each year.

Units: Population-UK
Year Thousands, FTE Year GDP-UK £ billion million
1900 416.40 1900 1.885 41.214
1901 539.80 1901 1.893 41.6
1902 520.20 1902 1.906 41.965
1903 451.80 1903 1.881 42.334
1904 418.30 1904 1.881 42.705
1905 401.10 1905 1.949 43.08
1906 392.10 1906 2.033 43.459
1907 376.50 1907 2.113 43.84
1908 379.30 1908 2.011 44.225
1909 381.40 1909 2.052 44.613
1910 383.70 1910 2.14 45.005
1911 388.30 1911 2.227 45.4
1912 389.80 1912 2.327 45.133
1913 393.30 1913 2.42 44.868
1914 1,478.40 1914 2.451 44.604
1915 2,825.80 1915 2.943 44.342
1916 3,834.80 1916 3.434 44.081
1917 4,333.00 1917 4.276 43.822
1918 4,583.30 1918 5.108 43.564
1919 1,604.70 1919 5.484 43.308
1920 597.70 1920 5.975 43.053
1921 438.50 1921 4.907 44.072
1922 368.00 1922 4.458 44.268
1923 334.70 1923 4.254 44.465
1924 339.30 1924 4.366 44.663
1925 342.30 1925 4.508 44.862
1926 341.00 1926 4.349 45.062
1927 339.30 1927 4.599 45.263
1928 330.70 1928 4.599 45.464
1929 325.60 1929 4.692 45.667
1930 317.30 1930 4.615 45.87
1931 319.10 1931 4.316 46.074
1932 316.80 1932 4.223 46.284
1933 316.40 1933 4.298 46.495
1934 317.40 1934 4.517 46.706
1935 320.80 1935 4.72 46.919
1936 339.30 1936 4.987 47.133
1937 352.40 1937 5.334 47.348
1938 384.80 1938 5.502 47.563
1939 1,068.85 1939 5.918 47.78
1940 1,812.60 1940 7.183 47.997
1941 3,285.40 1941 8.654 48.216
1942 3,880.80 1942 9.482 48.42
1943 4,452.80 1943 10.093 48.624
1944 4,691.10 1944 10.18 48.829
1945 4,906.40 1945 9.908 49.035
1946 1,937.80 1946 9.968 49.242
1947 1,255.00 1947 10.772 49.45
1948 830.00 1948 11.974 49.659
1949 759.50 1949 12.726 49.868
1950 696.40 1950 13.308 50.079
1951 823.80 1951 14.784 50.29
1952 871.70 1952 15.983 50.536
1953 868.00 1953 17.121 51
1954 840.10 1954 18.126 51
1955 804.70 1955 19.49 51
1956 762.30 1956 20.956 52
1957 703.90 1957 22.105 52
1958 615.50 1958 23.05 52
1959 566.50 1959 24.348 52
1960 521.10 1960 25.977 53
1961 457.50 1961 27.413 53
1962 434.00 1962 28.711 53
1963 417.50 1963 30.409 53
1964 416.70 1964 33.228 54
1965 414.60 1965 35.888 54
1966 409.50 1966 38.189 54
1967 406.60 1967 40.281 55
1968 395.80 1968 43.656 55
1969 383.00 1969 47.023 55
1970 373.00 1970 51.696 56
1971 368.00 1971 57.67 56
1972 371.40 1972 64.621 56
1973 367.00 1973 74.545 56
1974 349.30 1974 84.513 56
1975 338.40 1975 106.717 56
1976 336.60 1976 126.274 56
1977 330.50 1977 146.973 56
1978 320.70 1978 169.344 56
1979 315.00 1979 199.22 56
1980 320.60 1980 233.184 56
1981 333.80 1981 256.279 56
1982 327.60 1982 281.024 56
1983 320.60 1983 307.207 57
1984 325.90 1984 329.913 57
1985 326.20 1985 361.758 57
