Mauritania

Armed forces personnel in Mauritania

Armed forces personnel in Mauritania: 8,500 people in 1985 and 21,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
21,000 people
Since 1985
+12,500 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MauritaniaArmed forces personnel in Mauritania: 8,500 people in 1985 and 21,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 21,000 people in 2005, the lowest 8,500 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 21,000 people in 2005, the lowest 8,500 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMauritaniaWorld
202021,00027.4 million
201921,00027.7 million
201820,85027.7 million
201721,00027.4 million
201620,85027.5 million
201520,85027.4 million
201420,85027.3 million
201320,85027.2 million
201220,85028.2 million
201120,85028 million
201020,87028.1 million
200920,87027.9 million
200821,00027.5 million
200721,00027.3 million
200621,00027 million
200521,00028.5 million
200420,00027.1 million
200320,70028.2 million
200220,70028.3 million
200120,60028.2 million
200020,70029.4 million
199920,65029.6 million
199820,65029.9 million
199720,65029.9 million
199620,70030.2 million
199520,70030.2 million
199411,00023.2 million
199316,00023.7 million
199216,00024.5 million
199117,00022.7 million
199017,00023.9 million
198916,00024.3 million
19858,50022.2 million
198416,000–
198316,000–
198216,000–
198112,000–
19808,000–
19798,000–
197812,000–
197717,000–
197615,000–
19753,000–
19743,000–
19733,000–
19723,000–
19713,000–
19703,000–
19693,000–
19682,000–
19672,000–
19662,000–
19652,000–
19642,000–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
  • 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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