Mozambique

Armed forces personnel in Mozambique

Armed forces personnel in Mozambique: 15,800 people in 1985 and 11,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
11,000 people
Since 1985
−4,800 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in MozambiqueArmed forces personnel in Mozambique: 15,800 people in 1985 and 11,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 65,000 people in 1989, the lowest 6,100 people in 1997.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 65,000 people in 1989, the lowest 6,100 people in 1997.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1975: 20,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearMozambiqueWorld
202011,00027.4 million
201911,00027.7 million
201811,20027.7 million
201711,00027.4 million
201611,20027.5 million
201511,20027.4 million
201411,20027.3 million
201311,20027.2 million
201211,20028.2 million
201111,20028 million
201011,20028.1 million
200911,20027.9 million
200811,00027.5 million
200711,00027.3 million
200611,00027 million
200511,00028.5 million
200411,00027.1 million
20038,20028.2 million
200211,00028.3 million
200111,00028.2 million
20006,10029.4 million
19996,10029.6 million
19986,10029.9 million
19976,10029.9 million
199611,00030.2 million
199512,00030.2 million
199411,00023.2 million
199350,00023.7 million
199250,00024.5 million
199165,00022.7 million
199065,00023.9 million
198965,00024.3 million
198515,80022.2 million
198434,000–
198332,000–
198230,000–
198130,000–
198030,000–
197930,000–
197825,000–
197726,000–
197621,000–
197520,000–
  • 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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