1986 322.50 1986 389.149 57
1987 319.80 1987 428.665 57
1988 316.90 1988 478.51 57
1989 311.60 1989 525.274 57
1990 305.80 1990 570.283 57
1991 298.10 1991 598.664 57
1992 293.40 1992 622.08 58
1993 274.80 1993 654.196 58
1994 254.50 1994 692.987 58
1995 233.30 1995 733.266 58
1996 221.90 1996 781.726 58
1997 210.80 1997 830.094 58
1998 210.10 1998 879.102 59
1999 208.60 1999 928.73 59
2000 207.60 2000 976.533 59
 2001 205.60 2001 1021.83 59
2002 204.70 2002 1075.56 59
2003 206.90 2003 1139.75 60
2004 207.00 2004 1202.96 60
2005 201.10 2005 1254.06 60
2006 195.90 2006 1325.8 61
2007 190.40 2007 1398.88 61
2008 187.10 2008 1448.39 62
2009 188.40 2009 1395.87 62
2010 191.70 2010 1453.62 62
2011 186.40 2011 1526.5 62.649
(DASA), Institute for
SOURCE: fiscalRoyal
and studies
Marines), PUBLICSPENDING.CO.UK
http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/down
NOTE: Army and RAF
Defence, percent Defence, £bn 100,000
of GDP (2005 rate) £ per personnel population Conflicts
Boer War, China
3.78 6.33 15,202 1,010 Nigeria,
(Boxer rebellion)
China
6.5 11.11 20,582 1,298 (Boxer rebellion)
6.91 11.98 23,030 1,240 Boer War
6.06 10.4 23,019 1,067 Tibet
3.96 6.87 16,424 980 Tibet
3.49 6.25 15,582 931
3.16 5.79 14,767 902
2.89 5.4 14,343 859
3 5.39 14,210 858
2.96 5.45 14,289 855
3.03 5.73 14,934 853
3.13 6.12 15,761 855
3.12 6.18 15,854 864
3.09 6.37 16,196 877
3.21 6.75 4,566 3,315 WW1
14.93 33.1 11,713 6,373 WW1
40.8 91.5 23,860 8,699 WW1
46.19 102.94 23,757 9,888 WW1,
WW1 Iraqi
47.07 106.92 23,328 10,521 Kurdistan
Afghanistan,
40.1 83.94 52,309 3,705 Turkey
Somaliland,
11.61 21.92 36,674 1,388 Turkey
6.06 10.33 23,558 995 Turkey
4.98 8.94 24,293 831 Turkey
2.9 5.36 16,014 753 Turkey
2.84 5.49 16,180 760
2.65 5.31 15,513 763
2.92 5.67 16,628 757
2.7 5.64 16,622 750
2.72 5.74 17,357 727
2.54 5.51 16,923 713
2.57 5.53 17,428 692
2.71 5.56 17,424 693
2.67 5.49 17,330 684
2.58 5.47 17,288 681
2.57 5.78 18,210 680
2.58 6.01 18,734 684
2.92 7.12 20,984 720 Palestine
3.66 9.24 26,220 744 Palestine
3.74 9.52 24,740 809 WW2,
Palestine/Israel
4.5 11.95 11,180 2,237 Palestine/Israel
WW2,
8.96 26.17 14,438 3,776 Palestine/Israel
WW2,
37.36 118.59 36,096 6,814 Palestine/Israel
WW2,
43.21 139.61 35,975 8,015 Palestine/Israel
WW2,
48.18 158.37 35,566 9,158 Palestine/Israel
WW2,
48.77 153.25 32,668 9,607 Palestine/Israel
Palestine/Israel,
52.01 155.96 31,787 10,006 Indonesia
Vietnam,
44.61 130.47 67,329 3,935 Indonesia
Vietnam,
12.37 35.7 28,446 2,538 Indonesia
Vietnam,
6.84 20.32 24,482 1,671 Indonesia
Malaya,
6 18.43 24,266 1,523 Indonesia
 5.59 17.7 25,416 1,391 Korea, Malaya
