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Armed forces personnel, total

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

ARMED_FORCES_PERSONNEL_TOTAL · raw · annual · people

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Armed forces personnel, total

Military personnel scale

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Data and evidence

Armed forces personnel, total

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Values and evidence for Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of). Unavailable values are gaps, not zero.
PeriodValueStatusProvenance & calculation
199075,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99803 · revision 1

Value 75000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 75000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199173,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99802 · revision 1

Value 73000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 73000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199275,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99801 · revision 1

Value 75000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 75000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199375,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99800 · revision 1

Value 75000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 75000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199475,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99799 · revision 1

Value 75000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 75000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199580,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99798 · revision 1

Value 80000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 80000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199679,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99797 · revision 1

Value 79000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 79000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199779,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99796 · revision 1

Value 79000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 79000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199879,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99795 · revision 1

Value 79000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 79000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

199979,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99794 · revision 1

Value 79000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 79000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

200079,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99793 · revision 1

Value 79000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 79000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2001105,300 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99792 · revision 1

Value 105300.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 105300.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2002105,300 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99791 · revision 1

Value 105300.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 105300.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2003105,300 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99790 · revision 1

Value 105300.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 105300.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

200482,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99789 · revision 1

Value 82000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 82000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

200582,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99788 · revision 1

Value 82000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 82000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2006Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99787 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2007115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99786 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2008115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99785 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2009115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99784 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2010115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99783 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2011115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99782 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2012115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99781 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2013115,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99780 · revision 1

Value 115000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 115000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2014265,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99779 · revision 1

Value 265000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 265000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2015265,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99778 · revision 1

Value 265000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 265000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2016273,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99777 · revision 1

Value 273000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 273000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2017343,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99776 · revision 1

Value 343000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 343000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2018343,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99775 · revision 1

Value 343000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 343000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2019343,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99774 · revision 1

Value 343000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 343000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2020343,000 peopleavailable
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99773 · revision 1

Value 343000.0000000000 · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: 343000.0000000000 · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2021Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99772 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2022Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99771 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2023Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99770 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2024Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99769 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

2025Unavailable peoplemissing
Inspect evidence
World Bank — World Development Indicators · observation #99768 · revision 1

Value Missing · reported · Published Unknown · Retrieved 2026-10-17

Source reference

Active-duty military personnel reported through World Bank from The Military Balance. Personnel totals measure force scale, not readiness or capability.

Provider world_bank · indicator MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 · dataset 2 · reported

Dataset updated 2026-10-08 (not observation publication date)

Revision history

Revision 1: Missing · Initial observation · 2026-10-17 04:48:17 · source revision unspecified

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