List of countries by size of armed forces

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This is a list of countries by size of armed forces and is broken down by;

  1. Number of total troops
  2. Number of active troops
  3. Size of armed forces
  4. Number of aircraft

Contents

List of total troops

Number of total troops per country

This is a list of countries sorted by the number of total troops within the command of that country, including reserve forces that can aid a depleted active military and/or paramilitary. These numbers are approximations; military forces around the world are constantly changing in manpower from time to time.

Rank State Active Troops Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Troops Per 1000 Citizens
1 Vietnam People's Army[1] 484,000 4,000,000 5,080,000 9,564,000 114.50
2 People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)[1] A 2,255,000 800,000 3,969,000 7,024,000 5.3
3 Korean People's Army (North Korea)[1] A 1,106,000 4,700,000 189,000 5,995,000 259.37
4 Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea)[2] 655,000 4,500,000 25,000 5,180,000 75.79
5 Armed forces of the Russian Federation[3][4][5] A 1,037,000 2,400,000 359,100 3,796,100 23.56
6 Indian Armed Forces[1] A 1,325,000 1,155,000 1,293,300 3,773,300 3.3
7 United States armed forces[6][7] A 1,473,900 1,458,500 453,000 3,385,400 11.07
8 Republic of China Armed Forces (Taiwan)[1] 290,000 1,653,500 22,000 1,965,000 86.45
9 Military of Iran[8][9] 945,000 350,000 400,000 1,695,000 18.4
10 Brazilian Armed Forces[10] 287,000 1,115,000 285,600 1,687,600 9.50
11 Military of Pakistan[11][1] A 700,000 528,000 302,000 1,530,000 8.55
12 Military of Ukraine[12][13][14] 361,000 1,000,000 112,500 1,473,500 34.27
13 Military of Cuba[15] 46,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,231,500 112
14 Military of Egypt[16][17] 450,000 254,000 405,000 1,109,000 14.4
15 Turkish Armed Forces[3][18][17] 514,850 380,000 148,700 1,043,550 14.4
16 Indonesian National Armed Forces[19][20][21] 410,000 400,000 207,000 1,017,000 4
17 Military of France[3][22][23] A 259,050 419,000 101,400 779,450 12.7
18 Israel Defense Forces[24] B 176,500 445,000 7,650 621,500 86.31
19 Royal Thai Armed Forces[19][25][26] 306,600 200,000 113,700 620,300 9.84
20 Bundeswehr (Germany)[27][28] 247,712 358,650 0 606,362 7.37
21 Military of Uzbekistan[29] 65,000 500,000 19,000 584,000 2.66
22 Spanish Armed Forces[30][31] 177,950 328,500 72,600 579,050 14.48
23 Military of Syria[17][32][33] 296,000 132,500 108,000 536,500 30
24 Military of Italy[34][20] 230,350 65,200 238,800 534,350 9.2
25 Finnish Defence Forces[35][36] 36,700 485,000 3,100 524,800 104.96
26 Mexican Armed Forces[37] 192,770 300,000 25,000 517,770 4.8
27 Myanmar Armed Forces (Burma)[19][38] 428,250 0 72,000[citation needed] 500,250 16.67
28 Armed Forces of Belarus[39] 79,800 289,500 110,000 479,300 47.93
29 Military of Greece[40] 177,600 291,000 4,000 472,600 46.6
30 Singapore Armed Forces[41] 60,500 312,500 96,300 469,300 117.33
31 Military of Eritrea[32][42][43] 202,000 250,000 0 452,000 90
32 British Armed Forces[44] A 187,970 233,860 0 421,830 6.9
33 Polish Armed Forces[45] 163,000 234,000 21,300 418,300 4.22
34 Iraqi security forces[3] 180,000 0 227,000 407,000 6.24
35 Armed Forces of the Philippines[46] 113,500 131,000 158,500 403,000 4.5
36 Military of Morocco[32][47] 196,300 150,000 50,000 396,300 12.23
37 Military of Serbia[48] 38,000 200,000 110,000 392,000 7.08
38 Azerbaijani Armed Forces[49] 72,100 300,000 15,000 387,100 62.40
39 Military of Bulgaria[50][51] 51,000 303,000 34,000 385,450 59.26
40 Military of Peru[52] 110,000 188,000 77,000 375,000 12
41 Sri Lanka Armed Forces[53] 266,700 10,800 96,600 374,100 7.59
42 Armed Forces of Armenia[54][55] 60,000 300,000 10,000 370,000 80.16
43 Military of Switzerland[56] 3,600 320,600 23,270 347,470 69.494
44 Military of Algeria[17][57][58] 127,500 150,000 60,000 337,500 8.88