9.86 32.08 38,941 1,638 Korea, Malaya,
Malaya
11.17 36.39 41,746 1,725 Kenya
Korea, Malaya,
10.96 37.07 42,707 1,709 Kenya
10.03 35.31 42,031 1,646 Malaya, Kenya
Kenya,
8.85 32.22 40,040 1,569 Cyprus
Suez, Malaya,
8.6 31.61 41,467 1,479 Suez,
Kenya,Malaya,
Cyprus
7.79 29.09 41,327 Kenya, Cyprus
1,359 Malaya, Kenya,
7.44 27.88 45,297 1,183 Cyprus
Malaya, Kenya,
7.05 27.57 48,667 1,083 Cyprus
Malaya, Kenya,
6.76 27.85 53,445 992 Cyprus
6.78 28.58 62,470 866
7.2 30.68 70,691 817 Aden,
Malaysia, Oman
Malaysia,
7 31.12 74,539 782 Oman
Aden, Malaysia,
6.83 32.03 76,866 776 Oman
Aden, Malaysia,
6.7 32.1 77,424 767 Oman
Aden, Malaysia,
6.58 32.13 78,462 754 Oman
Aden, Malaysia,
6.77 33.89 83,350 744 Oman
Northern
6.29 32.8 82,870 Ireland, Oman
720 Northern
5.55 29.56 77,180 693 Northern
Ireland, Oman
5.42 29.47 79,008 671 Ireland,
NorthernOman
5.52 30.67 83,342 658 Ireland,
NorthernOman
5.38 30.98 83,414 Ireland, Oman
664 Northern
5.51 33.99 92,616 655 Northern
Ireland, Oman
5.62 34.21 97,939 623 Northern
Ireland, Oman
5.47 33.11 97,843 603 Ireland,
NorthernOman
5.76 35.79 106,328 600 Ireland, Oman
5.57 35.41 107,141 588 Northern Ireland
5.63 36.97 115,279 570 Northern Ireland
5.68 38.3 121,587 560 Northern Ireland
5.79 38.19 119,120 569 Northern Ireland
5.69 37.04 110,965 592 Northern
Falklands,Ireland
5.95 39.59 120,849 580 Northern Ireland
5.27 36.34 113,350 567 Northern Ireland
5.27 37.31 114,483 575 Northern Ireland
5.28 38.7 118,639 574 Northern Ireland
5.17 39.38 122,109 567 Northern Ireland
4.76 37.94 118,637 561 Northern Ireland
4.37 36.57 115,399 555 Northern Ireland
4.09 35.05 112,484 545 Northern Ireland
4.09 35.26 115,304 533 Gulf
Northern
War, Ireland
4.08 34.68 116,337 519 Bosnia,
Northern Ireland
Northern
4.18 35.62 121,404 509 Ireland
Bosnia, Northern
4.02 35.06 127,584 476 Ireland
Bosnia, Northern
3.75 34.03 133,713 439 Ireland
Bosnia, Northern
3.48 32.58 139,649 402 Ireland
Bosnia, Northern
3.16 30.4 136,999 381 Ireland
3.02 30.09 142,742 361 Northern
Kosovo, Ireland
2.77 28.59 136,078 358 Northern Ireland
2.88 30.71 147,220 355 Kosovo
2.83 31.39 151,204 352 Sierra Leone
 Sierra Leone,
2.91 33.1 160,992 348 Afghanistan
2.62 30.42 148,608 344 Sierra Leone
2.62 31.24 150,991 346 Iraq
2.68 32.9 158,937 344 Iraq
2.65 33.27 165,440 332 Iraq
2.64 34.01 173,609 322 Iraq, Afghanistan
2.59 34.32 180,252 311 Iraq, Afghanistan
2.64 35.05 187,333 304 Iraq, Afghanistan
2.98 37.7 200,106 304 Iraq, Afghanistan
2.97 40.13 209,338 308 Afghanistan
2.98 40.92 219,528 298 Afghanistan
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