Mongolia

Armed forces personnel in Mongolia

Armed forces personnel in Mongolia: 33,000 people in 1985 and 18,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
18,000 people
Since 1985
−15,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MongoliaArmed forces personnel in Mongolia: 33,000 people in 1985 and 18,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 33,500 people in 1996, the lowest 14,900 people in 1997.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 33,500 people in 1996, the lowest 14,900 people in 1997.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1921: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMongoliaWorld
202018,00027.4 million
201918,00027.7 million
201817,70027.7 million
201718,00027.4 million
201617,50027.5 million
201517,50027.4 million
201417,50027.3 million
201317,50027.2 million
201217,20028.2 million
201117,20028 million
201017,20028.1 million
200917,20027.9 million
200817,00027.5 million
200716,00027.3 million
200616,00027 million
200516,00028.5 million
200415,00027.1 million
200315,80028.2 million
200216,30028.3 million
200116,30028.2 million
200016,30029.4 million
199916,30029.6 million
199817,00029.9 million
199714,90029.9 million
199633,50030.2 million
199531,10030.2 million
199418,00023.2 million
199318,00023.7 million
199221,00024.5 million
199131,00022.7 million
199032,00023.9 million
198933,00024.3 million
198533,00022.2 million
198438,000–
198338,000–
198236,000–
198135,000–
198036,000–
197936,000–
197836,000–
197736,000–
197625,000–
197536,000–
197447,000–
197339,000–
197229,000–
197129,000–
197033,000–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
196430,000–
196328,000–
196228,000–
196126,000–
196024,000–
195922,000–
195820,000–
195719,000–
195617,000–
195516,000–
195415,000–
195314,000–
195213,000–
195112,000–
195011,000–
194910,000–
194580,000–
194480,000–
19392,000–
19382,000–
19372,000–
19362,000–
19352,000–
19342,000–
19332,000–
19322,000–
19312,000–
19302,000–
19292,000–
19288,000–
192717,000–
192612,000–
19258,000–
19244,000–
19233,000–
19221,000–
19210–
  • 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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