million
19908,00023.9 million
19899,00024.3 million
19856,90022.2 million
19846,000–
19838,000–
19828,000–
19818,000–
19807,000–
19797,000–
19787,000–
19777,000–
19766,000–
19756,000–
19746,000–
197312,000–
197212,000–
197112,000–
197012,000–
196912,000–
196812,000–
196713,000–
196610,000–
196515,000–
196415,000–
196316,000–
19625,000–
19615,000–
19606,000–
19596,000–
19584,000–
19574,000–
19565,000–
19555,000–
19544,000–
19534,000–
19523,000–
19513,000–
19503,000–
19493,000–
19483,000–
19474,000–
19465,000–
19455,000–
19445,000–
19435,000–
19425,000–
19393,000–
19383,000–
19373,000–
19363,000–
19353,000–
19343,000–
19156,000–
19146,000–
191312,000–
191212,000–
191112,000–
191012,000–
190912,000–
19087,000–
19077,000–
19067,000–
19057,000–
19047,000–
19037,000–
19027,000–
19017,000–
19007,000–
18997,000–
18987,000–
18977,000–
18965,000–
18957,000–
18945,000–
18935,000–
18925,000–
18915,000–
18905,000–
18895,000–
18887,000–
18877,000–
18867,000–
18857,000–
18845,000–
18837,000–
18827,000–
18817,000–
18807,000–
18797,000–
18787,000–
18774,000–
18764,000–
18754,000–
18744,000–
18734,000–
18724,000–
18714,000–
18704,000–
18694,000–
18684,000–
18674,000–
18664,000–
18654,000–
18644,000–
18634,000–
18624,000–
18614,000–
186016,000–
185930,000–
  • 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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