45 Military of Kazakhstan[59] 65,800 237,000 34,500 337,300 20
46 Military of Lithuania[60] 13,510 309,200 14,390 337,100 112.36
47 Military of Colombia[61] 207,000 0 129,000 336,000 7.3
48 Swedish Armed Forces[62] 33,900 262,000 37,00 332,900 34.7
49 Japan Self-Defense Forces[19][63] 239,900 44,400 12,250 296,550 2.33
50 Portuguese Armed Forces[64][65] 44,900 210,930 25,600 281,430 28.14
51 Military of Georgia[66] 32,000 250,000 not 279,200 55.84
52 Norwegian Armed Forces[67] 27,600 219,000 29,400 276,000 50
53 Military of Saudi Arabia[17][32][68] 199,500 20,000 15,000 234,500 8
54 Military of Croatia[69][70] 51,000 140,000 10,000 201,000 24
55 Military of Bangladesh[71] 137,000 0 63,200 200,200 3.3
56 Military of Sudan[57][72] 104,500 0 95,000 199,500 4.72
57 Military of Paraguay[73] 18,600 164,500 14,800 197,900 49.47
58 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces[19][74] 124,300 0 67,000 191,000 14.12
59 Ethiopian National Defense Force[32][75] 182,500 0 0 182,500 2.44
60 Military of Ecuador[76][77] 59,500 100,000 18,000 177,500 13.28
61 Military of Yemen[17][78] 65,000 40,000 70,000 175,000 13.46
62 Romanian Armed Forces[79][80] 93,619 0 79,900 173,519 8
63 Military of Malaysia[19][81] 110,000 41,600 20,100 171,000 6.17
64 Military of Chile[82] 80,500 50,000 36,800 167,300 15.2
65 Military of Nigeria[83] 78,500 0 82,000 160,500 1.40
66 Military of Mongolia[84] 9,100 137,000 7,200 152,800 50.1
67 Jordanian Armed Forces[17][85] 100,700 35,000 10,000 145,700 25.70
68 Military of Belgium[86] 40,800 100,500 0 141,300 14.13
69 Military of Hungary[87][36] 33,400 90,300 12,000 135,700 13.31
70 Military of Laos[88] 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 22.68
71 Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic[89][90] 71,800 0 47,240 119,040 2.52
72 Military of Libya[17][91] 76,000 40,000 3,000 119,000 22
73 Military of Venezuela[14][92] 82,300 8,000 24,000 114,300 4.57
74 Canadian Forces[93][94] A 65,890 34,913 9,350 110,153 2.95
75 Tanzania People's Defence Force[95] 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 2.93
76 Austrian Armed Forces[96] 34,600 72,000 N/A 106,600 10.66
77 Angolan Armed Forces[97] 100,000 N/A N/A 100,000 10.60
78 Military of the Netherlands[98][99] 53,130 32,200 3,300 88,630 5.41
79 Danish Defence 25,000 12,000 51,000 88,000 6.25
80 Military of Guatemala[100] 31,400 35,000 19,000 85,400 5.82
81 Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[101][102] 83,800 0 1,400 85,200 1.65
82 Lebanese Armed Forces[103][32] 72,100 0 13,000 85,100 23.37
83 Military of the Republic of Macedonia[104] 12,850 60,000 7,600 80,450 39.32
84 Military of Nepal[105] 63,000 0 15,000 78,000 2.82
85 Military of Moldova[106] 7,200 66,000 4,300 77,500 17.64
86 Military of Kyrgyzstan[107] 12,500 57,000 5,000 74,500 18.12
87 Military of Honduras[108] 8,300 60,000 6,000 74,300 15.24
88 Australian Defence Force[19][109] 53,572 20,300 0 73,872 2.21
89 Rwandan Defence Forces[110] 61,000 0 10,000 71,000 7.03
90 Cypriot National Guard[111] 10,000 60,000 750 70,750 90.88
91 Military of Estonia[112] 5,600 46,000 19,000 70,600 24.07
92 Military of Afghanistan[32] 70,000 0 0 70,000 2.34
93 Military of Bolivia[113] 31,500 0 37,100 68,600 4.27
94 Military of the Czech Republic[114][76][115] 57,050 3,733 5,600 64,383 6.09
95 Uganda People's Defence Force[116] 60,000 0 1,800 61,800 2.52
96 South African National Defence Force[117] 55,750 N/A N/A 55,750 1.26
97 Military of Zimbabwe[118] 32,000 0 21,800 53,800 4.28
98 Military of Burkina Faso[119][120] 6,000 45,000 1,800 52,800 0.78
99 Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces[32][121] 41,700 0 10,800 52,500 133.85
100 Military of Slovakia[122][123] 26,200 20,000 4,700 50,900 8.05
101 Military of the United Arab Emirates[32][124] 50,500 0 0 50,500 14.50
102 Military of Tunisia[17][125] 35,000 0 12,000 47,000 4.66
103 Military of Kuwait[17][32][126] 15,500 24,000 6,600 46,100 19.75
104 Military of Burundi[119][127] 40,000 0 5,500 45,500 8.93
