France vs United Arab Emirates
France vs United Arab Emirates: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 304,000 people in France and 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in France, by 241,000 people, or 4.83 times that in United Arab Emirates.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- France has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, France ranked 23 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 | France | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 304,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 304,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 304,800 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 307,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 306,100 | 63,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 306,400 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 312,400 | 63,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 318,400 | 63,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 325,600 | 51,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 332,300 | 51,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 342,000 | 51,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 342,000 | 51,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 353,000 | 51,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 353,000 | 51,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 354,000 | 51,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 359,000 | 51,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 358,000 | 50,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 360,400 | 50,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 361,800 | 41,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 374,400 | 66,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 389,400 | 66,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 411,600 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 452,200 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 473,100 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 491,300 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 502,400 | 71,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 506,000 | 60,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 506,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 522,000 | 55,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 542,000 | 66,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 550,000 | 66,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 554,000 | 43,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 464,300 | 43,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 571,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1983 | 578,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1982 | 578,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1981 | 575,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 575,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1979 | 578,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1978 | 581,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1977 | 584,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1976 | 585,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1975 | 585,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1974 | 585,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1973 | 581,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1972 | 560,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1971 | 565,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 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
France vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyFrance: 83.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityFrance: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityFrance: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionFrance: 4.25% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateFrance: 12.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationFrance: 66.4 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthFrance: 0.17% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateFrance: 1.64 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationFrance: 78.8% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageFrance: 41.8 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overFrance: 21.8% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateFrance: 1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personFrance: $39,920 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthFrance: 0.9% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationFrance: 0.9% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtFrance: 115.5% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingFrance: 2.03% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsFrance: $64.5B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personFrance: $1,021 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingFrance: 3.5% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- National powerFrance: 1.09% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersFrance: 1% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsFrance: 236 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsFrance: 3.37 billion TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025