Peru

Armed forces personnel in Peru

Armed forces personnel in Peru: 128,000 people in 1985 and 158,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
158,000 people
Since 1985
+30,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in PeruArmed forces personnel in Peru: 128,000 people in 1985 and 158,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 203,000 people in 1997, the lowest 110,000 people in 1989.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 203,000 people in 1997, the lowest 110,000 people in 1989.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1839: 4,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearPeruWorld
2020158,00027.4 million
2019158,00027.7 million
2018158,00027.7 million
2017158,00027.4 million
2016158,00027.5 million
2015158,00027.4 million
2014158,00027.3 million
2013192,00027.2 million
2012192,00028.2 million
2011192,00028 million
2010192,00028.1 million
2009192,00027.9 million
2008191,00027.5 million
2007198,00027.3 million
2006198,00027 million
2005157,00028.5 million
2004157,00027.1 million
2003177,00028.2 million
2002187,00028.3 million
2001177,00028.2 million
2000193,00029.4 million
1999193,00029.6 million
1998203,00029.9 million
1997203,00029.9 million
1996193,60030.2 million
1995177,60030.2 million
1994112,00023.2 million
1993112,00023.7 million
1992112,00024.5 million
1991123,00022.7 million
1990125,00023.9 million
1989110,00024.3 million
1985128,00022.2 million
1984135,000–
1983167,000–
1982164,000–
1981157,000–
1980151,000–
1979125,000–
1978125,000–
1977125,000–
1976100,000–
197595,000–
197490,000–
197375,000–
197275,000–
197175,000–
197080,000–
196975,000–
196875,000–
196770,000–
196670,000–
196570,000–
196470,000–
196365,000–
196248,000–
196146,000–
196042,000–
195942,000–
195841,000–
195729,000–
195618,000–
195518,000–
195436,000–
195336,000–
195236,000–
195135,000–
195031,000–
194930,000–
194829,000–
194731,000–
194638,000–
194532,000–
194432,000–
194332,000–
194232,000–
194132,000–
193915,000–
193814,000–
193714,000–
193617,000–
193517,000–
193410,000–
193310,000–
193211,000–
193111,000–
193011,000–
192911,000–
192811,000–
192710,000–
192610,000–
192510,000–
192414,000–
192314,000–
192214,000–
192114,000–
192014,000–
191912,000–
191811,000–
19177,000–
19167,000–
19157,000–
19147,000–
19137,000–
19127,000–
19114,000–
19104,000–
19094,000–
19084,000–
19074,000–
19064,000–
19054,000–
19044,000–
19034,000–
19024,000–
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19003,000–
18993,000–
18983,000–
18973,000–
18963,000–
18956,000–
18946,000–
18936,000–
18926,000–
18918,000–
18904,000–
18896,000–
18887,000–
18874,000–
18865,000–
18855,000–
18845,000–
18835,000–
18807,000–
18794,000–
18785,000–
187710,000–
187610,000–
187510,000–
187410,000–
187310,000–
187210,000–
187110,000–
187010,000–
186910,000–
186810,000–
18679,000–
186618,000–
186518,000–
186418,000–
186313,000–
186213,000–
186114,000–
186010,000–
185910,000–
185812,000–
185711,000–
185611,000–
185511,000–
185411,000–
185311,000–
185211,000–
185111,000–
185011,000–
184911,000–
184811,000–
184711,000–
184610,000–
18459,000–
18448,000–
18438,000–
18427,000–
18416,000–
18405,000–
18394,000–
  • 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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