105 Military of the Dominican Republic[128] 24,500 0 15,000 39,500 4.44
106 Armed Forces of El Salvador[129] 16,800 9,900 12,000 38,700 4.61
107 Military of Chad[32][130] 30,350 0 4,500 34,850 3.55
108 Military of Slovenia[122][131] 9,000 20,000 4,500 33,500 4.50
109 Military of Cameroon[132] 23,100 0 9,000 32,100 1.96
110 Military of Latvia[133] 5,500 14,050 11,000 30,550 8.81
111 Military of Kenya[134] 24,120 0 5,000 29,120 0.86
112 Military of Turkmenistan[135] 26,000 0 0 26,000 5.86
113 Military of Albania[136][57] 20,000 0 5,000 25,000 7.
114 Military of Uruguay[137] 24,000 0 920 24,920 7.05
115 National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire[138] 17,050 0 7,000 24,050 1.41
116 Irish Defence Forces 10,583 13,000 0 23,583  ?
117 Zambian Defence Force[139] 21,600 0 1,400 23,000 1.71
118 Military of Madagascar[103][140] 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 1.2
119 Transnistria[141] 4,500 15,000 2,000 21,500 185.04
120 Military of Bahrain[32][142] 11,200 0 10,160 21,360 29.37
121 Military of Mauritania[31][32] 15,750 N/A 4,500 20,250 6.56
122 Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army[57] 20,000[citation needed] 0 0 20,000 7.9
123 Military of Guinea[143] 9,700 0 9,600 19,300 2.02
124 Military of Senegal[144] 9,400 0 5,800 15,200 1.65
125 Military of Namibia[145] 9,000 0 6,000 15,000 7.38
126 Military of Nicaragua[146] 14,000 0 0 14,000 2.56
127 Armed Forces of Liberia[147] 13,000 0 0 13,000 3.90
127 Military of Sierra Leone[148] 13,000 0 0 13,000 1.33
129 Military of Qatar[32][149] 12,400 0 0 12,400 14.40
130 Military of Mali[150] 7,350 0 4,800 12,150 1.00
131 Military of the Republic of the Congo[151] 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 4.00
132 Military of Djibouti[32][152] 9,850 0 1,400 11,250 20.70
132 Military of Guinea-Bissau[153] 9,250 0 2,000 11,250 33.53
134 New Zealand Defence Force[154] 8,949 2,228 0 11,117 2.69
135 Royal Brunei Armed Forces[155] 7,000 0 3,750 10,750 26.48
136 Military of Niger[156] 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.75
137 Botswana Defence Force[157] 9,000 0 1,500 10,500 6.36
138 Military of Togo[158] 9,450 0 750 10,200 1.75
139 Military of Mozambique[159] 10,000 0 0 10,000 0.42
140 Military of Fiji[160] 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 10.64
141 Military of Bosnia and Herzegovina[161] 9,200 0 0 9,200 3.92
142 Military of Benin[162][163] 4,550 0 3,000 7,550 1.012
143 Military of Tajikistan[164] 6,000 0 1,200 7,200 1.00
144 Military of Ghana[165] 7,000 0 0 7,000 0.33
145 Military of Malawi[166][167] 5,300 0 1,500 6,800 0.56
146 Military of Montenegro 6,500[citation needed] 0 0 6,500
147 Military of Gabon[168][169] 4,700 0 1,500 6,200 4.46
148 Military of Jamaica[170] 2,830 953 0 3,783 1.39
149 Military of Equatorial Guinea[171][172] 1,320 0 2,000 3,320 6.19
150 Military of Kosovo[173] 2,500 800 0 3,300  ?
151 Guyana Defence Force[174] 1,600 1,500 0 3,100 4.05
151 Papua New Guinea Defence Force[175] 3,100 0 0 3,100 0.56
153 Timor Leste Defence Force (East Timor)[176] 1,500 1,500 0 3,000 1.24
154 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force[177] 2,700 0 0 2,700 2.48
155 Military of the Central African Republic[178] 1,400 0 1,000 2,400 1.15
156 Armed Forces of Malta[179] 2,140 0 0 2,140 5.37
157 Military of Lesotho[180] 2,000 0 0 2,000 1.07
158 Military of Suriname[181] 1,840 0 0 1,840 4.20
159 Military of Belize[182] 1,050 700 0 1,750 6.26
160 Military of Luxembourg[183] 900 0 612 1,512 3.23
161 Military of Cape Verde[184] 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.87
162 Military of Barbados[185] 610 430 0 1,040 3.71
163 Royal Bahamas Defence Force[186] 860 0 0 860 2.85
164 Military of The Gambia[187] 800 0 0 800 0.50
165 Military of Seychelles[188] 450 0 250 700 8.62
166 Tonga Defence Services[189] 450 0 0 450 4.45
167 Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force[190] 170 75 0 245 3.56

