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List of countries by number of active troops

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This is a list of countries sorted by the total number of active troops where the military manpower of a country is measured by the total amount of active troops within the command of that country. Reserved forces which can aid a depleted active military and/or paramilitary are also listed to illustrate a country's total manpower.

Rank Nation Active Service Personnel Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
1 People's Republic of China** 2,255,000 800,000 3,969,000 7,024,000 1.71
2 United States** 1,426,026 1,458,500 53,000 2,938,210 4.76
3 India** 1,325,000 1,155,000 1,293,300 3,773,300 1.20
4 North Korea** 1,106,000 4,700,000 189,000 5,995,000 49.03
5 Russia** 1,037,000 2,400,000 359,100 3,796,100 7.24
6 South Korea 687,000 4,500,000 22,000 5,209,000 14.20
7 Pakistan** 619,000 528,000 302,000 1,449,000 3.72
8 Iran 545,000 350,000 11,390,000 12,285,000 11.74
9 Turkey 514,850 380,000 148,700 1,043,550 7.03
10 Vietnam 484,000 4,000,000 5,080,000 9,564,000 5.79
11 Egypt 450,000 254,000 405,000 1,109,000 5.81
12 Myanmar 428,250 0 72,000 500,250 7.42
13 France** 361,085 419,000 104,300 780,085 4.27
14 Ukraine 361,000 1,000,000 112,500 1,473,500 7.77
15 Thailand 306,600 200,000 113,700 625,300 4.80
16 Indonesia 302,000 400,000 207,000 909,000 1.26
17 Syria 296,000 132,500 108,000 536,500 15.89
18 Republic of China (Taiwan) 290,000 1,653,500 22,000 1,965,000 12.70
19 Brazil 287,000 1,115,000 285,600 1,687,600 1.55
20 Germany 284,500 358,650 40,000 683,150 3.45
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
21 Japan 238,000 57,899 12,250 308,149 1.88
22 Colombia 280,000 0 140,000 420,000 4.66
23 Eritrea 202,000 250,000 0 452,000 45.90
24 Saudi Arabia 199,500 20,000 15,000 234,500 6.80
25 Morocco 196,300 150,000 75,000 421,800 6.81
26 Mexico 192,770 300,000 25,000 517,770 1.82
27 United Kingdom** 187,970 233,860 0 421,830 3.09
28 Ethiopia 182,500 0 0 182,500 2.44
30 Iraq *** 179,800 0 0 179,800 6.24
31 Spain 177,950 328,500 72,600 579,050 3.49
32 Greece 177,600 291,000 4,000 472,600 16.60
33 Israel* 168,000 408,000 8,050 584,050 23.90
34 Italy 169,000 65,200 238,800 534,350 3.42
35 Poland 163,000 234,000 21,300 418,300 4.23
36 Sri Lanka 157,900 5,500 88,600 252,000 7.59
37 Bangladesh 137,000 0 63,200 200,200 0.87
38 Algeria 127,500 150,000 60,000 337,500 3.92
39 Switzerland 126,000 320,600 23,270 347,470 47.90
40 Cambodia 124,300 0 67,000 191,000 9.19
41 Philippines 113,500 131,000 158,500 403,000 1.21
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
42 Malaysia 110,000 41,600 20,100 171,000 3.97
43 Peru 110,000 188,000 77,000 375,000 3.58
44 Sudan 104,500 0 95,000 199,500 2.60
45 Jordan 100,700 35,000 10,000 145,700 17.40
46 Angola 100,000 N/A N/A 100,000 10.60
47 Democratic Republic of the Congo 83,800 0 1,400 85,200 1.63
48 Venezuela 82,300 100,000 600,000 782,500 3.24
