Total armed forces personnel rose 1.20% to 42.0 '000 in Turkmenistan in 2017, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database.
Historically, total armed forces personnel in Turkmenistan reached an all time high of 42.0 '000 in 2017 and an all time low of 11.0 '000 in 1995. When compared to Turkmenistan's main peers, total armed forces personnel in Afghanistan amounted to 323 '000, 563 '000 in Iran, 71.0 '000 in Kazakhstan and 68.0 '000 in Uzbekistan in 2017.
Turkmenistan has been ranked 74th within the group of 162 countries we follow in terms of total armed forces personnel, 26 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Armed Forces Personnel (Total) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Afghanistan | '000 | ... | 331 | 309 | 319 | 323 | 323 | |||||||||||||||
| China | '000 | 2,993 | 2,993 | 2,843 | 2,695 | 2,695 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | '000 | 563 | 563 | 563 | 563 | 563 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | '000 | 178 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 209 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | '000 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | '000 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | '000 | 948 | 926 | 936 | 936 | 936 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | '000 | 1,260 | 1,287 | 1,490 | 1,454 | 1,454 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | '000 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 17.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | '000 | 22.0 | 36.5 | 36.5 | 41.5 | 42.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | '000 | 68.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 | 68.0 |
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