Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled was 269,000 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic, 1985–2020
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
Syrian Arab Republic recorded 269,000 for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in 2020.
That represents a change of down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 531,000 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 178,000, in 2011.
That places Syrian Arab Republic 26th out of 173 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 402,500 | — |
| 1986 | 401,875 | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 401,250 | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 400,625 | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 400,000 | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 408,000 | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 408,000 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 408,000 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 408,000 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 320,000 | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 531,000 | +65.9% |
| 1996 | 529,000 | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 428,000 | -19.1% |
| 1998 | 428,000 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 424,000 | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 424,800 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 429,000 | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 427,000 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 427,000 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 415,000 | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 416,000 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 401,000 | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 401,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 401,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 403,000 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 403,000 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 178,000 | -55.8% |
| 2012 | 178,000 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 178,000 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 280,500 | +57.6% |
| 2015 | 277,500 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 307,500 | +10.8% |
| 2017 | 239,000 | -22.3% |
| 2018 | 257,500 | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 269,000 | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 269,000 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 401,250 | 400,000 | 402,500 | 5 |
| 1990s | 429,200 | 320,000 | 531,000 | 10 |
| 2000s | 414,480 | 401,000 | 429,000 | 10 |
| 2010s | 256,800 | 178,000 | 403,000 | 10 |
| 2020s | 269,000 | 269,000 | 269,000 | 1 |
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More public sector data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Arms imports 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.3236 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0005 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -91.25 % change on previous year (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 7.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 109.05 current USD per person (2011)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0369 current USD per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 6.35 % change on previous year (2011)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.49 billion current USD (2011)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 38.12 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled in Syrian Arab Republic was 269,000 in 2020, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 531,000 in 1995.
- What is the lowest armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 178,000 in 2011.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 26th out of 173 countries with data for 2020.
- Is armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Armed forces personnel, total, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Armed forces personnel, total The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies
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About this data
Armed forces personnel, total with 597 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.