United Arab Emirates vs Yemen
United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel in 2020: 63,000 people in United Arab Emirates and 40,000 people in Yemen, by IISS estimates. In 2020 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 23,000 people, or 1.58 times that in Yemen.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Yemen.
- In 2020, United Arab Emirates ranked 63 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 | United Arab Emirates | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 63,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | 63,000 | 40,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | 63,000 | 20,000 | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | 63,000 | 40,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | 63,000 | 20,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | 63,000 | 20,000 | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | 63,000 | 20,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | 63,000 | 137,900 | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | 51,000 | 137,900 | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | 51,000 | 137,900 | 28 million |
| 2010 | 51,000 | 137,900 | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | 51,000 | 137,900 | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | 51,000 | 138,000 | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | 51,000 | 138,000 | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | 51,000 | 138,000 | 27 million |
| 2005 | 51,000 | 138,000 | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | 50,000 | 136,000 | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | 50,500 | 136,700 | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | 41,500 | 136,500 | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | 66,000 | 124,000 | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 66,000 | 136,300 | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 65,500 | 136,300 | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 65,500 | 136,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 65,500 | 146,300 | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 65,500 | 112,000 | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 71,000 | 69,500 | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 60,000 | 69,000 | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 55,000 | 64,000 | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 55,000 | 64,000 | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | 66,000 | 127,000 | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | 66,000 | 127,000 | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | 43,000 | 62,000 | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 43,000 | 64,100 | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1983 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1982 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1981 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1980 | 44,000 | – | – |
| 1979 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1978 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1977 | 25,000 | – | – |
| 1976 | 27,000 | – | – |
| 1975 | 21,000 | – | – |
| 1974 | 19,000 | – | – |
| 1973 | 11,000 | – | – |
| 1972 | 10,000 | – | – |
| 1971 | 2,000 | – | – |
- 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
United Arab Emirates vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyUnited Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityUnited Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionUnited Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateUnited Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationUnited Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthUnited Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateUnited Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationUnited Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageUnited Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overUnited Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateUnited Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingUnited Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsUnited Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personUnited Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingUnited Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- National powerUnited Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersUnited Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsUnited Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsUnited Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986