List of active troops

Number of active troops per country

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 number 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 State Active Service Personnel Reserve Force Paramilitary Total Active troops per thousand citizens
1 People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)[1] 2,250,000 800,000 3,969,000 7,024,000 1.71
2 United States armed forces[191][7][192] 1,473,900 1,458,500 453,000[citation needed] 3,385,400 4.76
3 Indian Armed Forces[1] 1,414,000 1,155,000 1,089,300 3,773,300 1.20
4 Korean People's Army (North Korea)[2] 1,190,000 4,700,000 189,000 6,079,000 50.02
5 Armed forces of the Russian Federation[3][4][5] 1,037,000 2,400,000 359,100 3,796,100 7.24
6 Military of Iran[193][8][9] 945,000 350,000 400,000 1,695,000 7.3
7 Military of Pakistan[194][11] 700,000 528,000 302,000 1,530,000 3.71
8 Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea)[2] 655,000 3,040,000 22,000 3,717,000 13.36
9 Turkish Armed Forces[3][18][195] 514,850 380,000 148,700 1,043,550 7.03
10 Vietnam People's Army[1] 484,000 4,000,000 5,080,000 9,564,000 5.79
11 Military of Egypt[16][17] 450,000 254,000 405,000 1,109,000 5.81
12 Myanmar Armed Forces (Burma)[19][38] 428,250 0 72,000[citation needed] 500,250 7.42
13 Indonesian National Armed Forces[19][20][21] 410,000 400,000 207,000 1,017,000 4.00
14 Brazilian Armed Forces[10][196][197][198] 369,742 1,115,000 385,600 1,870,342 1.55
15 Royal Thai Armed Forces[19][25][26] 306,600 200,000 113,700 625,300 4.80
16 Military of Syria[17][32][33] 296,000 132,500 108,000 536,500 15.89
17 Republic of China Armed Forces (Taiwan)[1] 290,000 1,675,500 22,000 1,988,000 12.70
18 Bundeswehr (Germany)[3][28][168] 284,500 358,650 40,000 683,150 3.45
19 Military of Colombia[61] 280,000 0 140,000 420,000 4.66
20 Iraqi security forces[3][199] C 270,000 0 348,000 618,000 5.9
21 Sri Lanka Armed Forces[53] 266,700 10,800 96,600 374,100 7.59
22 Military of France[200][22] 259,050 419,000 101,400 780,085 4.27
23 Military of Bangladesh[71] 250,000 50,000 82,000 532,000 2.45
24 Japan Self-Defense Forces[19][63] 238,000 57,899 12,250 308,149 1.88
25 Military of Italy[34][20] 230,350 65,200 328,368 534,350 3.42
26 British Armed Forces[44] 208,000 233,860 0 441,860 3.09
27 Military of Eritrea[32][42][43] 202,000 250,000 0 452,000 45.90
28 Military of Saudi Arabia[17][32][68] 199,500 20,000 15,000 234,500 6.80
29 Military of Morocco[32][47] 196,300 150,000 75,000 421,800 6.81
30 Mexican Armed Forces[37] 192,770 300,000 25,000 517,770 1.82
31 Ethiopian National Defense Force[32][75] 182,500 0 0 182,500 2.44
32 Spanish Armed Forces[30][31] 177,950 328,500 72,600 579,050 3.49
33 Military of Greece[40] 177,600 291,000 4,000 472,600 16.60
34 Israel Defense Forces[24] 176,500 445,000 7,650 621,500 24.50
35 Military of Ukraine[201][14][13] 148,000 1,000,000 112,500 1,303,500 4.12
36 Military of Algeria[57][17][58] 127,500 150,000 60,000 337,500 3.92
37 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces[19][74] 124,300 0 67,000 191,000 9.19
38 Polish Armed Forces[45] 124,000 234,000 21,300 418,300 4.23
39 Military of Switzerland[202] 120,000 80,000 0 200,000 15.81
40 Armed Forces of the Philippines[46] 114,500 131,000 158,500 404,000 1.21
41 Military of Malaysia[19][81] 110,000 41,600 20,100 171,000 3.97
41 Military of Peru[52] 110,000 188,000 77,000 375,000 3.58
43 Military of Sudan[17][72] 104,500 0 95,000 199,500 2.60
44 Jordanian Armed Forces[17][85] 100,700 35,000 10,000 145,700 17.40
45 Angolan Armed Forces[97] 100,000 N/A N/A 100,000 10.60
46 Military of Nepal[105] 95,000 19,000 41,000 155,000 3.50
47 Romanian Armed Forces[80][203] 90,000 0 79,900 176,519 4.40
