Austria vs France

Austria vs France: Armed forces personnel

Armed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Austria and 304,000 people in France, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 281,000 people, or 13 times that in Austria.

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people · IISS

Austria vs France: Armed forces personnelArmed forces personnel in 2020: 23,000 people in Austria and 304,000 people in France, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 281,000 people, or 13 times that in Austria.
AustriaFranceEstimates, Correlates of WarWorld

What the numbers say

  • France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
  • The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.

Every year

people · IISS

YearAustriaFranceWorld
202023,000304,00027.4 million
201922,000304,00027.7 million
201822,850304,80027.7 million
201721,000307,00027.4 million
201622,400306,10027.5 million
201521,350306,40027.4 million
201422,500312,40027.3 million
201322,500318,40027.2 million
201222,800325,60028.2 million
201123,250332,30028 million
201025,760342,00028.1 million
200925,900342,00027.9 million
200835,000353,00027.5 million
200735,000353,00027.3 million
200640,000354,00027 million
200540,000359,00028.5 million
200439,000358,00027.1 million
200334,600360,40028.2 million
200234,600361,80028.3 million
200134,600374,40028.2 million
200040,500389,40029.4 million
199940,500411,60029.6 million
199845,500452,20029.9 million
199745,500473,10029.9 million
199655,800491,30030.2 million
199555,800502,40030.2 million
199445,000506,00023.2 million
199345,000506,00023.7 million
199244,000522,00024.5 million
199144,000542,00022.7 million
199043,000550,00023.9 million
198948,000554,00024.3 million
198554,700464,30022.2 million
198440,000571,000–
198350,000578,000–
198240,000578,000–
198140,000575,000–
198040,000575,000–
197940,000578,000–
197840,000581,000–
197737,000584,000–
197640,000585,000–
197550,000585,000–
197460,000585,000–
197360,000581,000–
197260,000560,000–
197160,000565,000–
197055,000570,000–
196955,000570,000–
196855,000570,000–
196760,000595,000–
196655,000580,000–
196555,000585,000–
196455,000690,000–
196375,000735,000–
196238,000705,000–
196138,000720,000–
196035,0001.03 million–
195931,000992,000–
195827,000961,000–
195723,000913,000–
195619,000856,000–
195515,000802,000–
1954–745,000–
1953–699,000–
1952–655,000–
1951–620,000–
1950–595,000–
1949–588,000–
1948–577,000–
1947–580,000–
1946–578,000–
1945–578,000–
1944–579,000–
1941–373,000–
1940–5 million–
1939–581,000–
193858,000581,000–
193742,000613,000–
193626,000588,000–
193525,000548,000–
193421,000458,000–
193321,000449,000–
193221,000422,000–
193121,000441,000–
193021,000411,000–
192921,000411,000–
192820,000469,000–
192720,000494,000–
192622,000471,000–
192530,000475,000–
192430,000479,000–
192329,000511,000–
192229,000545,000–
192129,000547,000–
192029,0001.46 million–
191929,0002.36 million–
1918–5.28 million–
1917–5.14 million–
1916–5.26 million–
1915–5 million–
1914–789,000–
1913–632,000–
1912–642,000–
1911–638,000–
1910–652,000–
1909–641,000–
1908–619,000–
1907–619,000–
1906–635,000–
1905–626,000–
1904–596,000–
1903–614,000–
1902–610,000–
1901–603,000–
1900–621,000–
1899–654,000–
1898–654,000–
1897–623,000–
1896–613,000–
1895–586,000–
1894–590,000–
1893–610,000–
1892–606,000–
1891–605,000–
1890–596,000–
1889–589,000–
1888–569,000–
1887–519,000–
1886–536,000–
1885–519,000–
1884–526,000–
1883–516,000–
1882–588,000–
1881–578,000–
1880–544,000–
1879–525,000–
1878–543,000–
1877–523,000–
1876–501,000–
1875–485,000–
1874–474,000–
1873–534,000–
1872–483,000–
1871–1 million–
1870–452,000–
1869–474,000–
1868–483,000–
1867–461,000–
1866–458,000–
1865–479,000–
1864–487,000–
1863–493,000–
1862–520,000–
1861–528,000–
1860–608,000–
1859–465,000–
1858–427,000–
1857–528,000–
1856–645,000–
1855–645,000–
1854–440,000–
1853–424,000–
1852–397,000–
1851–402,000–
1850–439,000–
1849–465,000–
1848–387,000–
1847–394,000–
1846–388,000–
1845–357,000–
1844–361,000–
1843–397,000–
1842–438,000–
1841–483,000–
1840–446,000–
1839–300,000–
1838–304,000–
1837–307,000–
1836–294,000–
1835–289,000–
1834–267,000–
1833–299,000–
1832–311,000–
1831–373,000–
1830–259,000–
1829–265,000–
1828–247,000–
1827–237,000–
1826–237,000–
1825–237,000–
1824–239,000–
1823–256,000–
1822–243,000–
1821–198,000–
1820–208,000–
1819–182,000–
1818–138,000–
1817–131,000–
1816–132,000–
  • 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War

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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.

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