Uruguay

Armed forces personnel in Uruguay

Armed forces personnel in Uruguay: 31,900 people in 1985 and 22,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.

Latest, 2020
22,000 people
Since 1985
−9,900 people
World, 2020
27.4 million people
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people · IISS

Armed forces personnel in UruguayArmed forces personnel in Uruguay: 31,900 people in 1985 and 22,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates. The highest was 31,900 people in 1985, the lowest 22,000 people in 2017.
Estimates, IISSEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 31,900 people in 1985, the lowest 22,000 people in 2017.
  • Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1882: 2,000 people.

Every year

people · IISS

YearUruguayWorld
202022,00027.4 million
201922,00027.7 million
201822,10027.7 million
201722,00027.4 million
201625,45027.5 million
201525,45027.4 million
201425,45027.3 million
201325,45027.2 million
201225,45028.2 million
201125,45028 million
201025,44028.1 million
200925,44027.9 million
200825,90027.5 million
200725,90027.3 million
2006–27 million
200524,92028.5 million
200424,92027.1 million
200324,90028.2 million
200224,80028.3 million
200124,80028.2 million
200024,60029.4 million
199926,52029.6 million
199826,52029.9 million
199726,05029.9 million
199626,52030.2 million
199526,50030.2 million
199425,00023.2 million
199325,00023.7 million
199225,00024.5 million
199125,00022.7 million
199025,00023.9 million
198927,00024.3 million
198531,90022.2 million
198430,000–
198330,000–
198229,000–
198128,000–
198028,000–
197928,000–
197828,000–
197728,000–
197628,000–
197525,000–
197425,000–
197320,000–
197220,000–
197119,000–
197018,000–
196917,000–
196815,000–
196714,000–
196614,000–
196513,000–
196413,000–
196313,000–
196220,000–
196120,000–
19607,000–
19597,000–
19587,000–
19577,000–
19566,000–
19556,000–
19546,000–
19536,000–
19526,000–
19516,000–
19506,000–
19496,000–
19486,000–
19476,000–
19466,000–
19399,000–
19389,000–
19379,000–
19369,000–
19358,000–
19348,000–
19338,000–
19328,000–
19319,000–
19309,000–
19299,000–
19289,000–
19279,000–
19269,000–
192511,000–
192417,000–
192317,000–
192212,000–
192111,000–
192011,000–
191910,000–
191810,000–
191710,000–
191610,000–
191510,000–
191410,000–
191311,000–
19125,000–
19115,000–
19108,000–
19097,000–
19087,000–
19076,000–
19066,000–
19055,000–
19045,000–
19034,000–
19024,000–
19014,000–
19003,000–
18994,000–
18983,000–
18973,000–
18963,000–
18953,000–
18943,000–
18933,000–
18923,000–
18913,000–
18903,000–
18893,000–
18884,000–
18874,000–
18863,000–
18853,000–
18843,000–
18835,000–
18822,000–
  • 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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