48 Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[101][102] 83,800 0 1,400 85,200 1.63
49 Military of Venezuela[14][92] 82,300 100,000 600,000 782,500 3.24
50 Military of Chile[82] 80,500 50,000 36,800 167,300 4.75
51 Armed Forces of Belarus[39] 79,800 289,500 110,000 479,300 7.08
52 Military of Nigeria[83] 78,500 0 82,000 160,500 0.61
53 Military of Libya[17][91] 76,000 40,000 3,000 119,000 13.20
54 Lebanese Armed Forces[103][32] 72,100 0 13,000 85,100 19.80
55 Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic[89][90] 71,800 0 47,240 119,040 1.81
56 Military of Afghanistan[32] 70,000 0 0 70,000 2.34
57 Military of Kazakhstan[59] 65,800 237,000 34,500 337,300 4.33
58 Canadian Forces[93][94] 65,890 34,913 9,350 110,153 2.95
59 Military of Yemen[17][78] 65,000 40,000 70,000 175,000 3.22
60 Rwandan Defence Forces[110] 61,000 0 10,000 71,000 6.04
61 Singapore Armed Forces[41] 60,500 312,500 96,300 469,300 16.40
62 Armed Forces of Armenia[54][55] 60,000 300,000 10,000 370,000 13.00
63 Uganda People's Defence Force[116] 60,000 0 1,800 61,800 2.20
63 Military of Ecuador[76][77] 59,500 100,000 18,000 177,500 4.45
65 Military of the Czech Republic[114][76][115] 57,050 3,733 5,600 64,383 5.57
66 South African National Defence Force[117] 55,750 N/A N/A 55,750 1.26
67 Australian Defence Force[19][109] 53,572 20,300 0 73,872 2.52
68 Military of the Netherlands[98][99] 53,130 32,200 3,300 88,630 3.24
69 Military of Uzbekistan[29] 53,000 0 19,000 72,000 1.96
70 Military of Bulgaria[50][51] 51,000 303,000 34,000 385,450 7.85
71 Military of the United Arab Emirates[32][124] 50,500 0 0 50,500 14.50
72 Military of Cuba[15] 46,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,231,500 4.05
73 Portuguese Armed Forces[64][65] 44,900 210,930 25,600 281,430 4.25
74 Military of Serbia[48] 42,000 207,500 110,000 395,500 4.00
75 Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces[32][121] 41,700 0 10,800 52,500 11.90
76 Military of Belgium[86] 40,800 100,500 0 141,300 3.94
77 Military of Burundi[119][127] 40,000 0 5,500 45,500 7.93
78 Finnish Defence Forces[35][36] 36,000 485,000 3,100 524,800 5.17
79 Military of Tunisia[17][125] 35,000 0 12,000 47,000 3.47
80 Austrian Armed Forces[96] 34,600 72,000 N/A 106,600 4.23
81 Swedish Armed Forces[62] 33,900 262,000 38,650[citation needed] 334,550 3.41
82 Military of Hungary[87][36] 33,400 90,300 12,000 135,700 3.31
83 Military of Zimbabwe[118] 32,000 0 21,800 53,800 2.28
84 Military of Bolivia[113] 31,500 0 37,100 68,600 3.56
85 Military of Guatemala[100] 31,400 35,000 19,000 85,400 2.14
86 Military of Chad[32][130] 30,350 0 4,500 34,850 3.09
87 Military of Laos[88] 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 4.68
88 Norwegian Armed Forces[67] 27,600 219,000 29,400 276,000 5.79
89 Tanzania People's Defence Force[95] 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 0.73
90 Military of Slovakia[122][123] 26,200 20,000 4,700 50,900 4.05
91 Military of Turkmenistan[135] 26,000 0 0 26,000 5.86
92 Military of the Dominican Republic[128] 24,500 0 15,000 39,500 2.74
93 Military of Kenya[134] 24,120 0 5,000 29,120 0.71
94 Military of Uruguay[137] 24,000 0 920 24,920 7.03
95 Military of Cameroon[132] 23,100 0 9,000 32,100 1.41
96 Danish Defence[204] 22,880 64,900 61,500 149,280 4.24
97 Zambian Defence Force[139] 21,600 0 1,400 23,000 1.61
98 Military of Albania[57][136] 20,000 0 5,000 25,000 6.17
98 Military of Croatia[69][205] 20,000 6,000 N/A 26,000 7.39
100 Military of Paraguay[73] 18,600 164,500 14,800 197,900 2.93
101 Military of Georgia[66] 17,500 250,000 11,700 279,200 2.74
102 National Armed Forces of Côte d'Ivoire[138] 17,050 0 7,000 24,050 0.99
103 Armed Forces of El Salvador[129] 16,800 9,900 12,000 38,700 2.31
