Uganda

Armed forces personnel in Uganda

Armed forces personnel in Uganda: 20,000 people in 1985 and 46,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
46,000 people
Since 1985
+26,000 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in UgandaArmed forces personnel in Uganda: 20,000 people in 1985 and 46,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 70,000 people in 1992, the lowest 20,000 people in 1985.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 70,000 people in 1992, the lowest 20,000 people in 1985.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1962: 2,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearUgandaWorld
202046,00027.4 million
201946,00027.7 million
201846,00027.7 million
201746,00027.4 million
201646,40027.5 million
201546,40027.4 million
201446,80027.3 million
201346,80027.2 million
201246,80028.2 million
201146,80028 million
201046,80028.1 million
200946,80027.9 million
200847,00027.5 million
200747,00027.3 million
2006–27 million
200547,00028.5 million
200455,00027.1 million
200361,80028.2 million
200256,80028.3 million
200156,80028.2 million
200050,60029.4 million
199941,50029.6 million
199841,50029.9 million
199746,50029.9 million
199651,50030.2 million
199551,50030.2 million
199460,00023.2 million
199370,00023.7 million
199270,00024.5 million
199160,00022.7 million
199060,00023.9 million
198940,00024.3 million
198520,00022.2 million
198415,000–
198313,000–
198210,000–
19816,000–
19806,000–
19796,000–
19786,000–
197723,000–
197625,000–
197525,000–
197425,000–
197312,000–
197213,000–
197114,000–
197016,000–
196916,000–
196815,000–
196712,000–
196611,000–
19656,000–
19646,000–
19636,000–
19622,000–
  • 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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