Moldova

Armed forces personnel in Moldova

Armed forces personnel in Moldova: 9,000 people in 1992 and 6,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
6,000 people
Since 1992
−3,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MoldovaArmed forces personnel in Moldova: 9,000 people in 1992 and 6,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 15,300 people in 1995, the lowest 6,000 people in 2019.
Estimates, IISSWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 15,300 people in 1995, the lowest 6,000 people in 2019.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMoldovaWorld
20206,00027.4 million
20196,00027.7 million
20186,15027.7 million
20177,00027.4 million
20167,55027.5 million
20157,55027.4 million
20147,75027.3 million
20137,75027.2 million
20127,75028.2 million
20117,75028 million
20107,73328.1 million
20097,73327.9 million
20088,00027.5 million
20079,00027.3 million
20068,00027 million
200510,00028.5 million
20049,00027.1 million
200310,30028.2 million
200210,60028.3 million
200111,60028.2 million
200012,90029.4 million
199914,05029.6 million
199814,45029.9 million
199714,43029.9 million
199615,30030.2 million
199515,30030.2 million
199411,00023.2 million
199313,00023.7 million
19929,00024.5 million
1991–22.7 million
1990–23.9 million
1989–24.3 million
1985–22.2 million

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.
  • 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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