Oman vs Yemen
Oman vs Yemen: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 47,000 people in Oman and 40,000 people in Yemen, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Oman, by 7,000 people, or 1.18 times that in Yemen.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Oman has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Yemen.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Oman | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 47,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 47,000 | 40,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 46,600 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 47,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 47,000 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 47,000 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 47,000 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 47,000 | 137,900 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 47,000 | 137,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 47,000 | 137,900 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 47,000 | 137,900 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 47,000 | 137,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 47,000 | 138,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 47,000 | 138,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 47,000 | 138,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 46,000 | 138,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 45,000 | 136,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 46,100 | 136,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 46,100 | 136,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 47,800 | 124,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 47,900 | 136,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 47,900 | 136,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 47,900 | 136,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 47,900 | 146,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 47,900 | 112,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 47,900 | 69,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 35,000 | 69,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 35,000 | 64,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 35,000 | 64,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 29,000 | 127,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 32,000 | 127,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 29,000 | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 29,200 | 64,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 8,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 4,000 | – | – |
- 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
Oman vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyOman: 80 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityOman: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityOman: 8.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionOman: 3.43% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateOman: 2.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationOman: 5.05 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthOman: 4.59% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateOman: 2.53 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationOman: 79.5% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageOman: 29.3 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overOman: 2.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateOman: 31 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingOman: 5.68% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsOman: $5.94B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personOman: $1,109 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingOman: 20% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- National powerOman: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersOman: 2.12% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsOman: 4 million TIV in 2023Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsOman: 7 million TIV in 2017Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986