Argentina vs United Arab Emirates
Argentina vs United Arab Emirates: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 103,000 people in Argentina and 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Argentina, by 40,000 people, or 1.63 times that in United Arab Emirates.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Argentina has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Argentina ranked 53 and United Arab Emirates ranked 63 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Argentina | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 103,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 103,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 105,200 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 105,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 105,500 | 63,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 105,500 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 105,700 | 63,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 105,700 | 63,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 104,400 | 51,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 104,400 | 51,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 104,300 | 51,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 104,300 | 51,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 107,000 | 51,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 107,000 | 51,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 107,000 | 51,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 102,000 | 51,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 102,000 | 50,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 102,600 | 50,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 101,100 | 41,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 101,300 | 66,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 102,300 | 66,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 101,700 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 104,200 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 104,200 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 103,700 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 98,500 | 71,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 69,000 | 60,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 65,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 65,000 | 55,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 70,000 | 66,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 85,000 | 66,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 95,000 | 43,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 108,000 | 43,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 174,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1983 | 175,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1982 | 175,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1981 | 155,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 155,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1979 | 155,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1978 | 155,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1977 | 155,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1976 | 155,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1975 | 160,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1974 | 150,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1973 | 160,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1972 | 140,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1971 | 140,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1970 | 140,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 160,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 155,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 155,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 155,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 129,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 127,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 130,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 145,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 145,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 147,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 148,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 148,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 71,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 71,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 62,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 61,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 59,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 57,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 42,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 7,000 | – | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Argentina vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyArgentina: 77.4 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityArgentina: 1 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityArgentina: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionArgentina: 3.67% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateArgentina: 10.6 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationArgentina: 45.5 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthArgentina: 0.35% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateArgentina: 1.5 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationArgentina: 92.4% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageArgentina: 32.1 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overArgentina: 12.2% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateArgentina: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personArgentina: $13,290 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthArgentina: 4.5% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationArgentina: 41.9% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtArgentina: 80.1% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingArgentina: 0.56% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsArgentina: $3.73B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personArgentina: $85 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingArgentina: 1.8% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- National powerArgentina: 0.45% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersArgentina: 0.53% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsArgentina: 108 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsArgentina: 1 million TIV in 2011United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personArgentina: 4.01 tonnes in 2024United Arab Emirates: 18.26 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersArgentina: 89.7% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Access to electricityArgentina: 98.4% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Forest areaArgentina: 17.1% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 4.6% in 2024