Sweden

Armed forces personnel in Sweden

Armed forces personnel in Sweden: 65,700 people in 1985 and 15,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
15,000 people
Since 1985
−50,700 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in SwedenArmed forces personnel in Sweden: 65,700 people in 1985 and 15,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 99,600 people in 1995, the lowest 15,000 people in 2019.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 99,600 people in 1995, the lowest 15,000 people in 2019.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1819: 54,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearSwedenWorld
202015,00027.4 million
201915,00027.7 million
201815,15027.7 million
201730,00027.4 million
201630,55027.5 million
201530,55027.4 million
201430,55027.3 million
201316,10027.2 million
201216,10028.2 million
201121,30028 million
201021,16028.1 million
200921,87027.9 million
200817,60027.5 million
200717,60027.3 million
200624,60027 million
200528,60028.5 million
200427,60027.1 million
200363,20028.2 million
200269,50028.3 million
200169,50028.2 million
200088,30029.4 million
199988,70029.6 million
199888,70029.9 million
199788,95029.9 million
199698,20030.2 million
199599,60030.2 million
199470,00023.2 million
199370,00023.7 million
199270,00024.5 million
199163,00022.7 million
199065,00023.9 million
198962,00024.3 million
198565,70022.2 million
198469,000–
198368,000–
198270,000–
198170,000–
198070,000–
197968,000–
197869,000–
197769,000–
197666,000–
197575,000–
197475,000–
197375,000–
197275,000–
197175,000–
197075,000–
196975,000–
196875,000–
196770,000–
196670,000–
196570,000–
196470,000–
196370,000–
196280,000–
196180,000–
196029,000–
195929,000–
195828,000–
195728,000–
1945400,000–
1944400,000–
1943400,000–
1942400,000–
1940100,000–
193841,000–
193727,000–
193630,000–
193539,000–
193334,000–
193232,000–
193132,000–
193039,000–
192938,000–
192838,000–
192728,000–
192628,000–
192530,000–
192440,000–
192325,000–
192230,000–
192125,000–
1920101,000–
1918101,000–
1917100,000–
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191580,000–
191386,000–
191274,000–
191174,000–
191071,000–
190965,000–
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190564,000–
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1903103,000–
190273,000–
190175,000–
190075,000–
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189863,000–
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189463,000–
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188462,000–
188369,000–
188267,000–
188166,000–
188092,000–
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187886,000–
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187654,000–
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187382,000–
187286,000–
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186883,000–
1867120,000–
1866120,000–
1865117,000–
1864117,000–
186391,000–
186291,000–
186177,000–
186077,000–
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185876,000–
185777,000–
185677,000–
185577,000–
185377,000–
185249,000–
185134,000–
185034,000–
184949,000–
184847,000–
184652,000–
184452,000–
184052,000–
183352,000–
183145,000–
183042,000–
182845,000–
182345,000–
181954,000–
  • 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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