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Timor-Leste: Armed forces personnel

0.36percent · 2020+15.1% since 2010

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. Labor force comprises all people who meet the International Labour Organization's definition of the economically active population. Annual figures for Timor-Leste from 2004 to 2020.

20042020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20200.358
20190.364
20180.408
20170.383
20160.263
20150.271
20140.279
20130.287
20120.295
20110.303
20100.311
20090.318
20080.244
20070.249
20060.254
20040.267

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Institute for Strategic Studies. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Armed forces personnel. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-armed-forces-personnel (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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