Niger

Armed forces personnel in Niger

Armed forces personnel in Niger: 2,200 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
10,000 people
Since 1985
+7,800 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in NigerArmed forces personnel in Niger: 2,200 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 10,700 people in 1995, the lowest 2,200 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 10,700 people in 1995, the lowest 2,200 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearNigerWorld
202010,00027.4 million
201910,00027.7 million
201810,30027.7 million
201710,00027.4 million
201610,70027.5 million
201510,70027.4 million
201410,70027.3 million
201310,70027.2 million
201210,70028.2 million
201110,70028 million
201010,70028.1 million
200910,70027.9 million
200810,00027.5 million
200710,00027.3 million
200610,00027 million
200510,00028.5 million
200410,00027.1 million
200310,70028.2 million
200210,70028.3 million
200110,70028.2 million
200010,70029.4 million
199910,70029.6 million
199810,70029.9 million
199710,70029.9 million
199610,70030.2 million
199510,70030.2 million
19945,00023.2 million
19935,00023.7 million
19925,00024.5 million
19915,00022.7 million
19905,00023.9 million
19894,00024.3 million
19852,20022.2 million
19845,000–
19835,000–
19825,000–
19816,000–
19803,000–
19793,000–
19784,000–
19774,000–
19764,000–
19754,000–
19744,000–
19734,000–
19724,000–
19714,000–
19704,000–
19694,000–
19684,000–
19673,000–
19663,000–
19652,000–
19642,000–
19632,000–
19620–
19610–
19600–
  • 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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