Iceland

Armed forces personnel in Iceland

Armed forces personnel in Iceland: 100 people in 1995 and 0 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
0 people
Since 1995
−100 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in IcelandArmed forces personnel in Iceland: 100 people in 1995 and 0 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 250 people in 2015, the lowest 0 people in 2017.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 250 people in 2015, the lowest 0 people in 2017.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1944: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearIcelandWorld
2020027.4 million
2019027.7 million
2018–27.7 million
2017027.4 million
201625027.5 million
201525027.4 million
201420027.3 million
201320027.2 million
201218028.2 million
201118028 million
201013028.1 million
200913027.9 million
200813027.5 million
200713027.3 million
200613027 million
2005–28.5 million
2004–27.1 million
200310028.2 million
200210028.3 million
200110028.2 million
200010029.4 million
199910029.6 million
199812029.9 million
199712029.9 million
199610030.2 million
199510030.2 million
1994023.2 million
1993023.7 million
1992024.5 million
1991022.7 million
1990023.9 million
1989024.3 million
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19860–
1985022.2 million
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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 1995: 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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