Hungary

Armed forces personnel in Hungary

Armed forces personnel in Hungary: 106,000 people in 1985 and 46,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
46,000 people
Since 1985
−60,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in HungaryArmed forces personnel in Hungary: 106,000 people in 1985 and 46,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 109,000 people in 1989, the lowest 34,590 people in 2010.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 109,000 people in 1989, the lowest 34,590 people in 2010.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1919: 27,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearHungaryWorld
202046,00027.4 million
201940,00027.7 million
201839,80027.7 million
201740,00027.4 million
201639,80027.5 million
201538,50027.4 million
201438,50027.3 million
201338,50027.2 million
201238,50028.2 million
201138,50028 million
201034,59028.1 million
200941,63027.9 million
200837,00027.5 million
200737,00027.3 million
200644,00027 million
200544,00028.5 million
200446,00027.1 million
200347,40028.2 million
200247,40028.3 million
200147,80028.2 million
200057,80029.4 million
199965,00029.6 million
199870,80029.9 million
199774,10029.9 million
199678,10030.2 million
199573,00030.2 million
199460,00023.2 million
199365,00023.7 million
199278,00024.5 million
199187,00022.7 million
199094,00023.9 million
1989109,00024.3 million
1985106,00022.2 million
1984118,000–
1983118,000–
1982119,000–
1981119,000–
1980120,000–
1979121,000–
1978122,000–
1977122,000–
1976118,000–
1975118,000–
1974125,000–
1973140,000–
1972146,000–
1971146,000–
1970146,000–
1969146,000–
1968146,000–
1967156,000–
1966156,000–
1965156,000–
1964156,000–
1963156,000–
1962120,000–
1961115,000–
196080,000–
195955,000–
195830,000–
19575,000–
1956215,000–
1955204,000–
1954193,000–
1953181,000–
1952170,000–
1951155,000–
1950105,000–
194955,000–
194835,000–
194715,000–
194618,000–
1942350,000–
193933,000–
193835,000–
193735,000–
193635,000–
193535,000–
193435,000–
193335,000–
193235,000–
193135,000–
193035,000–
192935,000–
192835,000–
192735,000–
192635,000–
192535,000–
192435,000–
192335,000–
192235,000–
192135,000–
192027,000–
191927,000–
  • 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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