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This is a list of countries sorted by the number of 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 numbers from time to time.

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Flag State Active Reserve Paramilitary Total Total per 1000 capita Active per 1000 capita
Afghanistan Afghanistan[1] 60,000 0 0 60,000 2.1 2.1
Albania Albania[2] 9,500 5,000 0 14,500 4.6 3
Algeria Algeria[3] 127,500 150,000 60,000 337,500 9.7 3.7
Angola Angola[4] 100,000 100,000 5.4 5.4
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda[5] 170 75 0 245 2.8 1.9
Argentina Argentina[6] 71,800 0 47,240 119,040 3 1.8
Armenia Armenia[7] 60,000 300,000 10,000 370,000 114.5 18.6
Australia Australia[8] 53,572 20,300 0 73,872 3.4 2.5
Austria Austria[9] 34,600 72,000 106,600 12.8 4.1
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[10] 72,100 300,000 15,000 387,100 44.9 8.4
The Bahamas Bahamas[11] 860 0 0 860 2.5 2.5
Bahrain Bahrain[12] 11,200 0 10,160 21,360 27 14.2
Bangladesh Bangladesh[13] 252,000 470,000 63,250 785,250 4.8 1.6
Barbados Barbados[14] 610 430 0 1,040 4.1 2.4
Belarus Belarus[15] 79,800 289,500 110,000 479,300 49.6 8.3
Belgium Belgium[16] 40,800 100,500 0 141,300 13.2 3.8
Belize Belize[17] 1,050 700 0 1,750 5.4 3.3
Benin Benin[18] 4,550 0 3,000 7,550 0.8 0.5
Bolivia Bolivia[19] 31,500 0 37,100 68,600 7 3.2
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina[20] 9,200 0 0 9,200 2.4 2.4
Botswana Botswana[21] 9,000 0 1,500 10,500 5.4 4.6
Brazil Brazil[22] 369,000 1,600,000 285,600 2,254,600 11.8 1.9
Brunei Brunei[23] 7,000 0 3,750 10,750 26.9 17.5
Bulgaria Bulgaria[24] 39,000 303,000 34,000 376,000 49.5 5.1
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso[25] 6,000 45,000 1,800 52,800 3.4 0.4
Burundi Burundi[26] 40,000 0 5,500 45,500 5.5 4.8
Cambodia Cambodia[27][28] 124,300 130,000 67,000 321,300 24 9.3
Cameroon Cameroon[29] 23,100 0 9,000 32,100 1.6 1.2
Canada Canada[30][31] 66,949 35,056 9,350 111,355 3.3 2
Cape Verde Cape Verde[32] 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.4 2.4
Central African Republic Central African Republic[33] 1,400 0 1,000 2,400 0.5 0.3
Chad Chad[34] 30,350 0 4,500 34,850 3.1 2.7
Chile Chile[35] 80,500 50,000 36,800 167,300 9.9 4.8
People's Republic of China China[36] A 2,255,000 800,000 3,969,000 7,024,000 5.3 1.7
Colombia Colombia[37] 285,554 0 152,519 438,073 9.7 6.3
Croatia Croatia[38][39] 20,000 12,000 10,000 42,000 9.5 4.5
Cuba Cuba[40] 46,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,231,500 109.9 4.1
Cyprus Cyprus[41] 10,000 60,000 750 70,750 88.3 12.5
Czech Republic Czech Republic[42] 57,050 0 5,600 62,650 6 5.4
Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire[43] 17,050 0 7,000 24,050 1.1 0.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo[44] 83,800 0 1,400 85,200 1.3 1.3
Denmark Denmark[45] 22,880 64,900 61,500 149,280 27.1 4.1
Djibouti Djibouti[46] 9,850 0 1,400 11,250 13 11.4
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic[47] 24,500 0 15,000 39,500 3.9 2.4
Ecuador Ecuador[48] 59,500 100,000 18,000 177,500 12.7 4.2
Egypt Egypt[49][50] 450,000 254,000 405,000 1,109,000 14.4 5.8
El Salvador El Salvador[51] 16,800 9,900 12,000 38,700 6.3 2.7
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea[52][53] 1,320 0 2,000 3,320 4.9 2
Eritrea Eritrea[54][55][56] 202,000 250,000 0 452,000 89.1 39.8
Estonia Estonia[57] 6,600 220,000 8,000 234,600 175 4.9
Ethiopia Ethiopia[58][59] 182,500 0 0 182,500 2.3 2.3
Fiji Fiji[60] 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 11.2 4.1
Finland Finland[61] 31,850 485,000 3,100 519,950 97.4 6
France France[62][63][64] A 259,050 419,000 101,400 779,450 12 4
