Nicaragua

Armed forces personnel in Nicaragua

Armed forces personnel in Nicaragua: 62,900 people in 1985 and 12,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
12,000 people
Since 1985
−50,900 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in NicaraguaArmed forces personnel in Nicaragua: 62,900 people in 1985 and 12,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 65,000 people in 1989, the lowest 12,000 people in 1995.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 65,000 people in 1989, the lowest 12,000 people in 1995.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1900: 2,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearNicaraguaWorld
202012,00027.4 million
201912,00027.7 million
201812,00027.7 million
201712,00027.4 million
201612,00027.5 million
201512,00027.4 million
201412,00027.3 million
201312,00027.2 million
201212,00028.2 million
201112,00028 million
201012,00028.1 million
200912,00027.9 million
200812,00027.5 million
200714,00027.3 million
200614,00027 million
200514,00028.5 million
200414,00027.1 million
200314,00028.2 million
200214,00028.3 million
200116,00028.2 million
200016,00029.4 million
199916,00029.6 million
199817,00029.9 million
199717,00029.9 million
199617,00030.2 million
199512,00030.2 million
199414,00023.2 million
199315,00023.7 million
199215,00024.5 million
199120,00022.7 million
199028,00023.9 million
198965,00024.3 million
198562,90022.2 million
198467,000–
198346,000–
198241,000–
198139,000–
198024,000–
19796,000–
19786,000–
19776,000–
19765,000–
19755,000–
19746,000–
19736,000–
19726,000–
19716,000–
19706,000–
19696,000–
19686,000–
19676,000–
19666,000–
19656,000–
19646,000–
19635,000–
19625,000–
19615,000–
19605,000–
19595,000–
19584,000–
19574,000–
19563,000–
19553,000–
19543,000–
19533,000–
19523,000–
19513,000–
19503,000–
19493,000–
19483,000–
19473,000–
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19094,000–
19084,000–
19074,000–
19064,000–
19052,000–
19042,000–
19032,000–
19022,000–
19012,000–
19002,000–
  • 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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