Morocco

Armed forces personnel in Morocco

Armed forces personnel in Morocco: 149,000 people in 1985 and 246,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
246,000 people
Since 1985
+97,000 people
Rank, 2020
28 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MoroccoArmed forces personnel in Morocco: 149,000 people in 1985 and 246,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 251,000 people in 2005, the lowest 149,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 251,000 people in 2005, the lowest 149,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1847: 10,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMoroccoWorld
2020246,00027.4 million
2019246,00027.7 million
2018245,80027.7 million
2017246,00027.4 million
2016245,80027.5 million
2015245,80027.4 million
2014245,80027.3 million
2013245,80027.2 million
2012245,80028.2 million
2011245,80028 million
2010245,80028.1 million
2009245,80027.9 million
2008246,00027.5 million
2007246,00027.3 million
2006246,00027 million
2005251,00028.5 million
2004250,00027.1 million
2003246,30028.2 million
2002246,30028.3 million
2001246,50028.2 million
2000240,50029.4 million
1999238,30029.6 million
1998238,30029.9 million
1997238,30029.9 million
1996236,00030.2 million
1995237,50030.2 million
1994195,00023.2 million
1993195,00023.7 million
1992195,00024.5 million
1991195,00022.7 million
1990195,00023.9 million
1989195,00024.3 million
1985149,00022.2 million
1984149,000–
1983135,000–
1982125,000–
1981120,000–
1980117,000–
197998,000–
197885,000–
197785,000–
197690,000–
197575,000–
197465,000–
197365,000–
197265,000–
197165,000–
197065,000–
196970,000–
196870,000–
196765,000–
196665,000–
196550,000–
196445,000–
196340,000–
196245,000–
196140,000–
196027,000–
195927,000–
195827,000–
195724,000–
195620,000–
19116,000–
19106,000–
19096,000–
19086,000–
19076,000–
19066,000–
190510,000–
190410,000–
190310,000–
190210,000–
190110,000–
190010,000–
189910,000–
189810,000–
189710,000–
189610,000–
189510,000–
189410,000–
189310,000–
189210,000–
189110,000–
189010,000–
188910,000–
188810,000–
188710,000–
188610,000–
188510,000–
188410,000–
18839,000–
18829,000–
18819,000–
18809,000–
18799,000–
18789,000–
18779,000–
18769,000–
18759,000–
18749,000–
18739,000–
187210,000–
187110,000–
187010,000–
186910,000–
186810,000–
186710,000–
186610,000–
186510,000–
186410,000–
186310,000–
186210,000–
186110,000–
186010,000–
185910,000–
185810,000–
185710,000–
185610,000–
185510,000–
185410,000–
185310,000–
185210,000–
185110,000–
185010,000–
184910,000–
184810,000–
184710,000–
  • 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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