104 Military of Mauritania[31][32] 15,750 N/A 4,500 20,250 5.10
105 Military of Kuwait[17][32][126] 15,500 24,000 6,600 46,100 6.64
106 Military of Nicaragua[146] 14,000 0 0 14,000 2.56
107 Military of Lithuania[60] 13,510 309,200 14,390 337,100 3.53
108 Military of Madagascar[103][140] 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 0.75
109 Armed Forces of Liberia[147] 13,000 0 0 13,000 3.90
109 Military of Sierra Leone[148] 13,000 0 0 13,000 1.33
111 Military of the Republic of Macedonia[104] 12,850 60,000 7,600 80,450 6.28
112 Military of Kyrgyzstan[107] 12,500 57,000 5,000 74,500 2.12
113 Military of Qatar[32][149] 12,400 0 0 12,400 14.40
114 Military of Bahrain[32][142] 11,200 0 10,160 21,360 15.40
115 Irish Defence Forces[206] 10,500 14,800 0 25,300 2.53
116 Cypriot National Guard[111] 10,000 60,000 750 70,750 12.80
116 Military of Mozambique[159] 10,000 0 0 10,000 0.42
116 Military of the Republic of the Congo[151] 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 3.29
119 Military of Djibouti[32][152] 9,850 0 1,400 11,250 20.70
120 Military of Guinea[143] 9,700 0 9,600 19,300 1.02
121 Military of Togo[158] 9,450 0 750 10,200 1.50
122 Military of Senegal[144] 9,400 0 5,800 15,200 1.02
123 Military of Guinea-Bissau[153] 9,250 0 2,000 11,250 6.53
124 Military of Bosnia and Herzegovina[161] 9,200 0 0 9,200 3.92
125 Military of Mongolia[84] 9,100 137,000 7,200 152,800 3.08
126 New Zealand Defence Force[154] 9,051 2,240 0 11,291 2.69
127 Botswana Defence Force[157] 9,000 0 1,500 10,500 5.49
127 Military of Namibia[145] 9,000 0 6,000 15,000 4.43
127 Military of Slovenia[122][131] 9,000 20,000 4,500 33,500 1.21
130 Military of Honduras[108] 8,300 60,000 6,000 74,300 1.72
131 Military of Mali[150] 7,350 0 12,150 4800 0.60
132 Military of Moldova[106] 7,200 66,000 4,300 77,500 1.74
133 Royal Brunei Armed Forces[155] 7,000 0 3,750 10,750 18.80
133 Military of Ghana[165] 7,000 0 0 7,000 0.33
135 Military of Montenegro 6,500[citation needed] 0 0 6,500 9.59
136 Military of Burkina Faso[119][120] 6,000 45,000 1,800 52,800 0.78
136 Military of Tajikistan[164] 6,000 0 1,200 7,200 0.84
138 Military of Estonia[207] 5,700 39,000 11,000 55,700 4.13
139 Military of Latvia[133] 5,500 14,050 3,200 22,750 2.13
140 Military of Malawi[166][167] 5,300 0 1,500 6,800 0.44
140 Military of Niger[156] 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.37
142 Military of Gabon[168][169] 4,700 0 1,500 6,200 3.38
143 Military of Benin[162][163] 4,550 0 3,000 7,550 0.61
144 Military of Fiji[160] 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 3.92
145 Military of Jamaica[170] 2,830 953 0 3,783 1.04
146 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force[177] 2,700 0 0 2,700 2.48
147 Armed Forces of Malta[179] 2,140 0 0 2,140 5.37
148 Papua New Guinea Defence Force[208] 2,100 0 0 2,100 0.33
149 Military of Lesotho[180] 2,000 0 0 2,000 1.07
150 Military of Suriname[181] 1,840 0 0 1,840 4.20
151 Guyana Defence Force[174] 1,600 1,500 0 3,100 2.09
152 Timor Leste Defence Force (East Timor)[176][209] 1,500 0 0 1,500 0.62
153 Military of the Central African Republic[178] 1,400 0 1,000 2,400 0.67
154 Military of Equatorial Guinea[171][172] 1,320 0 2,000 3,320 2.46
155 Military of Cape Verde[184] 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.87
156 Military of Belize[182] 1,050 700 0 1,750 3.76
157 Military of Luxembourg[183] 900 0 612 1,512 1.92
158 Royal Bahamas Defence Force[186] 860 0 0 860 2.85
159 Military of The Gambia[187] 800 0 0 800 0.50
160 Military of Barbados[185] 610 430 0 1,040 2.18
161 Military of Seychelles[188] 450 0 250 700 5.54
161 Tonga Defence Services[189] 450 0 0 450 4.41
163 Royal Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force[190] 170 75 0 245 2.47

