Togo

Armed forces personnel in Togo

Armed forces personnel in Togo: 3,600 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
10,000 people
Since 1985
+6,400 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in TogoArmed forces personnel in Togo: 3,600 people in 1985 and 10,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 10,300 people in 2001, the lowest 3,600 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 10,300 people in 2001, the lowest 3,600 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1960: 0 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearTogoWorld
202010,00027.4 million
201910,00027.7 million
20189,55027.7 million
201710,00027.4 million
20169,30027.5 million
20159,30027.4 million
20149,30027.3 million
20139,30027.2 million
20129,30028.2 million
20119,30028 million
20109,30028.1 million
20099,30027.9 million
20089,75027.5 million
20079,75027.3 million
20069,75027 million
20059,75028.5 million
20048,75027.1 million
20039,30028.2 million
200210,30028.3 million
200110,30028.2 million
20007,80029.4 million
19997,75029.6 million
19987,75029.9 million
19977,75029.9 million
19967,80030.2 million
19957,80030.2 million
19948,00023.2 million
19938,00023.7 million
19928,00024.5 million
19918,00022.7 million
19908,00023.9 million
19896,00024.3 million
19853,60022.2 million
19847,000–
19836,000–
19826,000–
19816,000–
19804,000–
19794,000–
19785,000–
19774,000–
19764,000–
19753,000–
19742,000–
19732,000–
19722,000–
19712,000–
19702,000–
19691,000–
19681,000–
19672,000–
19662,000–
19652,000–
19642,000–
19631,000–
19621,000–
19610–
19600–
  • 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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