{"entity":{"iso2":"AF","iso3":"AFG","name":"Afghanistan","slug":"afghanistan"},"indicator":{"licence":"CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)","slug":"armed-forces-personnel","source":"The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026) \u2013 processed by Our World in Data","source_url":"https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/armed-forces-personnel","title":"Armed forces personnel","unit":null},"observations":[{"date":"1985-01-01","value":47000.0},{"date":"1989-01-01","value":55000.0},{"date":"1990-01-01","value":58000.0},{"date":"1991-01-01","value":45000.0},{"date":"1992-01-01","value":45000.0},{"date":"1993-01-01","value":45000.0},{"date":"1994-01-01","value":45000.0},{"date":"1995-01-01","value":383000.0},{"date":"1996-01-01","value":429000.0},{"date":"1997-01-01","value":429000.0},{"date":"1998-01-01","value":400000.0},{"date":"1999-01-01","value":400000.0},{"date":"2000-01-01","value":400000.0},{"date":"2002-01-01","value":120000.0},{"date":"2003-01-01","value":130000.0},{"date":"2004-01-01","value":27000.0},{"date":"2005-01-01","value":27000.0},{"date":"2006-01-01","value":51000.0},{"date":"2007-01-01","value":51000.0},{"date":"2008-01-01","value":94000.0},{"date":"2009-01-01","value":255745.0},{"date":"2010-01-01","value":306800.0},{"date":"2011-01-01","value":340350.0},{"date":"2012-01-01","value":338150.0},{"date":"2013-01-01","value":330650.0},{"date":"2014-01-01","value":308800.0},{"date":"2015-01-01","value":319400.0},{"date":"2016-01-01","value":323000.0},{"date":"2017-01-01","value":323000.0},{"date":"2018-01-01","value":272900.0},{"date":"2019-01-01","value":278000.0},{"date":"2020-01-01","value":165000.0}],"summary":{"latest_period":"2020-01-01","latest_value":165000.0,"max":429000.0,"mean":213837.0,"min":27000.0,"of":173,"rank":37,"trend":"volatile"}}