Mauritius

Armed forces personnel in Mauritius

Armed forces personnel in Mauritius: 1,000 people in 1985 and 3,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
3,000 people
Since 1985
+2,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MauritiusArmed forces personnel in Mauritius: 1,000 people in 1985 and 3,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 3,000 people in 2017, the lowest 1,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 3,000 people in 2017, the lowest 1,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1968: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMauritiusWorld
20203,00027.4 million
20193,00027.7 million
20183,00027.7 million
20173,00027.4 million
20162,55027.5 million
20152,55027.4 million
20142,50027.3 million
20132,50027.2 million
20122,50028.2 million
20112,50028 million
20102,00028.1 million
20092,00027.9 million
20082,00027.5 million
20072,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
20052,00028.5 million
2004–27.1 million
20032,00028.2 million
20022,00028.3 million
20011,60028.2 million
20001,80029.4 million
19991,80029.6 million
19981,80029.9 million
19971,80029.9 million
19961,80030.2 million
19951,80030.2 million
19941,00023.2 million
19931,00023.7 million
19921,00024.5 million
19911,00022.7 million
19901,00023.9 million
19891,00024.3 million
19851,00022.2 million
19841,000–
19831,000–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19771,000–
19763,000–
19753,000–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
  • 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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