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Armed forces personnel in Mali

Armed forces personnel in Mali: 4,900 people in 1985 and 41,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
41,000 people
Since 1985
+36,100 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MaliArmed forces personnel in Mali: 4,900 people in 1985 and 41,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 3,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMaliWorld
202041,00027.4 million
201921,00027.7 million
201821,00027.7 million
201718,00027.4 million
201617,80027.5 million
201515,80027.4 million
201413,80027.3 million
201311,80027.2 million
20127,80028.2 million
201112,15028 million
201012,15028.1 million
200912,15027.9 million
200812,00027.5 million
200712,00027.3 million
200612,00027 million
200512,00028.5 million
200411,00027.1 million
200312,20028.2 million
200215,20028.3 million
200115,20028.2 million
200015,20029.4 million
199915,20029.6 million
199815,15029.9 million
199715,15029.9 million
199615,20030.2 million
199515,20030.2 million
199412,00023.2 million
199312,00023.7 million
199212,00024.5 million
199113,00022.7 million
199013,00023.9 million
19898,00024.3 million
19854,90022.2 million
19848,000–
19838,000–
19828,000–
19818,000–
19807,000–
19795,000–
19788,000–
19777,000–
19768,000–
19758,000–
19748,000–
19738,000–
19728,000–
19718,000–
19708,000–
19697,000–
19687,000–
19675,000–
19667,000–
19658,000–
19648,000–
19635,000–
19623,000–
19612,000–
19603,000–
  • 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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