Armed forces as a share of the population in France in 2022 — 0.306%. Ranked 76 in the world out of 189. Since 1816, the indicator has fallen by 0.141 pp.
1816–2022 · % of population
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.306 | −0.001 pp |
| 2021 | 0.307 | −0.002 pp |
| 2020 | 0.31 | −0.001 pp |
| 2019 | 0.31 | +0.001 pp |
| 2018 | 0.31 | −0.001 pp |
| 2017 | 0.311 | −0.012 pp |
| 2016 | 0.323 | −0.011 pp |
| 2015 | 0.334 | −0.012 pp |
| 2014 | 0.346 | −0.012 pp |
| 2013 | 0.358 | −0.016 pp |
| 2012 | 0.374 | −0.002 pp |
| 2011 | 0.376 | −0.182 pp |
| 2010 | 0.558 | −0.003 pp |
| 2009 | 0.561 | +0.154 pp |
| 2008 | 0.408 | −0.002 pp |
| 2007 | 0.41 | −0.002 pp |
| 2006 | 0.412 | −0.003 pp |
| 2005 | 0.415 | −0.006 pp |
| 2004 | 0.421 | −0.007 pp |
| 2003 | 0.428 | −0.005 pp |
| 2002 | 0.433 | −0.028 pp |
| 2001 | 0.461 | −0.037 pp |
| 2000 | 0.498 | −0.217 pp |
| 1999 | 0.715 | −0.05 pp |
| 1998 | 0.765 | −0.045 pp |
| 1997 | 0.81 | −0.048 pp |
| 1996 | 0.858 | −0.009 pp |
| 1995 | 0.867 | −0.007 pp |
| 1994 | 0.874 | −0.004 pp |
| 1993 | 0.878 | −0.067 pp |
| 1992 | 0.945 | −0.026 pp |
| 1991 | 0.971 | −0.005 pp |
| 1990 | 0.976 | −0.012 pp |
| 1989 | 0.989 | −0.005 pp |
| 1988 | 0.994 | −0.007 pp |
| 1987 | 1.001 | −0.003 pp |
| 1986 | 1.005 | −0.014 pp |
| 1985 | 1.018 | −0.019 pp |
| 1984 | 1.038 | −0.018 pp |
| 1983 | 1.056 | −0.005 pp |
| 1982 | 1.061 | −0 pp |
| 1981 | 1.061 | −0.006 pp |
| 1980 | 1.067 | −0.011 pp |
| 1979 | 1.078 | −0.01 pp |
| 1978 | 1.089 | −0.01 pp |
| 1977 | 1.099 | −0.007 pp |
| 1976 | 1.106 | −0.004 pp |
| 1975 | 1.11 | −0.004 pp |
| 1974 | 1.114 | −0 pp |
| 1973 | 1.115 | +0.031 pp |
| 1972 | 1.083 | −0.019 pp |
| 1971 | 1.102 | −0.02 pp |
| 1970 | 1.123 | −0.01 pp |
| 1969 | 1.133 | −0.009 pp |
| 1968 | 1.142 | −0.059 pp |
| 1967 | 1.201 | +0.021 pp |
| 1966 | 1.18 | −0.02 pp |
| 1965 | 1.2 | −0.228 pp |
| 1964 | 1.428 | −0.109 pp |
| 1963 | 1.537 | +0.037 pp |
| 1962 | 1.5 | −0.06 pp |
| 1961 | 1.56 | −0.684 pp |
| 1960 | 2.244 | +0.051 pp |
| 1959 | 2.193 | +0.047 pp |
| 1958 | 2.146 | +0.085 pp |
| 1957 | 2.06 | +0.108 pp |
| 1956 | 1.952 | +0.106 pp |
| 1955 | 1.847 | +0.116 pp |
| 1954 | 1.73 | +0.091 pp |
| 1953 | 1.639 | +0.093 pp |
| 1952 | 1.546 | +0.072 pp |
| 1951 | 1.474 | +0.049 pp |
| 1950 | 1.426 | +0.005 pp |
| 1949 | 1.42 | +0.014 pp |
| 1948 | 1.406 | −0.021 pp |
| 1947 | 1.427 | −0.008 pp |
| 1946 | 1.435 | −0.021 pp |
| 1945 | 1.456 | −0.033 pp |
| 1944 | 1.488 | — |
