Liberia

Armed forces personnel in Liberia

Armed forces personnel in Liberia: 6,800 people in 1985 and 2,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
2,000 people
Since 1985
−4,800 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in LiberiaArmed forces personnel in Liberia: 6,800 people in 1985 and 2,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 22,000 people in 1996, the lowest 2,000 people in 1992.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 22,000 people in 1996, the lowest 2,000 people in 1992.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1920: 2,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearLiberiaWorld
20202,00027.4 million
20192,00027.7 million
20182,10027.7 million
20172,00027.4 million
20162,05027.5 million
20152,05027.4 million
20142,05027.3 million
20132,05027.2 million
20122,05028.2 million
20112,05028 million
20102,04028.1 million
20092,04027.9 million
20082,00027.5 million
20072,00027.3 million
20062,00027 million
200515,00028.5 million
2004–27.1 million
200315,00028.2 million
200215,00028.3 million
200115,00028.2 million
200015,00029.4 million
19995,30029.6 million
199814,00029.9 million
199722,00029.9 million
199622,00030.2 million
199521,00030.2 million
1994–23.2 million
1993–23.7 million
19922,00024.5 million
19915,00022.7 million
19908,00023.9 million
19897,00024.3 million
19856,80022.2 million
19846,000–
19835,000–
19825,000–
19815,000–
19807,000–
19797,000–
19787,000–
19774,000–
19766,000–
19756,000–
19746,000–
19736,000–
19726,000–
19715,000–
19705,000–
19695,000–
19685,000–
19674,000–
19664,000–
19654,000–
19644,000–
19634,000–
19623,000–
19612,000–
19603,000–
19594,000–
19584,000–
19572,000–
19562,000–
19555,000–
19545,000–
19535,000–
19525,000–
19515,000–
19505,000–
19495,000–
19485,000–
19475,000–
19465,000–
19455,000–
19445,000–
19435,000–
19425,000–
19415,000–
19405,000–
19391,000–
19381,000–
19374,000–
19364,000–
19354,000–
19344,000–
19331,000–
19325,000–
19316,000–
19306,000–
19292,000–
19282,000–
19272,000–
19262,000–
19252,000–
19242,000–
19232,000–
19222,000–
19212,000–
19202,000–
  • 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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