Timor-Leste

Armed forces personnel in Timor-Leste

Armed forces personnel in Timor-Leste: 1,000 people in 2004 and 2,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
2,000 people
Since 2004
+1,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in Timor-LesteArmed forces personnel in Timor-Leste: 1,000 people in 2004 and 2,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 2,200 people in 2018, the lowest 1,000 people in 2004.
Estimates, IISSWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 2,200 people in 2018, the lowest 1,000 people in 2004.

Every year

people · IISS

YearTimor-LesteWorld
20202,00027.4 million
20192,00027.7 million
20182,20027.7 million
20172,00027.4 million
20161,33027.5 million
20151,33027.4 million
20141,33027.3 million
20131,33027.2 million
20121,33028.2 million
20111,33028 million
20101,33228.1 million
20091,33227.9 million
20081,00027.5 million
20071,00027.3 million
20061,00027 million
2005–28.5 million
20041,00027.1 million
2003–28.2 million
2002–28.3 million
2001–28.2 million
2000–29.4 million
1999–29.6 million
1998–29.9 million
1997–29.9 million
1996–30.2 million
1995–30.2 million
1994–23.2 million
1993–23.7 million
1992–24.5 million
1991–22.7 million
1990–23.9 million
1989–24.3 million
1985–22.2 million

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.
  • 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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