Statistics

NATO and Warsaw Pact Manpower (1960-85)

 

  Active Reserves
'000 1960 1970 1980 1985 1980 1985
Bulgaria 120.0 148.0 149.0 148.0 240.0 195.0
Czechoslovakia 185.0 185.0 195.0 203.0 350.0 280.0
East Germany 100.0 126.0 162.0 174.0 305.0 400.0
Hungary 80.5 103.0 93.0 106.0 143.0 135.0
Poland 255.0 265.0 317.5 319.0 605.0 501.0
Romania 222.0 160.0 184.5 189.5 502.0 565.0
             
Total East Europe 962.5 987.0 1,101.0 1,139.5 2,145.0 2,076.0
             
USSR 3,800.0 3,375.0 3,568.0 3,980.0 5,000.0 5,400.0
             
Total Warsaw Pact 4,762.5 4,362.0 4,669.0 5,119.5 7,145.0 7,476.0
% USSR            
             
West Germany 330.0 467.0 495.0 478.0 750.0 770.0
France 1,009.0 501.5 494.7 476.6 342.0 393.0
United Kingdom 454.0 380.9 329.2 327.1 265.5 294.5
Belgium 110.0 96.5 87.9 91.6 115.5 178.5
Netherlands 142.0 116.5 115.0 105.9 171.0 176.3
Denmark 43.0 40.5 35.1 29.6 154.5 162.2
Norway 37.0 35.9 37.0 37.0 247.0 201.0
             
Total NATO Europe 2,125.0 1,638.8 1,593.9 1,545.8 2,045.5 2,175.4
             
United States 2,606.0 2,699.0 2,050.0 2,151.6 817.9 1,212.3
             
Total NATO 4,731.0 4,337.8 3,643.9 3,697.4 2,863.4 3,387.7
% United States            
             
% NATO / Warsaw Pact            

 

Source: Simon, J. (ed.), NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Mobilization.

Last modified: 10 December 2022