Gabon Gabon[65][66] 4,700 0 1,500 6,200 4.2 3.2
The Gambia Gambia[67] 800 0 0 800 0.5 0.5
Georgia (country) Georgia[68] 17,500 250,000 11,700 279,200 63.7 4
Germany Germany[69][70][71] 284,500 358,650 40,000 683,150 8.3 3.5
Ghana Ghana[72] 7,000 0 0 7,000 0.3 0.3
Greece Greece[73] 177,600 291,000 4,000 472,600 42 15.8
Guatemala Guatemala[74] 31,400 35,000 19,000 85,400 6.1 2.2
Guinea Guinea[75] 9,700 0 9,600 19,300 1.9 1
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau[76] 9,250 0 2,000 11,250 7 5.7
Guyana Guyana[77] 1,600 1,500 0 3,100 4.1 2.1
Honduras Honduras[78] 8,300 60,000 6,000 74,300 10 1.1
Hungary Hungary[79][80] 33,400 90,300 12,000 135,700 13.5 3.3
India India[81] A 1,414,000 1,155,000 1,293,300 3,862,300 3.3 1.2
Indonesia Indonesia[82][83] 410,000 400,000 207,000 1,017,000 4.4 1.8
Iran Iran[84][85] 945,000 125,000 11,000,000 12,070,000 162.7 12.7
Iraq Iraq[86]C 273,618 0 315,436 589,054 19.2 8.9
Republic of Ireland Ireland[87] 10,460 7,000 0 17,460 3.9 2.4
Israel Israel[88]B 176,500 445,000 7,650 629,150 84.7 23.8
Italy Italy[89][90] 230,350 65,200 238,800 534,350 8.9 3.8
Jamaica Jamaica[91] 2,830 953 0 3,783 1.4 1
Japan Japan[92][93] 239,900 44,400 12,250 296,550 2.3 1.9
Jordan Jordan[94][95] 100,700 35,000 10,000 145,700 23.1 15.9
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan[96] 65,800 237,000 34,500 337,300 21.7 4.2
Kenya Kenya[97] 24,120 0 5,000 29,120 0.7 0.6
Kosovo Kosovo 2,500 800 0 3,300 1.6 1.2
Kuwait Kuwait[98][99][100] 15,500 24,000 6,600 46,100 15.4 5.2
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan[101] 12,500 57,000 5,000 74,500 13.6 2.3
Laos Laos[102] 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 20.4 4.6
Latvia Latvia[103] 5,500 14,050 3,200 22,750 10.1 2.4
Lebanon Lebanon[104][105] 72,100 0 13,000 85,100 20.1 17.1
Lesotho Lesotho[106] 2,000 0 0 2,000 1 1
Liberia Liberia[107] 13,000 0 0 13,000 3.7 3.7
Libya Libya[108][109] 76,000 40,000 3,000 119,000 18.5 11.8
Lithuania Lithuania[110] 13,510 309,200 14,390 337,100 100.6 4
Luxembourg Luxembourg[111] 900 0 612 1,512 3.1 1.8
Madagascar Madagascar[112][113] 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 1.1 0.7
Malawi Malawi[114][115] 5,300 0 1,500 6,800 0.4 0.3
Malaysia Malaysia[116][117] 110,000 41,600 20,100 171,700 6.3 4
Mali Mali[118] 7,350 0 4,800 12,150 0.9 0.6
Malta Malta[119] 2,140 0 0 2,140 5.2 5.2
Mauritania Mauritania[120][121] 15,750 4,500 20,250 6.2 4.8
Mexico Mexico[122] 192,770 300,000 25,000 517,770 4.8 1.8
Moldova Moldova[123] 7,200 66,000 4,300 77,500 21.7 2
Mongolia Mongolia[124] 9,100 137,000 7,200 153,300 57.4 3.4
Montenegro Montenegro[citation needed] 6,500 0 0 6,500 10.4 10.4
Morocco Morocco[125][126] 196,300 150,000 50,000 396,300 12.6 6.2
Mozambique Mozambique[127] 10,000 0 0 10,000 0.4 0.4
Myanmar Myanmar[128][129] 428,250 0 72,000 500,250 10 8.6
Namibia Namibia[130] 9,000 0 6,000 15,000 6.9 4.1
Nepal Nepal[131] 63,000 0 15,000 78,000 2.7 2.1
Netherlands Netherlands[132][133] 53,130 32,200 3,300 88,630 5.4 3.2
New Zealand New Zealand[134] 9,732 2,242 0 11,974 2.8 2.3
Nicaragua Nicaragua[135] 14,000 0 0 14,000 2.4 2.4
Niger Niger[136] 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.7 0.3
Nigeria Nigeria[137] 78,500 0 82,000 160,500 1 0.5
North Korea North Korea[36] A 1,106,000 4,700,000 189,000 5,995,000 249.3 46
Norway Norway[138] 27,600 219,000 29,400 276,000 57.2 5.7
Oman Oman[139][140] 41,700 0 10,800 52,500 18.5 14.7
Pakistan Pakistan[36][141] A 700,000 528,000 302,000 1,530,000 9.2 4.2
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea[142] 3,100 0 0 3,100 0.5 0.5
Paraguay Paraguay[143] 18,600 164,500 14,800 197,900 31.2 2.9
Peru Peru[144] 110,000 188,000 77,000 375,000 12.9 3.8
