Latvia

Armed forces personnel in Latvia

Armed forces personnel in Latvia: 5,000 people in 1992 and 9,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
9,000 people
Since 1992
+4,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in LatviaArmed forces personnel in Latvia: 5,000 people in 1992 and 9,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 17,000 people in 2006, the lowest 4,600 people in 2010.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 17,000 people in 2006, the lowest 4,600 people in 2010.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1918: 19,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearLatviaWorld
20209,00027.4 million
20196,00027.7 million
20186,90027.7 million
20176,00027.4 million
20165,31027.5 million
20155,31027.4 million
20145,31027.3 million
20135,31027.2 million
20125,31028.2 million
20115,35028 million
20104,60028.1 million
20095,74527.9 million
20085,00027.5 million
200717,00027.3 million
200617,00027 million
20055,00028.5 million
20045,00027.1 million
20038,10028.2 million
20028,70028.3 million
200110,00028.2 million
20008,50029.4 million
19999,45029.6 million
19988,68029.9 million
19978,10029.9 million
199612,30030.2 million
199511,30030.2 million
19946,00023.2 million
19935,00023.7 million
19925,00024.5 million
1991–22.7 million
1990–23.9 million
1989–24.3 million
1985–22.2 million
194034,000–
193929,000–
193826,000–
193726,000–
193626,000–
193526,000–
193426,000–
193325,000–
193224,000–
193124,000–
193021,000–
192920,000–
192820,000–
192720,000–
192620,000–
192519,000–
192420,000–
192320,000–
192219,000–
192120,000–
192020,000–
191920,000–
191819,000–
  • 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 1992: 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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