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Countries Ranked by Active Military Personnel

174 of 195 countries have data for this metric. Countries without a value are omitted, not shown as zero.
#CountryActive Military PersonnelConfidence
1 🇨🇳China 2,035,000 MEDIUM
2 🇮🇳India 1,431,000 HIGH
3 🇺🇸United States 1,390,000 MEDIUM
4 🇰🇵North Korea 1,280,000 LOW
5 🇷🇺Russia 1,150,000 MEDIUM
6 🇺🇦Ukraine 900,000 LOW
7 🇵🇰Pakistan 660,000 HIGH
8 🇮🇷Iran 610,000 LOW
9 🇰🇷South Korea 555,000 MEDIUM
10 🇻🇳Vietnam 470,000 LOW
11 🇪🇬Egypt 440,000 LOW
12 🇮🇩Indonesia 400,000 LOW
13 🇲🇲Myanmar 400,000 LOW
14 🇧🇷Brazil 360,000 MEDIUM
15 🇹🇭Thailand 360,000 LOW
16 🇹🇷Türkiye 355,000 MEDIUM
17 🇩🇿Algeria 325,000 LOW
18 🇨🇴Colombia 290,000 LOW
19 🇲🇽Mexico 260,000 LOW
20 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 250,000 LOW
21 🇱🇰Sri Lanka 250,000 LOW
22 🇯🇵Japan 247,000 MEDIUM
23 🇳🇬Nigeria 220,000 LOW
24 🇫🇷France 200,000 MEDIUM
25 🇮🇶Iraq 200,000 LOW
26 🇲🇦Morocco 200,000 LOW
27 🇵🇱Poland 200,000 MEDIUM
28 🏳️United Kingdom 185,000 MEDIUM
29 🇩🇪Germany 183,000 MEDIUM
30 🇮🇱Israel 170,000 MEDIUM
31 🇮🇹Italy 165,000 MEDIUM
32 🇧🇩Bangladesh 160,000 LOW
33 🇪🇹Ethiopia 160,000 LOW
34 🇵🇭Philippines 150,000 LOW
35 🇦🇫Afghanistan 147,000 MEDIUM
36 🏳️Greece 140,000 MEDIUM
37 🇸🇾Syria 140,000 LOW
38 🇨🇩DR Congo 130,000 LOW
39 🇹🇿Tanzania 120,600 MEDIUM
40 🇪🇸Spain 120,000 MEDIUM
41 🇻🇪Venezuela 120,000 LOW
42 🇲🇾Malaysia 110,000 LOW
43 🇸🇩Sudan 110,000 LOW
44 🇯🇴Jordan 100,000 LOW
45 🇰🇪Kenya 99,000 MEDIUM
46 🇳🇪Niger 91,000 MEDIUM
47 🇵🇪Peru 90,000 LOW
48 🇺🇬Uganda 86,400 MEDIUM
49 🇧🇫Burkina Faso 80,500 MEDIUM
50 🇲🇱Mali 80,500 MEDIUM
51 🇦🇷Argentina 80,000 LOW
52 🇨🇱Chile 80,000 LOW
53 🇱🇧Lebanon 80,000 LOW
54 🇿🇦South Africa 75,000 LOW
55 🇨🇦Canada 70,000 MEDIUM
56 🇷🇴Romania 70,000 LOW
57 🇦🇿Azerbaijan 65,000 LOW
58 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 65,000 LOW
59 🇦🇴Angola 64,800 MEDIUM
60 🇬🇭Ghana 61,200 MEDIUM
61 🇦🇺Australia 60,000 MEDIUM
62 🇸🇬Singapore 60,000 MEDIUM
63 🇲🇿Mozambique 59,400 MODELED
64 🇲🇬Madagascar 54,000 MODELED
65 🇳🇵Nepal 54,000 MEDIUM
66 🇨🇲Cameroon 50,400 MEDIUM
67 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire 50,400 MEDIUM
68 🇧🇾Belarus 50,000 LOW
69 🇨🇺Cuba 50,000 LOW
70 🇺🇿Uzbekistan 50,000 LOW
71 🇦🇲Armenia 45,000 LOW
72 🇳🇱Netherlands 45,000 MEDIUM
73 🇴🇲Oman 45,000 LOW
74 🇰🇿Kazakhstan 40,000 LOW
75 🇾🇪Yemen 40,000 LOW
76 🇸🇸South Sudan 38,500 MODELED
77 🇲🇼Malawi 37,800 MODELED
78 🇹🇲Turkmenistan 37,000 LOW
79 🇿🇲Zambia 36,000 MODELED
80 🇹🇩Chad 32,400 MODELED
81 🇪🇨Ecuador 32,400 MEDIUM
82 🇬🇹Guatemala 32,400 MEDIUM
83 🇸🇳Senegal 32,400 MEDIUM
84 🇰🇭Cambodia 30,600 MEDIUM
85 🇧🇬Bulgaria 30,000 LOW
86 🇿🇼Zimbabwe 28,800 MEDIUM
87 🇨🇿Czechia 28,000 LOW
88 🇷🇸Serbia 28,000 LOW
89 🇵🇹Portugal 27,000 LOW
90 🇧🇯Benin 25,200 MODELED
