Armed forces personnel

Soldiers and paramilitary forces per 1,000 people.

Armed forces personnel are the active soldiers and the paramilitary forces, such as gendarmeries, that a government keeps, per 1,000 people. Conscription, a hostile neighbour or a large security state all raise the figure. The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) counts them in its yearly Military Balance, and the World Bank republishes them; the series stops in 2020. The Military spending page gives what the forces cost.

• Governance
• Military
• Security
• IISS
• Country
• Year