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United States

United States peaked at 2.24M in 1989 and stands at 1.40M in 2020.

Personnel
1.40M
Personnel Ratio
1 %
United States armed forces personnel by year since 1985, charted over the full history with the long-run trend.

Personnel Yearly

This indicator counts all servicemen and women on full-time duty, including conscripts and long-term assignments from reserves. It provides insight into the size of a country's military workforce.

Personnel Ratio Yearly

This indicator shows the percentage of a country's labor force employed in the armed forces, reflecting the military's share of the national workforce.