Romania

Armed forces personnel in Romania

Armed forces personnel in Romania: 189,500 people in 1985 and 128,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
128,000 people
Since 1985
−61,500 people
Rank, 2020
48 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in RomaniaArmed forces personnel in Romania: 189,500 people in 1985 and 128,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 307,500 people in 1996, the lowest 126,000 people in 1990.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 307,500 people in 1996, the lowest 126,000 people in 1990.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1878: 16,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearRomaniaWorld
2020128,00027.4 million
2019126,00027.7 million
2018126,60027.7 million
2017126,00027.4 million
2016149,20027.5 million
2015150,40027.4 million
2014151,30027.3 million
2013151,30027.2 million
2012151,30028.2 million
2011151,30028 million
2010153,80028.1 million
2009151,60027.9 million
2008153,00027.5 million
2007153,00027.3 million
2006154,00027 million
2005177,00028.5 million
2004176,00027.1 million
2003177,10028.2 million
2002179,10028.3 million
2001178,90028.2 million
2000282,90029.4 million
1999282,90029.6 million
1998295,60029.9 million
1997306,10029.9 million
1996307,50030.2 million
1995296,50030.2 million
1994200,00023.2 million
1993200,00023.7 million
1992172,00024.5 million
1991201,00022.7 million
1990126,00023.9 million
1989207,00024.3 million
1985189,50022.2 million
1984236,000–
1983232,000–
1982213,000–
1981212,000–
1980211,000–
1979210,000–
1978209,000–
1977208,000–
1976220,000–
1975220,000–
1974218,000–
1973192,000–
1972218,000–
1971218,000–
1970211,000–
1969190,000–
1968190,000–
1967190,000–
1966212,000–
1965258,000–
1964250,000–
1963250,000–
1962304,000–
1961312,000–
1960227,000–
1959216,000–
1958205,000–
1957194,000–
1956233,000–
1955272,000–
1954272,000–
1953271,000–
1952270,000–
1951269,000–
1950218,000–
1949167,000–
1948166,000–
1947140,000–
1946114,000–
1945119,000–
1944975,000–
1940815,000–
1939148,000–
1938169,000–
1937177,000–
1936137,000–
1935142,000–
1934147,000–
1933147,000–
1932142,000–
1931180,000–
1930192,000–
1929191,000–
1928191,000–
1927155,000–
1926145,000–
1925144,000–
1924150,000–
1923203,000–
1922233,000–
1921253,000–
1920252,000–
1919292,000–
1918269,000–
1917247,000–
1916211,000–
1915189,000–
1914145,000–
1913109,000–
1912100,000–
191197,000–
191089,000–
1909104,000–
190890,000–
190769,000–
190670,000–
190566,000–
190465,000–
190366,000–
190266,000–
190153,000–
190063,000–
189967,000–
189862,000–
189760,000–
189661,000–
189547,000–
189447,000–
189351,000–
189251,000–
189140,000–
189049,000–
188941,000–
188837,000–
188736,000–
188634,000–
188534,000–
188435,000–
188336,000–
188221,000–
188121,000–
188021,000–
187917,000–
187816,000–
  • 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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