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<table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>British Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal
Navy and Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>109,600</p></td><td><p>42,800</p></td><td><p>54,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>109,200</p></td><td><p>42,100</p></td><td><p>53,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>110,100</p></td><td><p>42,600</p></td><td><p>52,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>112,100</p></td><td><p>40,700</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>108,800</p></td><td><p>39,800</p></td><td><p>51,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>107,200</p></td><td><p>39,200</p></td><td><p>47,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>105,900</p></td><td><p>38,800</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>104,610</p></td><td><p>38,410</p></td><td><p>43,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>106,890</p></td><td><p>38,350</p></td><td><p>43,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>107,740</p></td><td><p>38,650</p></td><td><p>43,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>105,940</p></td><td><p>37,480</p></td><td><p>42,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>103,820</p></td><td><p>35,500</p></td><td><p>39,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>98,630</p></td><td><p>33,860</p></td><td><p>36,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>90,390</p></td><td><p>33,160</p></td><td><p>35,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>85,590</p></td><td><p>32,670</p></td><td><p>33,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>84,700</p></td><td><p>32,480</p></td><td><p>33,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>83,000</p></td><td><p>32,470</p></td><td><p>33,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>80,590</p></td><td><p>32,460</p></td><td><p>32,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>78,800</p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td><td><p>32,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>79,290</p></td><td><p>32,960</p></td><td><p>32,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>81,720</p></td><td><p>33,890</p></td><td><p>33,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>80,060</p></td><td><p>33,750</p></td><td><p>33,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>76,950</p></td><td><p>32,590</p></td><td><p>31,940</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes/Caveats</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Average Strength of the UK Regular Forces
was calculated on a yearly basis by taking the mean of the corresponding strengths
reported on a quarterly basis - e.g for the year 2010, the average was calculated
from the strengths as at 1 Jan 2010, 1 Apr 2010, 1 Jul 2010 and 1 Oct 2010.</li><li>UK
Regulars comprise full time Service Personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding
Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military
Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent
Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI)
personnel. Unless otherwise stated, figures include trained and untrained personnel.</li><li>Due
to the lack of data available for the 1 Jan 2000 strengths, the strengths were estimated
via linear interpolation between the known strengths as at 1 Apr 1999 and 1 Apr 2000.
Essentially we assume the strengths change linearly from 1 Apr 1999 to 1 Apr 2000,
to estimate the strength as at 1 Jan 2000. As such the averages calculated for the
year 2000 include an estimated figure, making the calculated average an estimate.</li><li>UK
Regular Forces strength figures used in the Average Strength calculations in the period
1 Apr 1999 - 1 Jan 2007 (apart from the 1 Jan 2000 strength discussed in caveat 3)
were taken from historic "UK Armed Forces Quarterly Press Releases" which
can be accessed here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140116145335/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report"
target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140116145335/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report</a></li><li>UK
Regular Forces strength figures used in the Average Strength calculations in the period
1 Apr 1999 – 1 Oct 2023 were taken from the Joint Personnel Administration system
(JPA).</li><li>The Average Strength in the year 2000 has been rounded to the nearest
100 to reflect the fact that an estimate was used in the calculations (see caveat
3).</li><li>Figures from the years 2001 - 2007 have been rounded to the nearest 100.
This is due to rounded figures being used to calculate the Average Strengths.</li><li>Figures
from the year 2008 onwards have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure
control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic
bias.</li></ol><p> </p>
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