| 1941 | 4.663 | −7.533 pp |
| 1940 | 12.195 | +10.808 pp |
| 1939 | 1.387 | +0.002 pp |
| 1938 | 1.385 | −0.077 pp |
| 1937 | 1.462 | +0.059 pp |
| 1936 | 1.403 | +0.096 pp |
| 1935 | 1.307 | +0.215 pp |
| 1934 | 1.092 | +0.02 pp |
| 1933 | 1.072 | +0.064 pp |
| 1932 | 1.008 | −0.045 pp |
| 1931 | 1.054 | +0.066 pp |
| 1930 | 0.988 | −0.009 pp |
| 1929 | 0.997 | −0.146 pp |
| 1928 | 1.143 | −0.064 pp |
| 1927 | 1.207 | +0.054 pp |
| 1926 | 1.152 | −0.017 pp |
| 1925 | 1.17 | −0.019 pp |
| 1924 | 1.188 | −0.093 pp |
| 1923 | 1.281 | −0.101 pp |
| 1922 | 1.383 | −0.011 pp |
| 1921 | 1.394 | −2.342 pp |
| 1920 | 3.736 | −3.659 pp |
| 1919 | 7.394 | −8.679 pp |
| 1918 | 16.074 | +0.255 pp |
| 1917 | 15.818 | −0.194 pp |
| 1916 | 16.012 | +1.042 pp |
| 1915 | 14.97 | +12.595 pp |
| 1914 | 2.375 | +0.786 pp |
| 1913 | 1.589 | −0.029 pp |
| 1912 | 1.618 | +0.008 pp |
| 1911 | 1.61 | −0.039 pp |
| 1910 | 1.649 | +0.023 pp |
| 1909 | 1.626 | +0.053 pp |
| 1908 | 1.572 | −0.004 pp |
| 1907 | 1.576 | −0.041 pp |
| 1906 | 1.617 | +0.021 pp |
| 1905 | 1.596 | +0.075 pp |
| 1904 | 1.521 | −0.049 pp |
| 1903 | 1.57 | +0.007 pp |
| 1902 | 1.562 | +0.015 pp |
| 1901 | 1.547 | −0.048 pp |
| 1900 | 1.595 | −0.087 pp |
| 1899 | 1.682 | −0.003 pp |
| 1898 | 1.685 | +0.075 pp |
| 1897 | 1.61 | +0.02 pp |
| 1896 | 1.59 | +0.066 pp |
| 1895 | 1.524 | −0.012 pp |
| 1894 | 1.536 | −0.054 pp |
| 1893 | 1.589 | +0.01 pp |
| 1892 | 1.58 | +0.002 pp |
| 1891 | 1.578 | +0.025 pp |
| 1890 | 1.553 | +0.018 pp |
| 1889 | 1.535 | +0.049 pp |
| 1888 | 1.486 | +0.13 pp |
| 1887 | 1.357 | −0.046 pp |
| 1886 | 1.402 | +0.04 pp |
| 1885 | 1.362 | −0.022 pp |
| 1884 | 1.384 | +0.021 pp |
| 1883 | 1.363 | −0.196 pp |
| 1882 | 1.558 | +0.021 pp |
| 1881 | 1.538 | +0.085 pp |
| 1880 | 1.453 | +0.046 pp |
| 1879 | 1.407 | −0.054 pp |
| 1878 | 1.46 | +0.047 pp |
| 1877 | 1.414 | +0.053 pp |
| 1876 | 1.36 | +0.037 pp |
| 1875 | 1.323 | +0.024 pp |
| 1874 | 1.299 | −0.17 pp |
| 1873 | 1.469 | +0.133 pp |
| 1872 | 1.336 | −1.427 pp |
| 1871 | 2.763 | +1.587 pp |
| 1870 | 1.176 | −0.059 pp |
| 1869 | 1.235 | −0.025 pp |
| 1868 | 1.26 | +0.054 pp |
| 1867 | 1.206 | +0.003 pp |
| 1866 | 1.203 | −0.057 pp |
| 1865 | 1.26 | −0.026 pp |
| 1864 | 1.286 | −0.021 pp |
| 1863 | 1.307 | −0.079 pp |
| 1862 | 1.386 | −0.026 pp |
| 1861 | 1.412 | −0.253 pp |
| 1860 | 1.665 | +0.391 pp |
| 1859 | 1.274 | +0.099 pp |
| 1858 | 1.175 | −0.28 pp |
| 1857 | 1.455 | −0.328 pp |