49 Chile 80,500 50,000 36,800 167,300 4.75
50 Belarus 79,800 289,500 110,000 479,300 7.08
51 Nigeria 78,500 0 82,000 160,500 0.61
52 Libya 76,000 40,000 3,000 119,000 13.20
53 Romania 75,000 0 79,900 173,519 4.31
54 Lebanon 72,100 0 13,000 85,100 19.80
55 Argentina 71,800 0 47,240 119,040 1.81
56 Afghanistan 70,000 0 0 70,000 2.34
57 Kazakhstan 65,800 237,000 34,500 337,300 4.33
58 Yemen 65,000 40,000 70,000 175,000 3.22
59 Nepal 63,000 0 15,000 78,000 2.28
60 Canada 62,300 23,900 9,350 95,550 1.93
61 Rwanda 61,000 0 10,000 71,000 6.04
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
62 Singapore 60,500 312,500 96,300 469,300 16.40
63 Armenia 60,000 300,000 10,000 370,000 13.00
64 Uganda 60,000 0 1,800 61,800 2.20
65 Ecuador 59,500 100,000 18,000 177,500 4.45
66 Czech Republic 57,050 0 5,600 62,650 5.57
67 South Africa 55,750 N/A N/A 55,750 1.26
68 Australia 53,572 20,300 0 73,872 1.25
69 Netherlands 53,130 32,200 3,300 88,630 3.24
70 Uzbekistan 53,000 0 19,000 72,000 1.96
71 Croatia 51,000 140,000 10,000 201,000 6.63
72 Bulgaria 51,000 303,000 34,000 385,450 7.85
73 United Arab Emirates 50,500 0 0 50,500 14.50
74 Cuba 46,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,231,500 4.05
75 Portugal 44,900 210,930 25,600 281,430 4.25
76 Oman 41,700 0 10,800 52,500 11.90
77 Belgium 40,800 100,500 0 141,300 3.94
78 Burundi 40,000 0 5,500 45,500 7.93
79 Serbia 38,000 207,500 110,000 392,500 7.08
80 Finland 36,700 485,000 3,100 524,800 5.17
81 Tunisia 35,000 0 12,000 47,000 3.47
82 Austria 34,600 72,000 N/A 106,600 4.23
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
83 Sweden 33,900 262,000 8,000 295,900 3.07
84 Hungary 33,400 90,300 12,000 135,700 3.31
85 Zimbabwe 32,000 0 21,800 53,800 2.28
86 Bolivia 31,500 0 37,100 68,600 3.56
87 Guatemala 31,400 35,000 19,000 85,400 2.14
88 Chad 30,350 0 4,500 34,850 3.09
89 Laos 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 4.68
90 Norway 27,600 219,000 29,400 276,000 5.79
91 Tanzania 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 0.73
92 Slovakia 26,200 20,000 4,700 50,900 4.05
93 Turkmenistan 26,000 0 0 26,000 5.86
94 Dominican Republic 24,500 0 15,000 39,500 2.74
95 Kenya 24,120 0 5,000 29,120 0.71
96 Uruguay 24,000 0 920 24,920 7.03
97 Cameroon 23,100 0 9,000 32,100 1.41
98 Denmark 22,880 64,900 61,500 149,280 4.24
99 Zambia 21,600 0 1,400 23,000 1.61
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
100 Nagorno-Karabakh 20,000 0 0 20,000 7.9
101 Albania 20,000 0 5,000 25,000 6.17
102 Paraguay 18,600 164,500 14,800 197,900 2.93
103 Georgia 17,500 250,000 11,700 279,200 2.74
104 Côte d'Ivoire 17,050 0 7,000 24,050 0.99
105 El Salvador 16,800 9,900 12,000 38,700 2.31
106 Mauritania 15,750 N/A 4,500 20,250 5.10
107 Kuwait 15,500 24,000 6,600 46,100 6.64
108 Nicaragua 14,000 0 0 14,000 2.56
109 Lithuania 13,510 309,200 14,390 337,100 3.53
110 Madagascar 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 0.75
111 Sierra Leone 13,000 0 0 13,000 1.33
112 Liberia 13,000 0 0 13,000 3.90
