Türkiye

Armed forces personnel in Türkiye

Armed forces personnel in Türkiye: 630,000 people in 1985 and 512,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
512,000 people
Since 1985
−118,000 people
Rank, 2020
13 of 170
counting from the highest
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in TürkiyeArmed forces personnel in Türkiye: 630,000 people in 1985 and 512,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 841,200 people in 1999, the lowest 512,000 people in 2015.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 841,200 people in 1999, the lowest 512,000 people in 2015.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1924: 129,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearTürkiyeWorld
2020512,00027.4 million
2019512,00027.7 million
2018512,20027.7 million
2017512,00027.4 million
2016512,00027.5 million
2015512,00027.4 million
2014612,80027.3 million
2013612,80027.2 million
2012612,80028.2 million
2011612,80028 million
2010612,80028.1 million
2009612,80027.9 million
2008613,00027.5 million
2007612,00027.3 million
2006612,00027 million
2005617,00028.5 million
2004616,00027.1 million
2003664,80028.2 million
2002664,80028.3 million
2001665,10028.2 million
2000827,70029.4 million
1999841,20029.6 million
1998821,20029.9 million
1997821,20029.9 million
1996707,20030.2 million
1995690,00030.2 million
1994811,00023.2 million
1993686,00023.7 million
1992704,00024.5 million
1991804,00022.7 million
1990769,00023.9 million
1989780,00024.3 million
1985630,00022.2 million
1984815,000–
1983824,000–
1982769,000–
1981741,000–
1980717,000–
1979698,000–
1978721,000–
1977771,000–
1976674,000–
1975584,000–
1974574,000–
1973563,000–
1972610,000–
1971610,000–
1970540,000–
1969545,000–
1968535,000–
1967530,000–
1966510,000–
1965490,000–
1964480,000–
1963475,000–
1962420,000–
1961400,000–
1960435,000–
1959460,000–
1958460,000–
1957449,000–
1956437,000–
1955425,000–
1954413,000–
1953436,000–
1952533,000–
1951531,000–
1950684,000–
1949669,000–
1948689,000–
1947689,000–
1946689,000–
1945514,000–
1944513,000–
1943513,000–
1942513,000–
1941513,000–
1939148,000–
1938211,000–
1937211,000–
1936211,000–
1935211,000–
1934203,000–
1933149,000–
1932149,000–
1931145,000–
1930149,000–
1929129,000–
1928129,000–
192799,000–
1926129,000–
1925129,000–
1924129,000–
  • 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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