Iran vs United Arab Emirates
Iran vs United Arab Emirates: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 650,000 people in Iran and 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Iran, by 587,000 people, or 10 times that in United Arab Emirates.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- In 2020, Iran ranked 10 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 | Iran | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 650,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 650,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 650,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 563,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 563,000 | 63,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 563,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 563,000 | 63,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 563,000 | 63,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 563,000 | 51,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 585,000 | 51,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 585,000 | 51,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 460,000 | 50,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 580,000 | 50,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 560,000 | 41,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 553,000 | 66,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 753,000 | 66,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 785,600 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 820,000 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 868,000 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 863,000 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 763,000 | 71,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 528,000 | 60,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 528,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 528,000 | 55,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 465,000 | 66,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 440,000 | 66,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 604,000 | 43,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 610,000 | 43,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 335,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1983 | 240,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1982 | 240,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1981 | 260,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 305,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1979 | 415,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1978 | 350,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1977 | 350,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1976 | 420,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1975 | 385,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1974 | 310,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1973 | 285,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1972 | 265,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1971 | 255,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1970 | 245,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 225,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 210,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 210,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 210,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 205,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 200,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 200,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 200,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 185,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 208,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 157,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 147,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 138,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 128,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 128,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 132,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 132,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 132,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 123,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 114,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 114,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 92,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 91,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 101,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1944 | 86,000 | – | – |
| 1943 | 80,000 | – | – |
| 1942 | 65,000 | – | – |
| 1941 | 124,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 90,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 92,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 94,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 95,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 97,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 97,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 59,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 59,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 59,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 18,000 | – | – |
- 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
Iran vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personIran: $5,617 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthIran: -0.9% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationIran: 50.6% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtIran: 31.2% of GDP in 2024United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025