Military industrial complex: These 15 countries have the largest defense budgets

6. France ($52.4 billion)

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France spends about $797 per person on its military budget based off its 2012 population of 65.7 million people.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-02-11/military-industrial-complex-these-15-countries-have-largest-defense-budgets

France continues to be a major military power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Armed_Forces#Recent_operations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France#Military

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_France