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NATIONAL FORCES · COMPARISON
Northern Cyprus vs Yemen
| Overview | Northern Cyprus | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
Active personnel DefinitionFull-time active military personnel; exclude reserves and paramilitary unless explicitly identified. | —Not yet documented | 122,000Estimate · people · November 2025 IISS assessmentSingle sourceNational full-time active military personnel; the separately reported reserve, gendarmerie and paramilitary totals are excluded. |
Armed forces personnel DefinitionActive-duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces whose training, organisation, equipment and control allow them to support or replace regular forces. This is not an active-regular-only count. | —Not yet documented | 40,000people · 2020 annual observationSingle source2020 annual observation. Active-duty military personnel, including qualifying paramilitary forces; not an active-regular-only count. |
Defence spending DefinitionAnnual military expenditure in current US dollars. State fiscal year, coverage and conversion basis in notes. | —Not yet documented | US$1.71bnUSD · 2014 annual observationSingle source2014 annual observation. Annual military expenditure, current US dollars at the year's exchange rate; not procurement orders. |
GDP DefinitionAnnual nominal GDP in current US dollars, not purchasing-power parity. | —Not yet documented | US$17.2bnEstimate · USD · 2026 IISS nominal GDP forecast (November 2025 assessment)Single sourceAnnual nominal GDP at current market prices, in source-reported current US dollars. Excludes purchasing-power-parity GDP and real GDP growth. Explicit 2026 economic-table year column; USD 17.2bn. The table was compiled in the November 2025 IISS assessment; this annual figure is an assessment/estimate and does not assert a final audited outturn. The explicit 2026 column is forward-looking relative to the November 2025 assessment and is retained as a forecast, not an observed final outturn. |
Population DefinitionTotal resident population; retain the source's reference year. | —Not yet documented | 41,773,878people · 2025 annual observationSingle source2025 annual observation. Midyear resident population estimate. |
Reserve personnel DefinitionReported reserve personnel, with mobilisation and training definitions stated in notes. | —Not yet documented | 0Estimate · people · 2024 source edition; census date not statedSingle sourceMilitary reserve personnel in the 2024 IISS source edition cited by this Wikipedia row. Reservists are not normally kept under arms and are available for mobilisation. Excludes the separately reported Active military and Paramilitary columns. This is the cited edition year, not an exact census date. |
Combat aircraft DefinitionIn-service fixed-wing combat aircraft; exclude stored, retired and ordered aircraft. In service does not establish readiness. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Main battle tanks DefinitionIn-service main battle tanks; exclude storage and orders. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Major surface combatants DefinitionCommissioned cruisers, destroyers and frigates. Exclude patrol craft and support vessels. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Nuclear warheads DefinitionWarheads in the military stockpile, deployed or in reserve; exclude retired warheads awaiting dismantlement. Independent estimates, labelled as such. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Submarines DefinitionCommissioned submarines; exclude vessels on order and decommissioned vessels. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
Transport aircraft DefinitionIn-service dedicated fixed-wing military transport aircraft; exclude trainers and orders. | —Not yet documented | —Not yet documented |
EQUIPMENT & WEAPONS
Equipment listed in inventory and operator sources, grouped by force and category. Sourced quantities retain their date, variant coverage and inventory status. Equipment without a documented count is listed by type.
110 matching equipment types
| Equipment | Northern Cyprus | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| Combat aircraft | ||
| Mikoyan MiG-29 | — | 23Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 23Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | — | 192024 |
| Northrop F-5 | — | 13Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 13Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Sukhoi Su-17 | — | 232024 |
| Support aircraft | ||
| Antonov An-26 | — | 3Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 3Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Trainer aircraft | ||
| Aero L-39 Albatros | — | 28Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 28Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Helicopters | ||
| Bell 206 | — | 1Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 1Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Bell 212 | — | 4Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 4Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Bell UH-1 Iroquois | — | 4Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 4Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Eurocopter AS532 Cougar | In service | — |
| Mil Mi-14 | — | 2Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 2Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Mil Mi-17 | — | 34Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia 34Yemeni Air Force · 2025Wikipedia |
| Equipment | Northern Cyprus | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| Tanks | ||
| M60 tank | — | In service |
| T-62 | — | In service |
| Armoured vehicles | ||
| BMP-2 | — | In service |
| BRDM-2 | — | In service |
| BTR-40 | — | In service |
| BTR-50 | — | In service |
| BTR-60 | — | In service |
| BTR-80 | — | In service |
| Cougar (MRAP) | — | In service |
| M113 armored personnel carrier | — | In service |
| M577 command post carrier | — | In service |
| Nimr (armored personnel carrier) | — | In service |
| Equipment | Northern Cyprus | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| Air defence | ||
| AK-630 | — | In service |
| M167 VADS | — | In service |
| S-75 Dvina | — | In service |
| Anti-aircraft guns | ||
| ZPU | — | In service |
| Portable air defence | ||
| FIM-92 Stinger | In service | — |
| Cruise & anti-ship missiles | ||
| Kh-31 | — | In service |
| Missiles | ||
| AIM-9 Sidewinder | — | In service |
| AIM-9X Sidewinder | — | In service |
| Kh-29 | — | In service |
| R-77 | — | In service |
| Equipment | Northern Cyprus | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| Small arms | ||
| AGS-17 | In service | — |
| AK-103 | — | In service |
| AK-104 | — | In service |
| AK-74 | — | In service |
| AR-M1 | — | In service |
| Beretta 92 | In service | — |
| Beretta M1951 | — | In service |
| Beretta Model 38 | — | In service |
| Colt CM901 | — | In service |
| Degtyaryov machine gun | — | In service |
| FN FAL | — | In service |
| FN Minimi | In service | In service |
Coverage is incomplete. “Not documented” means no linked inventory evidence, not zero equipment. Methodology ↗
No approved observations yet.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 cited source period | 4 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 28 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 14 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 2 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 34 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 4 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 1 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 3 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 23 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 2025 cited source period | 13 units | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Generalized geography from Natural Earth 1:110m, version 5.1.1. Label-point distance is calculated on a sphere and rounded to the nearest 100 km; it is not a capital-to-capital distance, route, border distance or operational range. Dataset boundaries do not imply recognition of territorial claims.
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Scores out of 100 on the ForceTally Index. Each bar splits in proportion to the two scores. A point at the centre of the chart means no sourced figure for that part.