Malta has a total of 1,896 soldiers within its armed forces, Minister for Home Affairs Byron Camilleri told Parliament on Wednesday.
Camilleri was replying to a parliamentary question posed by PN MP Darren Carabott.
The Minister also said that a total of 72 differently ranked officers left the force in 2023 either due to retirement or voluntarily leaving, whilst in the same year the AFM welcomed 138 new recruits.