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Bulgaria vs Yemen: Armed forces personnel

Bulgaria
37,000
in 2020
Yemen
40,000
in 2020
Bulgaria rank
82nd
Yemen rank
81st

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Yemen
050.0k100.0k150.0k198520022020

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 40,000 against 37,000 in Bulgaria, a difference of 3,000.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 82nd and Yemen ranks 81st of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.