Montenegro

Armed forces personnel in Montenegro

Armed forces personnel in Montenegro: 16,000 people in 2006 and 12,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
12,000 people
Since 2006
−4,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MontenegroArmed forces personnel in Montenegro: 16,000 people in 2006 and 12,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 16,000 people in 2006, the lowest 12,000 people in 2017.
Estimates, IISSWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 16,000 people in 2006, the lowest 12,000 people in 2017.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMontenegroWorld
202012,00027.4 million
201912,00027.7 million
201812,35027.7 million
201712,00027.4 million
201612,05027.5 million
201512,05027.4 million
201412,18027.3 million
201312,18027.2 million
201212,18028.2 million
201112,18028 million
201013,08028.1 million
200913,23027.9 million
200815,00027.5 million
200715,00027.3 million
200616,00027 million
2005–28.5 million
2004–27.1 million
2003–28.2 million
2002–28.3 million
2001–28.2 million
2000–29.4 million
1999–29.6 million
1998–29.9 million
1997–29.9 million
1996–30.2 million
1995–30.2 million
1994–23.2 million
1993–23.7 million
1992–24.5 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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