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Number of active troops per country

This list of countries by size of armed forces 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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Rank (by number of active troops) - Country Active troops
(thousands) 		Reserve troops
(thousands) 		Defense budget (US$ BN) Tanks AC Cr D F Co NS S Air Nu
-- Template:Country data World World 17,442 44,925 1,200.00 86,681 24 28 204 319 335 134 259 17,489 26,291
1. China People's Republic of China ** 2,255[1] 800 59.00 7,580[2] 0 0 28 43 70 10 46 2,643[3] 400 [4]
2. United States United States of America ** 1,380[5] 1,463 583.283 7,821[2] 12[2] 25 56 34 48 72[6] 6[7] 2,604[2] 9,200 [8]
3. India India ** 1,485[3] 1,455 26.50[9] 5,220[2] 1[10] (+1 after 2012[11] 0 8 13 32 0 16 1,242[3] 200-300[12]
4. Russia Russia ** 1,245[2] 1,690 40.00[13] 28,381[2] 1(+6 after 2015+) 7 20 18 66 35 49 2,118[2] 16,800[14]
5. North Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea ** 1,106 4,700 5.00 3,500[3] 0 0 0 2 0 26 621 0-10 [15]
6. South Korea Republic of Korea 687 4,500 [16] 29.53 2,300[3] 0 0 12 9 28 0 20 468 [17] 0
7. Pakistan Pakistan ** 610 518 5.20 2,451[3] 0 0 0 7[3] 5 0 5[18][19] 523 [20] 30-50 [21]
8. Iran Iran 615[22] 350 6.30 1,800[23] 0 0 3 4 3 0 13 402[24] 0
9. Myanmar Myanmar 492 - 0.03 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0
10. Vietnam Vietnam 484 3,000 3.2 1,829 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 211 0
11. Egypt Egypt 450 254 3.30 3,680 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 567 0
12. Turkey Turkey 402[25] 378 15.16 4,205 0 0 0 18 6 0 14 424 NATO shared
13. Ukraine Ukraine 361 1,000 2.065 [26] 3784 [27] 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 817[28] 0
14. Indonesia Indonesia 316 400 1.30 365 0 0 0 11 23 0 2 61 0
15. Thailand Thailand 314 200 1.77 790 1 0 0 10 7 0 0 184 0
16. Syria Syria 296 354 0.85 4,000 0 0 0 2 0 0 144 0
17. Taiwan Republic of China (Taiwan) 290 1,657 10.5 926 0 0 4 21 0 4 390 0
18. Brazil Brazil 287 1,115 24.4 331 1 0 0 11 0 5 180 0
19. Germany Germany 285 338 45.00 2,408 0 0 0 15 3 0 12 243 NATO shared
20. France France ** 225 100 74.39 1,021 1 0 23 8 10 0 340 350 [29]
21. Colombia Colombia 960* 62 3.30 0 0 0 3 12 0 4 30 0
22. Italy Italy 240 68 43.00 1,600*** 2 0 4 12 8 0 9 386 NATO shared
23. Japan Japan 239 47 48.86 980[30] 0 0 44[31] 0[31] 0 0 16[31] 360[32]
24. Poland Poland 155 260 10.79 947 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 102 0
25. Algeria Algeria 230 150 4.99 1200 0 2 0 6 32 0 8 450 0
26. Eritrea Eritrea 202 250 0.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
27. Morocco Morocco 196 150 3.72 744 0 0 0 3[33] 3[34] 0 156 0
28. United Kingdom United Kingdom ** 195 233 68.911 1,175 3+ 2 new in 2013 1 8 17 13[35] 0 504 [36] 200 [29]
29. Mexico Mexico 192 300 6.07 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 107 0
30. Israel Israel # 187 425 9.44 3,650[37] 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 416[38] 70-400[39]
31. Ethiopia Ethiopia 182 0.29 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0
32. Spain Spain 177 329 12.30 552 1 0 0 11 0 0 4 181 0
33. Greece Greece 177 291 7.64 1,552 0 0 0 14 4 0 8 305 NATO shared
34. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 157 0.60 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 32 0
35. Switzerland Switzerland 140 80 2.54 556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0
36. Bangladesh Bangladesh 137 0.83 180[2] 0 0 0 5 0 0 125 0
38. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 126 575 2[5] 600+ 0 1 0 198 0
39. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 124 75 27.20 1055[40] 0 0 0 7 0 0 291 0
40. Sudan Sudan 117 0.58 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0
41. Philippines Philippines 113 403 1.34 126 0 0 1 13 0 0 43 0
42. Malaysia Malaysia 110 1.69 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 93 0
43. Peru Peru 110 188 0.82 300 0 1 1 8 0 6 0
44. Jordan Jordan 100 35 1.39 1,179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0
45. Angola Angola 100 2.00 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0
46. Venezuela Venezuela 100 280 4.00 0 0 0 6 0 2 76 0
47. Romania Romania 93 2.90 340 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 48 0
48. Nepal Nepal 90 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49. Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 83 0.103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50. Chile Chile 80 50 5.19 320 0 0 0 7 7 0 4 58 0
51. Belarus Belarus 79 289 0.42 1,608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 0
52. Nigeria Nigeria 78 0.73 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
53. Libya Libya 76 1.30 0 0 0 0 0
53. Serbia Serbia 75 200 1.4 243 0 0 0 0 40 0
54. Cambodia Cambodia 124 0.11 0 0 0 0 0
55. Lebanon Lebanon 72 0.54 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
56. Argentina Argentina 71 4.30 200 0 0 1 4 9 0 3 66 0
57. Afghanistan Afghanistan 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 65 1,266 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
59. Yemen Yemen 40 1,250 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 463 0
60. Canada Canada 62 35 18.00 86 0 0 3 12 0 4 119 NATO shared
61. Rwanda Rwanda 61
62. Armenia Armenia[41] 60 32 0.135 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
63. South Africa South Africa 60 3.70 168 0 0 0 4 0 2 43 0
64. Singapore Singapore 60 312 100 0 0 0 6 6 0 4 119 0
65. Uganda Uganda 60 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66. Ecuador Ecuador 59 100 0.91 140 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 0
67. Czech Republic Czech Republic 57 2.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0
68. Australia Australia 54 20 23.18 210 0 0 0 13 0 0 6 160 0
69. Netherlands Netherlands 53 32 10.8 88 0 0 0 5 0 0 4 90 NATO shared
70. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
71.= Bulgaria Bulgaria 51 303 1.0 560 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 88 0
71.= Croatia Croatia 51 1.14 200 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 24 0
73. United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 50 436 0 0 0 0 0 80 0
74. Cuba Cuba 46 12 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0
75. Portugal Portugal 45 100 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 40 0
76. Oman Oman 42 35 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
77. Belgium Belgium 41 4.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 68 NATO shared
78. Burundi Burundi 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
79. Finland Finland 37 485 9.80 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0
80. Tunisia Tunisia 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0
81. Austria Austria 34 233 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
82. Sweden Sweden 34 262 6.70 160 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 138 0
83. Hungary Hungary 33 1.35 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
84. Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 32 0 0 0 0 0 0
85. Bolivia Bolivia 32 40 0.147 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
86. Guatemala Guatemala 31 35 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
87. Chad Chad 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
88. Laos Laos 29 0 0 0 0 0 0
89. Norway Norway 28 219 6.2[42] 136 0 0 0 3 0 6 57 0
90. Tanzania Tanzania 27 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
91. Slovakia Slovakia 26 487 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
92. Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
93. Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
94. Kenya Kenya 24 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
95. Uruguay Uruguay 24 0.25 85 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0
96. Cameroon Cameroon 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97. Denmark Denmark 23 65 2.50 57 0 0 2 4 3 0 48 0
98. Zambia Zambia 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99. Albania Albania 20 0 0.056 435 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
100. Paraguay Paraguay 19 15 0.125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

