Colombia vs United Arab Emirates
Colombia vs United Arab Emirates: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 428,000 people in Colombia and 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Colombia, by 365,000 people, or 6.79 times that in United Arab Emirates.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Colombia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Colombia ranked 17 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 | Colombia | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 428,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 481,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 481,200 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 481,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 481,100 | 63,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 481,100 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 455,800 | 63,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 455,800 | 63,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 440,200 | 51,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 440,200 | 51,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 441,800 | 51,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 441,800 | 51,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 411,000 | 51,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 411,000 | 51,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 398,000 | 51,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 336,000 | 51,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 336,000 | 50,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 304,600 | 50,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 262,600 | 41,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 262,600 | 66,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 247,000 | 66,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 231,000 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 233,300 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 233,300 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 233,300 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 233,400 | 71,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 146,000 | 60,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 139,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 139,000 | 55,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 110,000 | 66,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 110,000 | 66,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 91,000 | 43,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 66,200 | 43,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 70,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1983 | 70,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1982 | 70,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1981 | 65,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 60,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1979 | 60,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1978 | 60,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1977 | 60,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1976 | 60,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1975 | 50,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1974 | 50,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1973 | 50,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1972 | 50,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1971 | 50,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1970 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 50,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 55,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 7,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 1,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 2,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 3,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 3,000 | – | – |
- 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
Colombia vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyColombia: 77.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityColombia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityColombia: 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionColombia: 2.2% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateColombia: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationColombia: 52.3 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthColombia: 1.1% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateColombia: 1.65 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationColombia: 78.8% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageColombia: 31.6 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overColombia: 9.4% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateColombia: 3 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personColombia: $6,976 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthColombia: 2.6% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationColombia: 5.1% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtColombia: 59.9% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingColombia: 3.2% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsColombia: $13.7B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personColombia: $273 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingColombia: 9.3% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- National powerColombia: 0.57% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersColombia: 1.7% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsColombia: 22 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsColombia: 4 million TIV in 2020United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personColombia: 1.8 tonnes in 2024United Arab Emirates: 18.26 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersColombia: 79.4% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Access to electricityColombia: 98.9% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Forest areaColombia: 53.7% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 4.6% in 2024