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

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

List of armed forces

This list of countries by size of armed forces, sorted by number of active troops, displays national troop levels by active troop strength, number of naval combatants, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. The list’s ranking however is based in the number of troops, not in the numbers of tanks, aircraft, ships or power of the armed forces. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. For example, "troop strength" in some forces might include administrative or paramilitary functions that in another country might be civilian roles and therefore excluded from the below figures.

Rank Country Active troops
(thousands)		 Reserve troops
(thousands)		 Defense budget (US$ BN) Tanks AC/LPHD CrE DF FG CoH NSI SJ AirK NuL
-- World 17,442 44,925 2,410.00 86,681 22 31 153 320 340 134 311 28,368 26,291
1 People's Republic of China[210][211][212][213][214][215][216] A 2,250 800 70.2 7,580 0 0 26 49 14 8 55 1700 200
2 United States[191][217][211][218][219] A 1,452 1,000 711 7,851 12 22 53 30 48 71 0 2604 9,200
3 India[19][211][220][221][222][223] A 1,325 1,155 30.5 5,000 1 0 8 13 24 0 16 730 130+
4 Russia[211][217][224][225][226][227][228][229][230][231] A 1,245 1,150 70 22,800 1 7 13 5 85 40 20 1600 16,800
5 North Korea[232] A 1,106 4,700 5 3,500 0 0 0 3 5 78 400 0
6 Pakistan[19][11][233][234] A 700 518 5.2 3,300 0 7 5 0 8 470 200
7 South Korea[19][235][236] 687 4,500 29.53 2,300 0 0 6 12 24 0 11 384 0
8 Turkey 617 378 30.94 4,205 0 19 6 14 900 0
9 Iran[8][237] 545 350 6.2 1,800 0 3 3 180 0
10 Vietnam 484 408 3.2 1,829 0 6 5 2 459 0
11 Egypt 442 428 3.3 3,680 0 12 4 567 0
12 Burma (Myanmar)[238] 428 - 7.07 800 0 4 128 0
13 Colombia[239] 421 - 3.3 0 4 4 30 0
14 Brazil[196][197][198][240][241][242] 370 1,115 24 601 1 0 1 11 5 0 5 171 0
15 Indonesia 316 400 1.3 365 0 7 7 2 61 0
16 Thailand 314 200 1.77 790 1 12 5 184 0
17 Syria[32] 296 132 1.85 4,100 0 5 7 3 472 0
18 Republic of China (Taiwan) 290 1,657 10.5 926 0 4 21 4 388 0
19 Germany[243] 250 38 31.1 1,500 0 15 3 11 243 NATO shared
20 Italy[243] 240 68 22 1,180 2 0 4 12 12 0 7 385 NATO shared
21 Japan[243][244][245][246] 239 47 41.1 980 0 13 39 16 360
22 France[247][243] A 225 100 37.9 1,021 1 1 12 11 9 10 0 368 300-350
23 Sri Lanka[248][249] 220 1.64 0 3 32 0
24 Eritrea 202 250 0.22 0 30 0
25 Morocco[250][251] 196 150 3.72 744 0 3 3 134 0
26 United Kingdom[247] A 195 191 68.91 393 2 0 7 17 4 12 0 341 300
27 Mexico 192 300 6.07 4,350 0 0 2 4 56 0 0 107 0
28 Israel[252][253][254] B 187 425 12.4 3,650 0 3 3 440 400
29 Ethiopia 182 0.29 400 0 48 0
30 Spain 177 329 12.3 552 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 181 0
30 Greece[243] 177 58 5.2 867 0 14 8 235 0
32 Ukraine[255][256] 149 1,000 2.07 3,784 0 2 1 351 0
33 Switzerland 140 80 2.54 556 0 138 0
34 Bangladesh[211] 137 0.83 180 0 5 125 0
35 Algeria 128 150 4.99 940 0 3 5 2 213 0
36 Poland 127 240 10.79 947 0 5 3 5 102 0
37 Azerbaijan[257] 126 575 2 600 0 198 0
38 Saudi Arabia[68] 124 75 27.2 1,055 0 7 291 0
38 Cambodia 124 0.11 0 0
