Venezuela
Armed forces personnel in Venezuela
Armed forces personnel in Venezuela: 49,000 people in 1985 and 343,000 people in 2020, by IISS estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 343,000 people
- Since 1985
- +294,000 people
- Rank, 2020
- 18 of 170
- counting from the highest
- World, 2020
- 27.4 million people
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- The highest was 343,000 people in 2017, the lowest 49,000 people in 1985.
- Older estimates from Correlates of War reach back to 1857: 10,000 people.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Venezuela | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 343,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 343,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 343,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 343,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 273,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 265,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 265,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 115,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 115,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 115,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 115,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 115,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 115,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 115,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 27 million |
| 2005 | 82,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 82,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 105,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 105,300 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 105,300 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 79,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 79,000 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 79,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 79,000 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 79,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 80,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 75,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 75,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 75,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 73,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 75,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 75,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 49,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 64,000 | – |
| 1983 | 56,000 | – |
| 1982 | 56,000 | – |
| 1981 | 55,000 | – |
| 1980 | 55,000 | – |
| 1979 | 55,000 | – |
| 1978 | 55,000 | – |
| 1977 | 55,000 | – |
| 1976 | 55,000 | – |
| 1975 | 55,000 | – |
| 1974 | 50,000 | – |
| 1973 | 50,000 | – |
| 1972 | 45,000 | – |
| 1971 | 45,000 | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | – |
| 1969 | 40,000 | – |
| 1968 | 40,000 | – |
| 1967 | 40,000 | – |
| 1966 | 40,000 | – |
| 1965 | 50,000 | – |
| 1964 | 35,000 | – |
| 1963 | 35,000 | – |
| 1962 | 23,000 | – |
| 1961 | 21,000 | – |
| 1960 | 23,000 | – |
| 1959 | 23,000 | – |
| 1958 | 18,000 | – |
| 1957 | 17,000 | – |
| 1956 | 2,000 | – |
| 1955 | 2,000 | – |
| 1954 | 2,000 | – |
| 1953 | 2,000 | – |
| 1952 | 2,000 | – |
| 1951 | 4,000 | – |
| 1950 | 4,000 | – |
| 1949 | 2,000 | – |
| 1948 | 2,000 | – |
| 1947 | 2,000 | – |
| 1946 | 2,000 | – |
| 1945 | 2,000 | – |
| 1944 | 2,000 | – |
| 1943 | 2,000 | – |
| 1942 | 2,000 | – |
| 1941 | 2,000 | – |
| 1940 | 2,000 | – |
| 1939 | 2,000 | – |
| 1938 | 6,000 | – |
| 1937 | 2,000 | – |
| 1936 | 6,000 | – |
| 1935 | 6,000 | – |
| 1934 | 7,000 | – |
| 1933 | 7,000 | – |
| 1932 | 6,000 | – |
| 1931 | 6,000 | – |
| 1930 | 6,000 | – |
| 1929 | 6,000 | – |
| 1928 | 6,000 | – |
| 1927 | 6,000 | – |
| 1926 | 7,000 | – |
| 1925 | 7,000 | – |
| 1924 | 7,000 | – |
| 1923 | 8,000 | – |
| 1922 | 10,000 | – |
| 1921 | 10,000 | – |
| 1920 | 10,000 | – |
| 1919 | 8,000 | – |
| 1918 | 10,000 | – |
| 1917 | 10,000 | – |
| 1916 | 10,000 | – |
| 1915 | 10,000 | – |
| 1914 | 10,000 | – |
| 1913 | 10,000 | – |
| 1912 | 10,000 | – |
| 1911 | 10,000 | – |
| 1910 | 10,000 | – |
| 1909 | 10,000 | – |
| 1908 | 10,000 | – |
| 1907 | 10,000 | – |
| 1906 | 10,000 | – |
| 1905 | 8,000 | – |
| 1904 | 8,000 | – |
| 1903 | 9,000 | – |
| 1902 | 9,000 | – |
| 1901 | 9,000 | – |
| 1900 | 4,000 | – |
| 1899 | 4,000 | – |
| 1898 | 4,000 | – |
| 1897 | 4,000 | – |
| 1896 | 4,000 | – |
| 1895 | 6,000 | – |
| 1894 | 7,000 | – |
| 1893 | 7,000 | – |
| 1892 | 5,000 | – |
| 1891 | 6,000 | – |
| 1890 | 2,000 | – |
| 1889 | 3,000 | – |
| 1888 | 2,000 | – |
| 1887 | 2,000 | – |
| 1886 | 3,000 | – |
| 1885 | 3,000 | – |
| 1884 | 3,000 | – |
| 1883 | 3,000 | – |
| 1882 | 2,000 | – |
| 1881 | 2,000 | – |
| 1880 | 12,000 | – |
| 1879 | 14,000 | – |
| 1878 | 12,000 | – |
| 1877 | 5,000 | – |
| 1876 | 5,000 | – |
| 1875 | 10,000 | – |
| 1874 | 10,000 | – |
| 1873 | 5,000 | – |
| 1872 | 5,000 | – |
| 1871 | 5,000 | – |
| 1870 | 5,000 | – |
| 1869 | 5,000 | – |
| 1868 | 5,000 | – |
| 1867 | 10,000 | – |
| 1866 | 10,000 | – |
| 1865 | 10,000 | – |
| 1864 | 10,000 | – |
| 1863 | 10,000 | – |
| 1862 | 10,000 | – |
| 1861 | 10,000 | – |
| 1860 | 10,000 | – |
| 1859 | 10,000 | – |
| 1858 | 10,000 | – |
| 1857 | 10,000 | – |
- 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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