Malta

Armed forces personnel in Malta

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

Latest, 2020
2,000 people
Since 1985
+1,200 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MaltaArmed forces personnel in Malta: 800 people in 1985 and 2,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 2,130 people in 2012, the lowest 800 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2,130 people in 2012, the lowest 800 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1964: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMaltaWorld
20202,00027.4 million
20192,00027.7 million
20181,75027.7 million
20172,00027.4 million
20162,13027.5 million
20152,13027.4 million
20142,13027.3 million
20132,13027.2 million
20122,13028.2 million
20112,12028 million
20102,12728.1 million
20092,12127.9 million
20082,00027.5 million
20072,00027.3 million
20062,00027 million
20052,00028.5 million
20042,00027.1 million
20032,10028.2 million
20022,10028.3 million
20012,10028.2 million
20002,10029.4 million
19991,90029.6 million
19981,90029.9 million
19971,95029.9 million
19962,00030.2 million
19951,90030.2 million
19942,00023.2 million
19932,00023.7 million
19922,00024.5 million
19912,00022.7 million
19902,00023.9 million
19892,00024.3 million
198580022.2 million
19841,000–
19831,000–
19821,000–
19811,000–
19801,000–
19796,000–
19787,000–
19777,000–
19764,000–
19753,000–
19744,000–
19732,000–
19722,000–
19712,000–
19703,000–
19692,000–
19682,000–
19672,000–
19661,000–
19651,000–
19641,000–
  • 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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