Tanzania

Armed forces personnel in Tanzania

Armed forces personnel in Tanzania: 40,400 people in 1985 and 28,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
28,000 people
Since 1985
−12,400 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in TanzaniaArmed forces personnel in Tanzania: 40,400 people in 1985 and 28,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 50,000 people in 1994, the lowest 28,000 people in 2004.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 50,000 people in 1994, the lowest 28,000 people in 2004.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1961: 1,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearTanzaniaWorld
202028,00027.4 million
201928,00027.7 million
201828,00027.7 million
201728,00027.4 million
201628,40027.5 million
201528,40027.4 million
201428,40027.3 million
201328,40027.2 million
201228,40028.2 million
201128,40028 million
201028,40028.1 million
200928,40027.9 million
200828,00027.5 million
200728,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
200528,00028.5 million
200428,00027.1 million
200328,40028.2 million
200228,40028.3 million
200128,40028.2 million
200035,40029.4 million
199935,40029.6 million
199835,40029.9 million
199736,00029.9 million
199636,00030.2 million
199536,00030.2 million
199450,00023.2 million
199346,00023.7 million
199246,00024.5 million
199140,00022.7 million
199040,00023.9 million
198940,00024.3 million
198540,40022.2 million
198443,000–
198384,000–
198243,000–
198143,000–
198053,000–
197953,000–
197863,000–
197731,000–
197625,000–
197525,000–
197420,000–
197325,000–
197225,000–
197120,000–
197020,000–
196915,000–
196814,000–
196713,000–
196612,000–
196510,000–
19648,000–
19638,000–
19622,000–
19611,000–
  • 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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