40 Sudan 117 0.58 200 0 42 0
41 Philippines 113 403 1.34 126 0 1 13 43 0
42 Malaysia 110 1.69 48 0 2 6 3 93 0
42 Peru 110 188 0.82 300 0 1 1 8 6 0
44 Jordan 100 35 1.39 1,179 0 101 0
44 Angola 100 2 300 0 65 0
44 Venezuela 100 280 4 194 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 76 0
47 Romania 93 2.9 340 0 3 4 1 48 0
48 Nepal 90 0.1 0 0 0
49 Democratic Republic of the Congo 83 0.1 0 0
50 Chile 80 50 5.19 320 0 0 0 8 1 0 4 58 0
51 Belarus[243] 79 289 0.47 1,608 0 212 0
52 Nigeria 78 0.73 0 1 1 0
53 Libya 76 45 1.3 800 0 1 3 215 0
54 Serbia 75 200 1.4 860 0 40 0
55 Lebanon 72 0.54 310 0 0 0
56 Argentina 71 4.3 348 0 0 4 6 3 0 3 66 0
57 Afghanistan 70 0 0
58 Canada[93][243] 65 26 19.5 201 0 3 12 4 138 0
58 Kazakhstan 65 1,266 0 181 0
60 Rwanda 61
61 Armenia[258] 60 32 0.5 110 0 39 0
61 South Africa 60 3.7 168 0 4 2 43 0
61 Singapore 60 312 7.87 100 0 6 6 4 119 0
61 Uganda 60 0.1 0 0
65 Ecuador 59 100 0.91 140 0 2 6 2 0
66 Czech Republic[115][243] 57 4 1.16 179 0 31 0
67 Australia 54 20 23.18 210 0 13 6 160 0
68 Netherlands 53 32 10.8 110 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 90 NATO shared
69 Uzbekistan 53 0 0 0
70 Bulgaria[243] 51 303 0.41 560 0 5 3 1 88 0
70 Croatia[243] 51 1.09 200 0 6 1 24 0
72 United Arab Emirates 50 436 0 80 0
73 Cuba 46 12 0.2 1,600 0 110 0
74 Portugal 45 137 0 5 7 2 90 0
75 Oman 42 35 0 2 0
76 Belgium[243] 41 3.4 0 3 68 NATO shared
77 Yemen 40 1,250 0 2 463 0
77 Burundi 40 0 0
79 Finland[243] 37 485 1.93 124 0 63 0
80 Tunisia 35 0 56 0
81 Austria[243] 34 1.8 233 0 16 0
81 Sweden 34 262 6.7 160 0 9 5 138 0
83 Hungary[243] 33 0.75 12 0 23 0
84 Zimbabwe 32 0 0
84 Bolivia 32 40 0.15 20 0
86 Guatemala 31 35 0.12 0 10 0
87 Chad 30 0 6 0
88 Laos 29 0 0
89 Norway[259] 28 219 6.2 136 0 3 6 57 0
90 Tanzania 27 96 0 0 0
91 Slovakia 26 487 0 0
91 Turkmenistan 26 0 0
93 Dominican Republic 24 0 0
93 Kenya 24 76 0 15 0
93 Uruguay 24 0.25 85 0 3 28 0
96 Cameroon 23 0 0
96 Denmark[243] 23 65 2.7 57 0 2 4 3 48 0
98 Zambia 22 0 0
99 Albania[243] 20 0 0.1 435 0 0
100 Paraguay 19 15 0.13 0 0 0

Breakdown of aircraft

Country Fighters Bombers Attack
United States armed forces 3,022 235 388
Russian Federation 2,295 368 767
People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China) 1,252 222 1,169
India[260] 300 120 282
Israel 193 0 174
Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea) 348 39 35+
Pakistan 145 0 51
Korean People's Army (North Korea) 299 80 211
Vietnam 204 0 0

All information in this table is gathered from the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[211][261] otherwise where noted.

See also

Footnotes

  • ^A Declared nuclear weapon state
  • ^B Neither confirms nor denies possession of nuclear weapons
  • ^C Iraq under Saddam Hussein had up to 400,000 active troops
  • ^D AC/LPH - Aircraft Carriers/Landing Platform Helicopter
  • ^E Cr - Cruisers
  • ^F D - Destroyers
  • ^G F - Frigates
  • ^H Co - Corvettes
  • ^I NS - Nuclear submarines
  • ^J S - Conventional submarines
  • ^K Air - Fighter aircraft
  • ^L Nu - Nuclear Weapons
  • ^M Estimated combined number

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