Lithuania

Armed forces personnel in Lithuania

Armed forces personnel in Lithuania: 10,000 people in 1992 and 37,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
37,000 people
Since 1992
+27,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in LithuaniaArmed forces personnel in Lithuania: 10,000 people in 1992 and 37,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 39,550 people in 2018, the lowest 8,900 people in 1995.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 39,550 people in 2018, the lowest 8,900 people in 1995.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1918: 42,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearLithuaniaWorld
202037,00027.4 million
201937,00027.7 million
201839,55027.7 million
201734,00027.4 million
201629,65027.5 million
201528,33027.4 million
201427,40027.3 million
201321,95027.2 million
201223,35028.2 million
201123,35028 million
201025,24028.1 million
200925,24027.9 million
200824,00027.5 million
200724,00027.3 million
200624,00027 million
200529,00028.5 million
200428,00027.1 million
200327,30028.2 million
200227,30028.3 million
200117,20028.2 million
200016,60029.4 million
199916,03029.6 million
199815,03029.9 million
199710,05029.9 million
19969,90030.2 million
19958,90030.2 million
199410,00023.2 million
199310,00023.7 million
199210,00024.5 million
1991–22.7 million
1990–23.9 million
1989–24.3 million
1985–22.2 million
194033,000–
193927,000–
193823,000–
193723,000–
193621,000–
193523,000–
193419,000–
193320,000–
193220,000–
193118,000–
193020,000–
192915,000–
192818,000–
192721,000–
192621,000–
192530,000–
192430,000–
192330,000–
192230,000–
192150,000–
192050,000–
191950,000–
191842,000–
  • 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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