Palestinian Territories
Armed forces personnel in Palestinian Territories
Armed forces personnel in Palestinian Territories: 56,000 people in 2005 and 0 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 0 people
- Since 2005
- −56,000 people
- World, 2020
- 27.4 million people
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 56,000 people in 2005, the lowest 0 people in 2019.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 0 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | – | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | – | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | – | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | – | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | – | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 56,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 56,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 56,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 56,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 56,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 56,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 56,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 56,000 | 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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