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Number of personnel in UK armed forces 2012-2019
Number of personnel in the armed forces in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2012 to 2019
by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Jul 31, 2019
This statistic displays the total number of personnel employed in the United Kingdom (UK) armed forces from 2012 to 2019. This period saw an annual decrease in personnel numbers from the peak in 2012 at 179.8 thousand to 144 thousand in April 2019. Over this period there was an overall reduction of over 35 thousand personnel.
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by Daniel Clark,
last edited
Jul 31, 2019
This statistic displays the total number of personnel employed in the United Kingdom (UK) armed forces from 2012 to 2019. This period saw an annual decrease in personnel numbers from the peak in 2012 at 179.8 thousand to 144 thousand in April 2019. Over this period there was an overall reduction of over 35 thousand personnel.
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- June 2019
- Region
- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- April 1, 2012 to April 1, 2019
- Age group
- 16 years and older
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- United Kingdom
- Survey time period
- April 1, 2012 to April 1, 2019
- Age group
- 16 years and older
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