Paraguay

Armed forces personnel in Paraguay

Armed forces personnel in Paraguay: 14,400 people in 1985 and 29,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
29,000 people
Since 1985
+14,600 people
Rank, 2020
88 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in ParaguayArmed forces personnel in Paraguay: 14,400 people in 1985 and 29,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 35,000 people in 1996, the lowest 14,400 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 35,000 people in 1996, the lowest 14,400 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1846: 8,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearParaguayWorld
202029,00027.4 million
201929,00027.7 million
201828,95027.7 million
201727,00027.4 million
201625,45027.5 million
201525,45027.4 million
201425,45027.3 million
201325,45027.2 million
201225,45028.2 million
201125,45028 million
201025,45028.1 million
200925,45027.9 million
200826,00027.5 million
200726,00027.3 million
200626,00027 million
200525,00028.5 million
200424,00027.1 million
200333,40028.2 million
200233,40028.3 million
200133,40028.2 million
200035,00029.4 million
199935,00029.6 million
199835,00029.9 million
199735,00029.9 million
199635,00030.2 million
199528,30030.2 million
199416,00023.2 million
199316,00023.7 million
199216,00024.5 million
199116,00022.7 million
199016,00023.9 million
198916,00024.3 million
198514,40022.2 million
198417,000–
198316,000–
198216,000–
198115,000–
198015,000–
197915,000–
197815,000–
197715,000–
197615,000–
197515,000–
197415,000–
197315,000–
197215,000–
197115,000–
197020,000–
196920,000–
196820,000–
196720,000–
196620,000–
196520,000–
196420,000–
196317,000–
196218,000–
196119,000–
196011,000–
195911,000–
19588,000–
19577,000–
19567,000–
19556,000–
19546,000–
19536,000–
19526,000–
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193518,000–
193422,000–
193320,000–
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18703,000–
18698,000–
186828,000–
186740,000–
186660,000–
186547,000–
186430,000–
186315,000–
186215,000–
186115,000–
18608,000–
18598,000–
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18508,000–
18498,000–
18488,000–
18478,000–
18468,000–
  • 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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