Honduras

Armed forces personnel in Honduras

Armed forces personnel in Honduras: 16,600 people in 1985 and 23,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
23,000 people
Since 1985
+6,400 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in HondurasArmed forces personnel in Honduras: 16,600 people in 1985 and 23,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 24,300 people in 1995, the lowest 14,300 people in 1998.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 24,300 people in 1995, the lowest 14,300 people in 1998.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1899: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearHondurasWorld
202023,00027.4 million
201923,00027.7 million
201822,95027.7 million
201723,00027.4 million
201622,70027.5 million
201518,70027.4 million
201418,70027.3 million
201320,00027.2 million
201220,00028.2 million
201120,00028 million
201020,00028.1 million
200920,00027.9 million
200820,00027.5 million
200720,00027.3 million
200620,00027 million
200520,00028.5 million
200420,00027.1 million
200318,00028.2 million
200214,30028.3 million
200114,30028.2 million
200014,30029.4 million
199914,30029.6 million
199814,30029.9 million
199724,30029.9 million
199624,30030.2 million
199524,30030.2 million
199417,00023.2 million
199317,00023.7 million
199217,00024.5 million
199117,00022.7 million
199018,00023.9 million
198919,00024.3 million
198516,60022.2 million
198420,000–
198319,000–
198217,000–
198117,000–
198014,000–
197914,000–
197814,000–
197712,000–
197612,000–
197512,000–
197410,000–
197312,000–
197212,000–
19718,000–
19706,000–
19696,000–
19685,000–
19675,000–
19665,000–
19655,000–
19644,000–
19634,000–
19626,000–
19616,000–
19604,000–
19594,000–
19584,000–
19574,000–
19564,000–
19554,000–
19543,000–
19533,000–
19523,000–
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  • 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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