Iraq vs Turkey: Armed forces personnel, total
Iraq
459,000
in 2020
Turkey
512,000
in 2020
Iraq rank
15th
Turkey rank
13th
Armed forces personnel, total over time
- Iraq
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 512,000 against 459,000 in Iraq, a difference of 53,000.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Iraq ahead.
Globally, Iraq ranks 15th and Turkey ranks 13th of 173 countries.
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About this data
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.