Statement:
United Arab Emirates has smaller army than South Africa

In the Armed forces size (ammount of personnel) rating United Arab Emirates holds position #64 2019 out of 163 and South Africa is #55 out of 163 2019.

Referencies:

  1. Armed forces size (ammount of personnel) 2019 by WorldBank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Personnel ammount' in descending order.
    South Africa 'Personnel ammount' value is 90,000
    United Arab Emirates 'Personnel ammount' value is 63,000