See also

Note

  • * - Estimated combined number
  • ** - Declared nuclear weapon state.
  • *** - all types:(leopard 1 -1000-;Centauro -400-;Ariete -200-)
  • # - Neither confirms nor denies possession of nuclear weapons.
  • AC/LPH - Aircraft Carriers/Landing Platform Helicopter
  • Cr - Cruisers
  • D - Destroyers
  • F - Frigates
  • Co - Corvettes
  • NS - Nuclear submarines
  • S - Conventional submarines

References

  1. ^ China: National Security
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 Retrieved on 03-27-08
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 II Retrieved on 03-27-08
  4. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: P.R. China, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  5. ^ http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/rg0708.pdf
  6. ^ Nuclear Submarines Worldwide: Current force structure and future developments - Bellona.org
  7. ^ http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ Hazegray.org]
  8. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: United States, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  9. ^ India's defence budget rises, but problems remain | Business | Reuters
  10. ^ R 22 Viraat
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ NationMaster - Indian Military statistics
  13. ^ [2]
  14. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: USSR/Russia, warheads, various estimates
  15. ^ NationMaster - Korean Military statistics
  16. ^ South Korea: NATIONAL SECURITY
  17. ^ ROK Air Force Equipment
  18. ^ Pakistan Current Capabilities
  19. ^ Last of three Agosta 90B submarines for Pakistan, launched[August 10 2007]
  20. ^ [3]
  21. ^ NationMaster - Pakistani Military statistics
  22. ^ CSIS - Iran
  23. ^ Iranian Ground Forces Equipment
  24. ^ Air Force Equipment
  25. ^ Turkey: National Security
  26. ^ Ukrainian Armed Forces White Book
  27. ^ IISS Military Balance 2007, Routledge for the IISS, London, p.176-77
  28. ^ Trendafilovski, Vladimir (2006). "Ukrainian Reforms". AirForces Monthly (#216): pp. 32–39. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |quotes= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  29. ^ a b Nuclear Stockpiles: United Kingdom and France, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  30. ^ Ground Self-Defense Forces
  31. ^ a b c Japanese Warships
  32. ^ Aircraft of the Japan Air Self Defence Force
  33. ^ Haze Gray & Underway: World Navies Today
  34. ^ Le Maroc opte pour des corvettes néerlandaises
  35. ^ Submarine Service : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
  36. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft
  37. ^ Army Equipment - Israel
  38. ^ IAF Equipment - Israel
  39. ^ Federation of American Scientists - Estimates of Israeli nuclear warheads
  40. ^ Saudi Arabia: NATIONAL SECURITY
  41. ^ Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army - Active personnel: 18,500-20,000. The Karabakh army's heavy military hardware includes: 316 tanks, 324 armored vehicles, 322 artillery pieces of calibers over 122 mm, 44 multiple rocket launchers, and a new anti-aircraft defense system
  42. ^ According to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the 2008 budget was NOK 31.5 billion, as of July 2008 equal to USD 6.2 billion. [4]

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