Madagascar

Armed forces personnel in Madagascar

Armed forces personnel in Madagascar: 21,100 people in 1985 and 22,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
22,000 people
Since 1985
+900 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MadagascarArmed forces personnel in Madagascar: 21,100 people in 1985 and 22,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 28,500 people in 1995, the lowest 21,000 people in 1989.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 28,500 people in 1995, the lowest 21,000 people in 1989.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMadagascarWorld
202022,00027.4 million
201922,00027.7 million
201821,50027.7 million
201722,00027.4 million
201621,60027.5 million
201521,60027.4 million
201421,60027.3 million
201321,60027.2 million
201221,60028.2 million
201121,60028 million
201021,60028.1 million
200921,60027.9 million
200822,00027.5 million
200722,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
200522,00028.5 million
200421,00027.1 million
200321,60028.2 million
200221,60028.3 million
200121,60028.2 million
200028,50029.4 million
199928,50029.6 million
199828,50029.9 million
199728,50029.9 million
199628,50030.2 million
199528,50030.2 million
199421,00023.2 million
199321,00023.7 million
199221,00024.5 million
199121,00022.7 million
199021,00023.9 million
198921,00024.3 million
198521,10022.2 million
198428,000–
198329,000–
198228,000–
198128,000–
198020,000–
197920,000–
197820,000–
197717,000–
197617,000–
197513,000–
197411,000–
19738,000–
19728,000–
19718,000–
19709,000–
19699,000–
19689,000–
19679,000–
19668,000–
19655,000–
19647,000–
19636,000–
19623,000–
19612,000–
19601,000–
  • 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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