Senegal

Armed forces personnel in Senegal

Armed forces personnel in Senegal: 10,100 people in 1985 and 19,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
19,000 people
Since 1985
+8,900 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in SenegalArmed forces personnel in Senegal: 10,100 people in 1985 and 19,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 19,000 people in 2005, the lowest 10,100 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 19,000 people in 2005, the lowest 10,100 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearSenegalWorld
202019,00027.4 million
201919,00027.7 million
201818,60027.7 million
201719,00027.4 million
201618,60027.5 million
201518,60027.4 million
201418,60027.3 million
201318,60027.2 million
201218,60028.2 million
201118,60028 million
201018,62028.1 million
200918,62027.9 million
200819,00027.5 million
200719,00027.3 million
200619,00027 million
200519,00028.5 million
200418,00027.1 million
200318,60028.2 million
200215,20028.3 million
200115,60028.2 million
200015,40029.4 million
199917,00029.6 million
199817,00029.9 million
199717,35029.9 million
199617,40030.2 million
199517,40030.2 million
199414,00023.2 million
199318,00023.7 million
199218,00024.5 million
199118,00022.7 million
199018,00023.9 million
198915,00024.3 million
198510,10022.2 million
198418,000–
198318,000–
198218,000–
198114,000–
19808,000–
19798,000–
197813,000–
197713,000–
197611,000–
19757,000–
19747,000–
19737,000–
19727,000–
19717,000–
19707,000–
19697,000–
19687,000–
19677,000–
19667,000–
19657,000–
19647,000–
19639,000–
19624,000–
19614,000–
19601,000–
  • 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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