Number of personnel in the Ministry of Defence 2009-2024

Published by D. Clark, Oct 1, 2024

In 2024, there were 148,370 service personnel in the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, with a civilian support staff of 61,620 people.

Number of service and civilian personnel in the Ministry of Defence from 2009 to 2024 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

August 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2009 to 2024

Supplementary notes

* Service personnel includes trained and untrained Full-time UK Regular Forces, FTRS, Gurkhas and Locally Engaged Personnel.
** Full Time Equivalent (FTE) - the size of the workforce takes account of the fact that some Civilian personnel work part-time.

This statistic using original data from the Government Digital Service and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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