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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

196 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 Eritrea 200,000
23 Ukraine 200,000
24 Morocco 195,800
25 Iraq 193,000
26 South Sudan 185,000
27 Germany 183,500
28 Afghanistan 180,000
29 Italy 170,000
30 Israel 169,500
31 Syria 169,000
32 Bangladesh 163,050
33 Taiwan 163,000
34 Ethiopia 162,000
35 United Kingdom 153,290
36 Philippines 143,100
37 Greece 142,700
38 DR Congo 134,000
39 Algeria 130,000
40 Cambodia 124,300
41 Venezuela 123,000
42 Peru 120,660
43 Spain 120,350
44 Nigeria 120,000
45 Poland 114,050
46 Malaysia 113,000
47 Angola 107,000
48 Sudan 104,300
49 Jordan 100,000
50 Nepal 95,000
51 Chile 77,200
52 South Africa 74,000
53 Argentina 72,100
54 Singapore 72,000
55 Romania 70,000
56 Canada 68,000
57 Azerbaijan 66,950
58 United Arab Emirates 63,000
59 Lebanon 60,000
60 Australia 59,000
61 Dominican Republic 56,050
62 Cuba 49,000
63 Belarus 48,000
64 Uzbekistan 48,000
65 Uganda 45,000
66 Armenia 44,800
67 Oman 42,600
68 Ecuador 40,250
69 Cameroon 40,000
70 Kazakhstan 39,000
71 Bulgaria 36,950
72 Turkmenistan 36,500
73 Tunisia 35,800
74 Netherlands 35,410
75 Bolivia 34,078
76 Rwanda 33,000
77 Libya 32,000
78 Chad 30,350
79 Tanzania 30,000
80 Laos 29,100
81 Zimbabwe 29,000
82 Serbia 28,150
83 Hungary 27,800
84 Portugal 27,000
85 Belgium 26,300
86 Burundi 25,000
87 Czech Republic 25,000
88 Côte d'Ivoire 25,000
89 El Salvador 25,000
90 Uruguay 24,650
91 Kenya 24,120
92 Sweden 24,000
93 Finland 23,800
94 Norway 23,250
95 Austria 22,500
96 Mali 21,000
97 Mauritania 20,870
98 Switzerland 20,800
99 Georgia 20,650
100 Lithuania 20,000
101 Yemen 20,000
102 Senegal 19,000
103 Somalia 19,000
104 Togo 18,550
105 Guatemala 18,050
106 Denmark 16,500
107 Slovakia 16,500
108 Ghana 15,500
109 Kuwait 15,500
110 Kyrgyzstan 15,500
111 Croatia 15,200
112 Zambia 15,100
113 Paraguay 14,951
114 Madagascar 13,500
115 Guinea 12,300
116 Cyprus 12,000
117 Honduras 12,000
118 Nicaragua 12,000
119 Qatar 11,800
120 Burkina Faso 11,200
121 Mozambique 11,200
122 Djibouti 10,950
123 Malawi 10,700
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,500
125 Niger 10,200
126 Central African Republic 10,000
127 Congo 10,000
128 Mauritius 10,000
129 Mongolia 9,700
130 New Zealand 9,650
131 Namibia 9,200
132 Botswana 9,000
133 Sierra Leone 9,000
134 Tajikistan 8,800
135 Ireland 8,700
136 Bahrain 8,200
137 Bhutan 8,000
138 North Macedonia 8,000
139 Albania 7,950
140 Benin 7,250
141 Slovenia 7,250
142 Brunei 7,200
143 Gabon 6,700
144 Estonia 6,600
145 Latvia 6,500
146 Moldova 6,500
147 Guinea-Bissau 4,400
148 Jamaica 4,200
149 Guyana 4,000
150 Trinidad and Tobago 4,000
151 Fiji 3,500
152 Eswatini 3,000
153 Maldives 3,000
154 Papua New Guinea 2,500
155 Montenegro 2,400
156 Timor-Leste 2,200
157 Gambia 2,000
158 Lesotho 2,000
159 Liberia 2,000
160 Malta 2,000
161 Suriname 1,840
162 Belize 1,500
163 Equatorial Guinea 1,320
164 Bahamas 1,300
165 Cabo Verde 1,200
166 Luxembourg 900
167 Sao Tome and Principe 650
168 Barbados 610
169 Comoros 600
170 Saint Lucia 500
171 San Marino 500
172 Tonga 450
173 Seychelles 420
174 Grenada 400
175 Saint Kitts and Nevis 300
176 Monaco 255
177 Iceland 250
178 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 188
179 Antigua and Barbuda 180
180 Vatican City 110
181 Andorra 0
182 Costa Rica 0
183 Dominica 0
184 Haiti 0
185 Kiribati 0
186 Liechtenstein 0
187 Marshall Islands 0
188 Micronesia 0
189 Nauru 0
190 Palau 0
191 Palestine 0
192 Panama 0
193 Samoa 0
194 Solomon Islands 0
195 Tuvalu 0
196 Vanuatu 0