Tunisia vs Yemen
Tunisia vs Yemen: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 48,000 people in Tunisia and 40,000 people in Yemen, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in Tunisia, by 8,000 people, or 1.2 times that in Yemen.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- Tunisia has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Yemen.
- In 2020, Tunisia ranked 70 and Yemen ranked 81 of 170 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 27.4 million people in 2020.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Tunisia | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 48,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 48,000 | 40,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 47,800 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 48,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 47,800 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 47,800 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 47,800 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 47,800 | 137,900 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 47,800 | 137,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 47,800 | 137,900 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 47,800 | 137,900 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 47,800 | 137,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 48,000 | 138,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 48,000 | 138,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 48,000 | 138,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 47,000 | 138,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 47,000 | 136,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 47,000 | 136,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 47,000 | 136,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 47,000 | 124,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 47,000 | 136,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 47,000 | 136,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 47,000 | 136,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 47,000 | 146,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 58,000 | 112,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 58,500 | 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 | 35,000 | 127,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 35,000 | 127,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 40,000 | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 35,100 | 64,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 38,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 28,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 32,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 29,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 24,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1970 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1969 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1968 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1967 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1966 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1965 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1964 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1963 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1962 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1961 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1960 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1959 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1958 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1957 | 6,000 | – | – |
| 1956 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1881 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1880 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1879 | 5,000 | – | – |
| 1878 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1877 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1876 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1875 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1874 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1873 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1872 | 4,000 | – | – |
| 1871 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1870 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1869 | 23,000 | – | – |
| 1868 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1867 | 22,000 | – | – |
| 1866 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1865 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1864 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1863 | 20,000 | – | – |
| 1862 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1861 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1860 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1858 | 18,000 | – | – |
| 1857 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1856 | 17,000 | – | – |
| 1855 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1854 | 16,000 | – | – |
| 1853 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1852 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1851 | 15,000 | – | – |
| 1850 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1849 | 14,000 | – | – |
| 1848 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1847 | 13,000 | – | – |
| 1846 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1845 | 12,000 | – | – |
| 1844 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1843 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1842 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1841 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1840 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1839 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1838 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1837 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1836 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1835 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1834 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1833 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1832 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1831 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1830 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1829 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1827 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1826 | 9,000 | – | – |
| 1825 | 9,000 | – | – |
- 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
Tunisia vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyTunisia: 76.5 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityTunisia: 1.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityTunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionTunisia: 3.92% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateTunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationTunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthTunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateTunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationTunisia: 70.7% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageTunisia: 32.1 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overTunisia: 9.2% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateTunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingTunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsTunisia: $1.35B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personTunisia: $121 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingTunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- National powerTunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersTunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsTunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022