Its hard to find a precise manpower figure for division sizes in most NATO armies, mainly because the composition of divisions in different NATO armies are not the same, and many countries also keep changing the composition of divisions and their component units.
There is some information on French divisions.
Armoured Divisions (10,000 troops)
Light Armoured Divisions (7,400 troops)
Infantry Division (7,500 troops)
Airborne Division (13,500 troops)
Airmobile Division (6,000 troops)
Mountain Division (8,500 troops)
Marine Division (8,000 troops)
The French had a lot of divisions considering the relative size of their army, but French divisions were also smaller than most of other NATO armies especially compared with American, British and West German divisions.
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