| 1856 | 1.782 | −0.005 pp |
| 1855 | 1.788 | +0.573 pp |
| 1854 | 1.214 | +0.039 pp |
| 1853 | 1.175 | +0.071 pp |
| 1852 | 1.104 | −0.019 pp |
| 1851 | 1.123 | −0.109 pp |
| 1850 | 1.232 | −0.076 pp |
| 1849 | 1.308 | +0.218 pp |
| 1848 | 1.09 | −0.021 pp |
| 1847 | 1.111 | +0.015 pp |
| 1846 | 1.096 | +0.081 pp |
| 1845 | 1.015 | −0.019 pp |
| 1844 | 1.034 | −0.111 pp |
| 1843 | 1.145 | −0.126 pp |
| 1842 | 1.271 | −0.14 pp |
| 1841 | 1.411 | +0.102 pp |
| 1840 | 1.309 | +0.425 pp |
| 1839 | 0.884 | −0.016 pp |
| 1838 | 0.9 | −0.012 pp |
| 1837 | 0.911 | +0.035 pp |
| 1836 | 0.877 | +0.008 pp |
| 1835 | 0.869 | +0.062 pp |
| 1834 | 0.807 | −0.102 pp |
| 1833 | 0.909 | −0.041 pp |
| 1832 | 0.95 | −0.195 pp |
| 1831 | 1.145 | +0.345 pp |
| 1830 | 0.8 | −0.021 pp |
| 1829 | 0.821 | +0.049 pp |
| 1828 | 0.772 | +0.027 pp |
| 1827 | 0.745 | −0.005 pp |
| 1826 | 0.75 | −0.005 pp |
| 1825 | 0.755 | −0.012 pp |
| 1824 | 0.766 | −0.061 pp |
| 1823 | 0.827 | +0.036 pp |
| 1822 | 0.792 | +0.141 pp |
| 1821 | 0.65 | −0.037 pp |
| 1820 | 0.688 | +0.082 pp |
| 1819 | 0.605 | +0.144 pp |
| 1818 | 0.462 | +0.021 pp |
| 1817 | 0.441 | −0.007 pp |
| 1816 | 0.448 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Military personnel on active duty as a percent of the entire population of the country. The indicator answers the question of how large the armed forces are relative to the size of the country — an army that is large in absolute numbers in a large country can come out smaller by this measure than the small army of a small state.
Important: A close indicator — the share of the labor force — answers a different question: what part of those able to work is occupied in the army instead of the economy. In countries with young populations the two diverge noticeably.
Source: Military Expenditure Database (SIPRI), license SIPRI terms of use.
A long historical series on the personnel of armies — since 1816, that is, over two centuries.
Defense Armed forces as a share of the labor forceWhat part of a country’s labor force serves in the army instead of working in the economy.
Defense Armed forces personnelThe number of active-duty military personnel and paramilitary forces.
Defense Military expenditure (% of GDP)The share of GDP a country spends on defense.
Defense Military expenditure in dollarsThe absolute volume of defense spending in current US dollars.
Defense Military expenditure share of the budgetWhat part of government spending goes to defense.