Philippines Philippines[145] 106,000 131,000 158,500 395,500 4.3 1.1
Poland Poland[146] 99,000 234,000 21,300 354,300 9.3 2.6
Portugal Portugal[147][148] 44,900 210,930 25,600 281,430 26.5 4.2
Qatar Qatar[149][150] 12,400 0 0 12,400 8.8 8.8
Republic of China Republic of China (Taiwan)[36] 290,000 1,653,500 22,000 1,965,500 85.4 12.6
Republic of Macedonia Republic of Macedonia[151] 12,850 60,000 7,600 80,450 39.3 6.3
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo[152] 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 3.3 2.7
Romania Romania[153][154] 97,200 104,000 79,900 281,100 13.1 4.5
Russia Russia[155][156][157] A 1,037,000 2,400,000 359,100 3,796,100 26.8 7.3
Rwanda Rwanda[158] 61,000 0 10,000 71,000 7.1 6.1
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[159][160][161] 199,500 20,000 15,000 234,500 9.1 7.8
Senegal Senegal[162] 9,400 0 5,800 15,200 1.2 0.7
Serbia Serbia[163] 74,500 400,000 40,000 514,500 66.4 9.6
Seychelles Seychelles[164] 450 0 250 700 8.3 5.4
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone[165] 13,000 0 0 13,000 2.3 2.3
Singapore Singapore[166] 60,500 312,500 96,300 469,300 97 12.5
Slovakia Slovakia[167][167][168] 26,200 20,000 4,700 50,900 9.4 4.8
Slovenia Slovenia[169][170] 9,000 20,000 4,500 33,500 16.4 4.4
South Africa South Africa[171] 55,750 17,700 73,450 1.5 1.1
South Korea South Korea[172] 687,000 4,500,000 23,000 5,210,000 107.7 14.2
Spain Spain[173][174] 177,950 328,500 72,600 579,050 12.6 3.9
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[175] 266,700 10,800 96,600 374,100 18.5 13.2
Sudan Sudan[176][177] 104,500 0 95,000 199,500 4.7 2.5
Suriname Suriname[178] 1,840 0 0 1,840 3.5 3.5
Sweden Sweden[179] 33,900 262,000 38,650 334,550 36 3.7
Switzerland Switzerland[180] 3,500 320,400 280,000 603,900 78.2 0.5
Syria Syria[181][182] 296,000 132,500 108,000 536,500 24.5 13.5
Tajikistan Tajikistan[183] 6,000 0 1,200 7,200 1 0.9
Tanzania Tanzania[184] 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 2.5 0.6
East Timor Timor-Leste[185] 1,500 1,500 0 3,000 2.6 1.3
Togo Togo[186] 9,450 0 750 10,200 1.5 1.4
Tonga Tonga[187] 450 0 0 450 4.3 4.3
Transnistria Transnistria[188] 4,500 15,000 2,000 21,500 40 8.4
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago[189] 2,700 0 0 2,700 2 2
Tunisia Tunisia[190][191] 35,000 0 12,000 47,000 4.6 3.4
Turkey Turkey[192][193][194] 514,000 980,000 948,700 2,442,700 34.2 7.2
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan[195] 26,000 0 0 26,000 5.1 5.1
Uganda Uganda[196] 60,000 0 1,800 61,800 1.9 1.8
Ukraine Ukraine[197] 148,000 1,000,000 112,500 1,260,500 27.3 3.2
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates[198][199] 50,500 0 0 50,500 11 11
United Kingdom United Kingdom 208,000 233,860 43,000 484,860 7.9 3.4
United States United States[200][201][202] A 1,473,900 1,458,500 453,000 3,385,400 11 4.8
Uruguay Uruguay[203] 24,000 500 920 25,420 7.6 7.1
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan[204] 40,000 0 17,000 57,000 2.1 1.5
Venezuela Venezuela[205][206] 83,300 50,000 24,000 157,300 5.5 2.9
Vietnam Vietnam[207] 484,000 4,000,000 5,080,000 9,564,000 108.6 5.5
Yemen Yemen[208][209] 65,000 40,000 70,000 175,000 7.4 2.8
Zambia Zambia[210] 21,600 0 1,400 23,000 1.8 1.7
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe[211] 32,000 0 21,800 53,800 4.3 2.6

[edit] Notes

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

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

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] Gallery

Number of total troops per country

Number of active troops per country

[edit] References

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