Czechia vs France
Czechia vs France: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 27,000 people in Czechia and 304,000 people in France, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 277,000 people, or 11 times that in Czechia.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Czechia | France | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 27,000 | 304,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 25,000 | 304,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 22,250 | 304,800 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 23,000 | 307,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 23,200 | 306,100 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 25,050 | 306,400 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 24,800 | 312,400 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 24,100 | 318,400 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 26,750 | 325,600 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 26,750 | 332,300 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 28,520 | 342,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 26,540 | 342,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 27,000 | 353,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 27,000 | 353,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 26,000 | 354,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 28,000 | 359,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 27,000 | 358,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 62,600 | 360,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 55,000 | 361,800 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 59,200 | 374,400 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 63,300 | 389,400 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 59,600 | 411,600 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 64,700 | 452,200 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 67,300 | 473,100 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 75,600 | 491,300 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 92,000 | 502,400 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 90,000 | 506,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 107,000 | 506,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | – | 522,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 542,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 550,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 554,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | – | 464,300 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | – | 571,000 | – |
| 1983 | – | 578,000 | – |
| 1982 | – | 578,000 | – |
| 1981 | – | 575,000 | – |
| 1980 | – | 575,000 | – |
| 1979 | – | 578,000 | – |
| 1978 | – | 581,000 | – |
| 1977 | – | 584,000 | – |
| 1976 | – | 585,000 | – |
| 1975 | – | 585,000 | – |
| 1974 | – | 585,000 | – |
| 1973 | – | 581,000 | – |
| 1972 | – | 560,000 | – |
| 1971 | – | 565,000 | – |
| 1970 | – | 570,000 | – |
| 1969 | – | 570,000 | – |
| 1968 | – | 570,000 | – |
| 1967 | – | 595,000 | – |
| 1966 | – | 580,000 | – |
| 1965 | – | 585,000 | – |
| 1964 | – | 690,000 | – |
| 1963 | – | 735,000 | – |
| 1962 | – | 705,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 720,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 1.03 million | – |
| 1959 | – | 992,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 961,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 913,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 856,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 802,000 | – |
| 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 | – |
| 1938 | – | 581,000 | – |
| 1937 | – | 613,000 | – |
| 1936 | – | 588,000 | – |
| 1935 | – | 548,000 | – |
| 1934 | – | 458,000 | – |
| 1933 | – | 449,000 | – |
| 1932 | – | 422,000 | – |
| 1931 | – | 441,000 | – |
| 1930 | – | 411,000 | – |
| 1929 | – | 411,000 | – |
| 1928 | – | 469,000 | – |
| 1927 | – | 494,000 | – |
| 1926 | – | 471,000 | – |
| 1925 | – | 475,000 | – |
| 1924 | – | 479,000 | – |
| 1923 | – | 511,000 | – |
| 1922 | – | 545,000 | – |
| 1921 | – | 547,000 | – |
| 1920 | – | 1.46 million | – |
| 1919 | – | 2.36 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
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
Czechia vs France
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023France: 83.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCzechia: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024France: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023France: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022France: 99.7% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017France: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017France: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023France: 66.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023France: 0.17% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023France: 1.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025France: 78.8% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023France: 41.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023France: 21.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023France: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025France: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025France: $64.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025France: $1,021 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025France: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022France: 1.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020France: 1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025France: 236 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025France: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025