UK Regular Royal Navy//Royal Marines Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

38,730

37,660

35,540

33,960

33,330

Officers

7,460

7,410

7,190

6,940

6,800

Admiral (RN) / General (RM)

2

2

2

2

1

Vice Admiral (RN) / Lt General (RM)

9

7

8

9

8

Rear Admiral (RN) / Maj General (RM)

29

33

31

30

29

Commodore (RN) / Brigadier (RM)

80

80

80

80

80

Captain (RN) / Colonel (RM)

290

300

300

280

260

Commander (RN) / Lt Colonel (RM)

1,140

1,130

1,060

1,020

1,030

Lt Commander (RN) / Major (RM)

2,260

2,210

2,100

2,040

2,000

Lieutenant (RN) or Captain (RM)

2,890

2,860

2,870

2,770

2,670

Sub-Lt / Midshipman (RN) or Lieutenant / 2^nd Lieutenant (RM)

750

800

740

710

720

Other Ranks

31,270

30,240

28,350

27,020

26,530

Warrant Officer 1

770

740

690

640

660

Warrant Officer 2

790

800

770

730

670

Chief Petty Officer (RN) / Colour Sergeant (RM)

3,940

3,800

3,530

3,300

3,090

Petty Officer (RN) / Sergeant (RM)

4,600

4,460

4,200

3,880

3,650

Leading Rate (RN) / Corporal (RM)

6,220

6,270

6,020

5,750

5,650

Lance Corporal (RM)

570

530

610

590

660

Able Rate (RN)

14,380

13,640

12,560

12,120

12,140

UK Regular Army Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

108,920

106,240

104,250

99,730

91,070

Officers

14,640

14,760

14,480

13,890

13,200

General

5

6

5

5

5

Lt General

14

9

9

10

11

Maj General

40

43

42

44

39

Brigadier

180

170

170

150

160

Colonel

600

580

530

530

520

Lt Colonel

1,770

1,780

1,760

1,690

1,670

Major

4,700

4,700

4,520

4,340

4,150

Captain

4 940

5 040

5 030

4 770

4 490

Lieutenant / 2^nd Lieutenant / Officer Cadet

2,390

2,440

2,410

2,340

2,160

Other Ranks

94,280

91,480

89,780

85,840

77,860

Warrant Officer 1

1,700

1,620

1,490

1,390

1,340

Warrant Officer 2

4,790

4,500

4,320

3,990

3,730

Staff Sergeant

6,030

5,950

5,790

5,700

5,280

Sergeant

10,170

10,090

9,760

9,270

8,230

Corporal

15,450

15,330

14,990

14,420

13,520

Lance Corporal

15,960

16,200

16,050

15,190

14,030

Private

40,180

37,800

37,380

35,880

31,730

UK Regular RAF Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Total

44,050

42,460

40,000

37,030

35,230

Officers

9,820

9,660

9,030

8,230

7,850

Air Chief Marshal

3

3

3

2

2

Air Marshal

8

8

8

9

8

Air Vice-Marshal

26

26

28

23

27

Air Commodore

90

90

80

80

80

Group Captain

330

330

310

300

300

Wing Commander

1,210

1,180

1,100

1,040

1,020

Squadron Leader

2,570

2,540

2,430

2,260

2,200

Flight Lieutenant

4,080

4,180

4,130

3,890

3,560

Flying Officer / Pilot Officer / Acting Pilot Officer

1,510

1,300

940

630

650

Other Ranks

34,230

32,810

30,970

28,790

27,380

Master Aircrew

1 200

1 130

1 060

980

970

Warrant Officer

*

*

*

*

*

Flight Sergeant / Chief Technician

3,200

3,130

2,910

2,720

2,540

Sergeant

6,310

6,140

5,760

5,500

5,210

Corporal

8,440

8,250

7,880

7,370

7,000

Lance Corporal

*

150

210

220

200

Senior Aircraftman/woman / Leading Aircraftman/woman / Aircraftman / woman

15,080

14,020

13,150

12,010

11,470

Note:

All data provided by Defence Statistics

1. UK Regular Forces includes trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists.

2. When rounding, totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. "*" denotes not applicable.