Tunisia

Armed forces personnel in Tunisia

Armed forces personnel in Tunisia: 35,100 people in 1985 and 48,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
48,000 people
Since 1985
+12,900 people
Rank, 2020
70 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in TunisiaArmed forces personnel in Tunisia: 35,100 people in 1985 and 48,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 58,500 people in 1995, the lowest 35,000 people in 1990.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 58,500 people in 1995, the lowest 35,000 people in 1990.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1825: 9,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearTunisiaWorld
202048,00027.4 million
201948,00027.7 million
201847,80027.7 million
201748,00027.4 million
201647,80027.5 million
201547,80027.4 million
201447,80027.3 million
201347,80027.2 million
201247,80028.2 million
201147,80028 million
201047,80028.1 million
200947,80027.9 million
200848,00027.5 million
200748,00027.3 million
200648,00027 million
200547,00028.5 million
200447,00027.1 million
200347,00028.2 million
200247,00028.3 million
200147,00028.2 million
200047,00029.4 million
199947,00029.6 million
199847,00029.9 million
199747,00029.9 million
199658,00030.2 million
199558,50030.2 million
199435,00023.2 million
199335,00023.7 million
199235,00024.5 million
199135,00022.7 million
199035,00023.9 million
198940,00024.3 million
198535,10022.2 million
198438,000–
198328,000–
198232,000–
198129,000–
198029,000–
197924,000–
197822,000–
197720,000–
197621,000–
197520,000–
197420,000–
197320,000–
197220,000–
197125,000–
197025,000–
196925,000–
196825,000–
196725,000–
196625,000–
196520,000–
196425,000–
196325,000–
196218,000–
196118,000–
196016,000–
195912,000–
19586,000–
19576,000–
19565,000–
18815,000–
18805,000–
18795,000–
18784,000–
18774,000–
18764,000–
18754,000–
18744,000–
18734,000–
18724,000–
187123,000–
187023,000–
186923,000–
186822,000–
186722,000–
186621,000–
186521,000–
186420,000–
186320,000–
186219,000–
186119,000–
186018,000–
185918,000–
185818,000–
185717,000–
185617,000–
185516,000–
185416,000–
185315,000–
185215,000–
185115,000–
185014,000–
184914,000–
184813,000–
184713,000–
184612,000–
184512,000–
184411,000–
184311,000–
184210,000–
184110,000–
18409,000–
18399,000–
18389,000–
18379,000–
18369,000–
18359,000–
18349,000–
18339,000–
18329,000–
18319,000–
18309,000–
18299,000–
18289,000–
18279,000–
18269,000–
18259,000–
  • 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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