Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates
Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 41,000 people in Netherlands and 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 22,000 people, or 1.54 times that in Netherlands.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2006, when it overtook Netherlands.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Netherlands | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 41,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 41,000 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 41,410 | 63,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 41,000 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 41,310 | 63,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 41,310 | 63,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 41,900 | 63,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 43,300 | 63,000 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 43,300 | 51,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 43,300 | 51,000 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 43,280 | 51,000 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 43,280 | 51,000 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 47,000 | 51,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 41,000 | 51,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 46,000 | 51,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 60,000 | 51,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 53,000 | 50,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 59,900 | 50,500 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 52,900 | 41,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 55,600 | 66,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 57,100 | 66,000 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 60,000 | 65,500 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 60,780 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 60,800 | 65,500 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 66,700 | 65,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 78,000 | 71,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 77,000 | 60,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 86,000 | 55,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 90,000 | 55,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 104,000 | 66,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 104,000 | 66,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 106,000 | 43,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 105,500 | 43,000 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 103,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1983 | 104,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1982 | 106,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1981 | 108,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1980 | 107,000 | 44,000 | – |
| 1979 | 107,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1978 | 106,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1977 | 103,000 | 25,000 | – |
| 1976 | 106,000 | 27,000 | – |
| 1975 | 107,000 | 21,000 | – |
| 1974 | 110,000 | 19,000 | – |
| 1973 | 111,000 | 11,000 | – |
| 1972 | 115,000 | 10,000 | – |
| 1971 | 110,000 | 2,000 | – |
| 1970 | 115,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 120,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 125,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 125,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 130,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 141,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 141,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 151,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 158,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 166,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 173,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 181,000 | – | – |
| 1955 | 188,000 | – | – |
| 1954 | 196,000 | – | – |
| 1953 | 203,000 | – | – |
| 1952 | 211,000 | – | – |
| 1951 | 218,000 | – | – |
| 1950 | 226,000 | – | – |
| 1949 | 233,000 | – | – |
| 1948 | 233,000 | – | – |
| 1947 | 233,000 | – | – |
| 1946 | 100,000 | – | – |
| 1945 | 87,000 | – | – |
| 1940 | 64,000 | – | – |
| 1939 | 47,000 | – | – |
| 1938 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1937 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1936 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1935 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1934 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1933 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1932 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1931 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1930 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1929 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1928 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1927 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1925 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1924 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1923 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1922 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1921 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1920 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1919 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1918 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1917 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1916 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1915 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1914 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1913 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1912 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1910 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1909 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1907 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1906 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1905 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1904 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1902 | 35,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1900 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1898 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1897 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1896 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1895 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1894 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1893 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1892 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1891 | 34,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 42,000 | – | – |
| 1889 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1888 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 37,000 | – | – |
| 1886 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1885 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 46,000 | – | – |
| 1883 | 45,000 | – | – |
| 1882 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 41,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 40,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 39,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 31,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 33,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 26,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 43,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 80,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 30,000 | – | – |
| 1829 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1827 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1826 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1825 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1824 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1823 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1822 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1821 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1820 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1819 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1818 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1817 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1816 | 26,000 | – | – |
- 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
Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyNetherlands: 82.2 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityNetherlands: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityNetherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionNetherlands: 4.03% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateNetherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationNetherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthNetherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateNetherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationNetherlands: 95.9% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageNetherlands: 41.4 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overNetherlands: 20.2% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateNetherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personNetherlands: $51,820 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthNetherlands: 1.6% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationNetherlands: 3% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtNetherlands: 44.7% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingNetherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsNetherlands: $27B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personNetherlands: $1,582 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingNetherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- National powerNetherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersNetherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsNetherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsNetherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
- CO₂ per personNetherlands: 6.6 tonnes in 2024United Arab Emirates: 18.26 tonnes in 2024
- Internet usersNetherlands: 97% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Access to electricityNetherlands: 100% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 100% in 2024
- Forest areaNetherlands: 11% in 2024United Arab Emirates: 4.6% in 2024