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Active Military Personnel by Country

Compare countries by active military personnel strength.

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Active Military Personnel by Country

144 countries
Rank Country Active Military Personnel
1 China 2,035,000
2 India 1,445,000
3 United States of America 1,347,300
4 North Korea 1,280,000
5 Russia 900,000
6 Pakistan 654,000
7 Iran 575,000
8 South Korea 555,000
9 Vietnam 482,000
10 Egypt 440,000
11 Myanmar 406,000
12 Indonesia 395,500
13 Brazil 366,500
14 Thailand 360,850
15 Turkey 355,200
16 Colombia 293,200
17 Mexico 277,150
18 Sri Lanka 255,000
19 Japan 247,150
20 Saudi Arabia 227,000
21 France 203,850
22 Ukraine 200,000
23 Morocco 195,800
24 Iraq 193,000
25 Germany 183,500
26 Afghanistan 180,000
27 Italy 170,000
28 Israel 169,500
29 Syria 169,000
30 Bangladesh 163,050
31 Taiwan 163,000
32 Ethiopia 162,000
33 United Kingdom 153,290
34 Philippines 143,100
35 Greece 142,700
36 Democratic Republic of the Congo 134,000
37 Algeria 130,000
38 Kingdom of Cambodia 124,300
39 Venezuela 123,000
40 Peru 120,660
41 Spain 120,350
42 Nigeria 120,000
43 Poland 114,050
44 Malaysia 113,000
45 Angola 107,000
46 Republic of the Sudan 104,300
47 Jordan 100,000
48 Nepal 95,000
49 Chile 77,200
50 South Africa 74,000
51 Argentina 72,100
52 Singapore 72,000
53 Romania 70,000
54 Canada 68,000
55 United Arab Emirates 63,000
56 Lebanon 60,000
57 Australia 59,000
58 Dominican Republic 56,050
59 Republic of Cuba 49,000
60 Republic of Uzbekistan 48,000
61 Uganda 45,000
62 Sultanate of Oman 42,600
63 Ecuador 40,250
64 Republic of Cameroon 40,000
65 Kazakhstan 39,000
66 Bulgaria 36,950
67 Turkmenistan 36,500
68 Tunisia 35,800
69 Netherlands 35,410
70 Bolivia 34,078
71 Republic of Rwanda 33,000
72 Libya 32,000
73 Tanzania 30,000
74 Lao People's Democratic Republic 29,100
75 Zimbabwe 29,000
76 Serbia 28,150
77 Hungary 27,800
78 Portugal 27,000
79 Belgium 26,300
80 Czech Republic 25,000
81 Côte d'Ivoire 25,000
82 El Salvador 25,000
83 Uruguay 24,650
84 Kenya 24,120
85 Sweden 24,000
86 Finland 23,800
87 Norway 23,250
88 Austria 22,500
89 Switzerland 20,800
90 Lithuania 20,000
91 Yemen 20,000
92 Senegal 19,000
93 Guatemala 18,050
94 Denmark 16,500
95 Slovak Republic 16,500
96 Ghana 15,500
97 Kuwait 15,500
98 Kyrgyz Republic 15,500
99 Croatia 15,200
100 Republic of Zambia 15,100
101 Paraguay 14,951
102 Cyprus 12,000
103 Honduras 12,000
104 Nicaragua 12,000
105 State of Qatar 11,800
106 Republic of Mozambique 11,200
107 Republic of Malawi 10,700
108 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,500
109 Mongolia 9,700
110 New Zealand 9,650
111 Republic of Namibia 9,200
112 Republic of Botswana 9,000
113 Republic of Tajikistan 8,800
114 Ireland 8,700
115 Bahrain 8,200
116 Bhutan 8,000
117 Republic of North Macedonia 8,000
118 Republic of Albania 7,950
119 Slovenia 7,250
120 Brunei 7,200
121 Estonia 6,600
122 Republic of Latvia 6,500
123 Jamaica 4,200
124 Cooperative Republic of Guyana 4,000
125 Trinidad and Tobago 4,000
126 Fiji 3,500
127 Maldives 3,000
128 Papua New Guinea 2,500
129 Montenegro 2,400
130 Timor-Leste 2,200
131 Malta 2,000
132 Republic of Suriname 1,840
133 Luxembourg 900
134 Kingdom of Tonga 450
135 Iceland 250
136 Andorra 0
137 Costa Rica 0
138 Haiti 0
139 Liechtenstein 0
140 Palestine 0
141 Republic of Panama 0
142 Samoa 0
143 Solomon Islands 0
144 Vanuatu 0