113 Republic of Macedonia 12,850 60,000 7,600 80,450 6.28
114 Kyrgyzstan 12,500 57,000 5,000 74,500 2.12
115 Qatar 12,400 0 0 12,400 14.40
116 Bahrain 11,200 0 10,160 21,360 15.4
117 Republic of Ireland 10,500 14,000 0 24,500 5.78
118 Cyprus 10,000 60,000 750 70,750 12.80
119 Mozambique 10,000 0 0 10,000 0.42
120 Republic of the Congo 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 3.29
121 Djibouti 9,850 0 1,400 11,250 20.70
122 Guinea 9,700 0 9,600 19,300 1.02
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
123 Togo 9,450 0 750 10,200 1.50
124 Slovenia 9,000 20,000 4,500 33,500 1.21
125 Senegal 9,400 0 5,800 15,200 1.02
126 Guinea-Bissau 9,250 0 2,000 11,250 6.53
127 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9,200 0 0 9,200 3.92
128 Mongolia 9,100 137,000 7,200 152,800 3.08
129 Botswana 9,000 0 1,500 10,500 5.49
130 Namibia 9,000 0 6,000 15,000 4.43
131 New Zealand 8,949 2,228 0 11,117 2.69
132 Honduras 8,300 60,000 6,000 74,300 1.72
133 Mali 7,350 0 4,800 12,150 0.60
134 Moldova 7,200 66,000 4,300 77,500 1.74
135 Brunei 7,000 0 3,750 10,750 18.80
136 Ghana 7,000 0 0 7,000 0.33
137 Montenegro 6,500 0 0 6,500
138 Burkina Faso 6,000 45,000 1,800 52,800 0.78
139 Tajikistan 6,000 0 1,200 7,200 0.84
140 Estonia 5,700 39,000 11,000 55,700 4.13
141 Latvia 5,500 14,050 3,200 22,750 2.13
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
142 Niger 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.37
143 Malawi 5,300 0 1,500 6,800 0.44
144 Gabon 4,700 0 1,500 6,200 3.38
145 Benin 4,550 0 3,000 7,550 0.61
146 Transnistria 4,500 15,000 2,000 21,500 38.73
147 Fiji 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 3.92
148 Papua New Guinea 3,100 0 0 3,100 0.56
149 Jamaica 2,830 953 0 3,783 1.04
150 Trinidad and Tobago 2,700 0 0 2,700 2.48
151 Malta 2,140 0 0 2,140 5.37
152 Lesotho 2,000 0 0 2,000 1.07
153 Suriname 1,840 0 0 1,840 4.20
154 Guyana 1,600 1,500 0 3,100 2.09
155 Timor-Leste 1,500 0 0 1,500 0.62
156 Central African Republic 1,400 0 1,000 2,400 0.67
157 Equatorial Guinea 1,320 0 2,000 3,320 2.46
158 Cape Verde 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.87
159 Belize 1,050 700 0 1,750 3.76
160 Luxembourg 900 0 612 1,512 1.92
161 Bahamas 860 0 0 860 2.85
Rank Nation Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
162 Gambia 800 0 0 800 0.50
163 Barbados 610 430 0 1,040 2.18
164 Seychelles 450 0 250 700 5.54
165 Tonga 450 0 0 450 4.41
166 Antigua and Barbuda 170 75 0 245 2.47

  • Approximate Figures
  • Source of active duty information: Center for Strategic and International Studies 2006 and Jaffa Center of Strategic Studies
  • Source of population information: List of countries by population

* Nuclear weapons undeclared status (Israel)
** Nuclear weapons declared status
*** Iraq under Saddam Hussein had up to 400,000 active troops.

Bhutan currently maintains an imperial guard of about 1,000 men.

There are currently 24 countries that do not maintain a military.

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