91 🇬🇳Guinea 25,200 MODELED
92 🇷🇼Rwanda 25,200 MODELED
93 🇧🇪Belgium 25,000 MEDIUM
94 🇫🇮Finland 25,000 MEDIUM
95 🇭🇺Hungary 25,000 LOW
96 🇳🇴Norway 25,000 MEDIUM
97 🇸🇪Sweden 25,000 MEDIUM
98 🇱🇾Libya 24,500 MEDIUM
99 🇧🇮Burundi 23,400 MODELED
100 🇦🇹Austria 22,000 LOW
101 🇧🇴Bolivia 21,600 MEDIUM
102 🇹🇳Tunisia 21,600 MEDIUM
103 🇭🇹Haiti 21,060 MODELED
104 🇩🇴Dominican Republic 20,340 MEDIUM
105 🇸🇴Somalia 20,000 LOW
106 🇨🇭Switzerland 20,000 MEDIUM
107 🇨🇫Central African Republic 19,950 MODELED
108 🇭🇳Honduras 19,080 MEDIUM
109 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 18,720 MEDIUM
110 🇹🇯Tajikistan 18,540 MODELED
111 🇩🇰Denmark 17,000 MEDIUM
112 🇰🇼Kuwait 17,000 LOW
113 🇱🇹Lithuania 17,000 LOW
114 🇶🇦Qatar 17,000 LOW
115 🇹🇬Togo 16,200 MODELED
116 🇸🇱Sierra Leone 15,480 MODELED
117 🇭🇷Croatia 15,000 LOW
118 🇸🇰Slovakia 15,000 LOW
119 🇱🇦Laos 13,680 MODELED
120 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 12,600 MODELED
121 🇳🇮Nicaragua 12,600 MODELED
122 🇵🇾Paraguay 12,240 MEDIUM
123 🇨🇾Cyprus 12,000 MEDIUM
124 🇸🇻El Salvador 11,340 MEDIUM
125 🇨🇬Congo Republic 10,800 MODELED
126 🇩🇯Djibouti 10,000 MEDIUM
127 🇳🇿New Zealand 10,000 MEDIUM
128 🇱🇷Liberia 9,720 MODELED
129 🇵🇸Palestine 9,720 MODELED
130 🇨🇷Costa Rica 9,360 MEDIUM
131 🇲🇷Mauritania 8,820 MODELED
132 🇵🇦Panama 8,100 MEDIUM
133 🇧🇭Bahrain 8,000 LOW
134 🇧🇹Bhutan 8,000 MEDIUM
135 🇮🇪Ireland 8,000 LOW
136 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam 7,000 MEDIUM
137 🇪🇪Estonia 7,000 LOW
138 🇱🇻Latvia 7,000 LOW
139 🇸🇮Slovenia 7,000 LOW
140 🇪🇷Eritrea 6,660 MODELED
141 🇬🇪Georgia 6,660 MEDIUM
142 🇲🇳Mongolia 6,300 MODELED
143 🇺🇾Uruguay 6,120 MEDIUM
144 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,760 MODELED
145 🇦🇱Albania 5,040 MODELED
146 🇬🇲Gambia 5,040 MODELED
147 🇯🇲Jamaica 5,040 MODELED
148 🇧🇼Botswana 4,680 MODELED
149 🇳🇦Namibia 4,680 MODELED
150 🇲🇩Moldova 4,500 MODELED
151 🇬🇦Gabon 4,320 MODELED
152 🇱🇸Lesotho 4,140 MODELED
153 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago 4,000 MEDIUM
154 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 3,780 MODELED
155 🇫🇯Fiji 3,500 MEDIUM
156 🇲🇰North Macedonia 3,240 MODELED
157 🇸🇿Eswatini 3,000 MEDIUM
158 🇲🇻Maldives 2,000 MEDIUM
159 🇲🇪Montenegro 2,000 MEDIUM
160 🇸🇷Suriname 2,000 MEDIUM
161 🇲🇹Malta 1,700 MEDIUM
162 🇧🇿Belize 1,500 MEDIUM
163 🇹🇱Timor-Leste 1,500 MEDIUM
164 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 1,300 MEDIUM
165 🇨🇻Cabo Verde 1,200 MEDIUM
166 🇬🇾Guyana 1,100 MEDIUM
167 🇱🇺Luxembourg 1,000 MEDIUM
168 🇲🇺Mauritius 1,000 MEDIUM
169 🇰🇲Comoros 800 MEDIUM
170 🇸🇨Seychelles 500 MEDIUM
171 🇹🇴Tonga 500 MEDIUM
172 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe 300 MEDIUM
173 🇲🇨Monaco 250 MEDIUM
174 🇸🇲San Marino 50 MEDIUM
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