Rankings · military
Countries by armed forces personnel
Active duty military and paramilitary personnel. 170 countries ranked for 2020 (people).
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| 1 |  India | 3.1M people | +16.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 2 |  China | 2.5M people | -13.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 3 |  North Korea | 1.5M people | +6.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 4 |  Russia | 1.5M people | +1.7% | = |
| 5 |  United States | 1.4M people | -11.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 6 |  Pakistan | 943K people | -0.3% | = |
| 7 |  Egypt | 836K people | +0.1% | = |
| 8 |  Brazil | 762K people | +6.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 9 |  Indonesia | 676K people | +16.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 10 |  Iran | 650K people | +15.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 11 |  South Korea | 569K people | -13.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 12 |  Vietnam | 522K people | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 13 |  Turkey | 512K people | -16.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 14 |  Myanmar | 463K people | -9.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 15 |  Iraq | 459K people | -42.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 16 |  Thailand | 455K people | +8.4% | ▲ 1 |
| 17 |  Colombia | 428K people | -3.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 18 |  Venezuela | 343K people | +198.3% | ▲ 35 |
| 19 |  Mexico | 341K people | +2.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 20 |  Italy | 338K people | -5.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 21 |  Algeria | 326K people | +2.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 22 |  Sri Lanka | 317K people | +42.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 23 |  France | 304K people | -11.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 24 |  Ukraine | 298K people | +38.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 25 |  Saudi Arabia | 282K people | +13.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 26 |  Syria | 269K people | -33.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 27 |  Japan | 261K people | +0.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 28 |  Morocco | 246K people | +0.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 29 |  Bangladesh | 227K people | +2.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 30 |  Nigeria | 223K people | +37.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 31 |  Eritrea | 202K people | +0.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 32 |  Spain | 199K people | -10.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 33 |  Cambodia | 191K people | -0.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 34 |  Poland | 189K people | +55.7% | ▲ 17 |
| 35 |  Germany | 183K people | -27.2% | ▼ 10 |
| 36 |  Israel | 178K people | -3.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 37 |  Afghanistan | 165K people | -46.2% | ▼ 14 |
| 38 |  Belarus | 158K people | -13.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 39 |  Peru | 158K people | -17.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 40 |  Philippines | 157K people | -5.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 41 |  United Kingdom | 153K people | -12.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 42 |  Greece | 147K people | -1.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 43 |  Sudan | 144K people | +13.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 44 |  Ethiopia | 138K people | +0.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 45 |  Malaysia | 136K people | +1.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 46 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 134K people | -15.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 47 |  Laos | 129K people | -0.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 48 |  Romania | 128K people | -16.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 49 |  Angola | 117K people | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 50 |  Jordan | 116K people | +5.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 51 |  Chile | 114K people | +9.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 52 |  Nepal | 112K people | -29.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 53 |  Argentina | 103K people | -1.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 54 |  South Africa | 89K people | +15.4% | ▲ 9 |
| 55 |  Azerbaijan | 82K people | +0.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 56 |  Lebanon | 80K people | +1.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 57 |  Cuba | 76K people | +0.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 58 |  Canada | 72K people | +9.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 59 |  Bolivia | 71K people | -14.7% | = |
| 60 |  Dominican Republic | 71K people | +79.7% | ▲ 18 |
| 61 |  Kazakhstan | 71K people | -11.8% | = |
| 62 |  Uzbekistan | 68K people | -21.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  United Arab Emirates | 63K people | +23.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 64 |  Australia | 60K people | +6.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 65 |  Singapore | 59K people | -60.0% | ▼ 21 |
| 66 |  Turkmenistan | 57K people | +159.1% | ▲ 33 |
| 67 |  South Sudan | 53K people | -62.1% | ▼ 22 |
| 68 |  Portugal | 52K people | -42.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 69 |  Zimbabwe | 51K people | +0.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 70 |  Tunisia | 48K people | +0.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 71 |  Armenia | 47K people | -15.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 72 |  Oman | 47K people | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 73 |  Hungary | 46K people | +33.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 74 |  Uganda | 46K people | -1.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 75 |  Chad | 45K people | +29.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 76 |  Guatemala | 43K people | +25.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 77 |  Ecuador | 42K people | -28.8% | ▼ 10 |
| 78 |  El Salvador | 42K people | +29.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 79 |  Mali | 41K people | +237.4% | ▲ 41 |
| 80 |  Netherlands | 41K people | -5.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 81 |  Yemen | 40K people | -71.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 82 |  Bulgaria | 37K people | -43.4% | ▼ 16 |
| 83 |  Lithuania | 37K people | +46.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 84 |  Rwanda | 35K people | +0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 85 |  Cameroon | 34K people | +46.6% | ▲ 12 |
| 86 |  Republic of Serbia | 32K people | +9.9% | = |
| 87 |  Burundi | 31K people | -39.3% | ▼ 16 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 29K people | +13.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 89 |  Panama | 28K people | +133.3% | ▲ 35 |
| 90 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 28K people | -1.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 91 |  Ivory Coast | 27K people | – | – |
| 92 |  Czechia | 27K people | -5.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 93 |  Georgia | 26K people | -19.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 94 |  Kuwait | 25K people | +10.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 95 |  Norway | 25K people | +2.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 96 |  Belgium | 24K people | -32.8% | ▼ 17 |
| 97 |  Kenya | 24K people | -17.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 98 |  Austria | 23K people | -10.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 99 |  Honduras | 23K people | +15.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 100 |  Finland | 22K people | -11.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 101 |  Madagascar | 22K people | +1.9% | = |
| 102 |  Qatar | 22K people | +86.4% | ▲ 23 |
| 103 |  Uruguay | 22K people | -13.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 104 |  Kyrgyzstan | 21K people | +2.9% | = |
| 105 |  Mauritania | 21K people | +0.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 106 |  Switzerland | 20K people | -20.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 107 |  Croatia | 20K people | -7.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 108 |  Bahrain | 19K people | -2.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 109 |  Senegal | 19K people | +2.0% | = |
| 110 |  Mongolia | 18K people | +4.7% | = |
| 111 |  Slovakia | 18K people | +13.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 112 |  Tajikistan | 17K people | +4.3% | = |
| 113 |  Ghana | 16K people | +3.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 114 |  North Macedonia | 16K people | +100.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 115 |  Namibia | 16K people | +5.3% | = |
| 116 |  Zambia | 16K people | -3.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 117 |  Denmark | 15K people | -19.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 118 |  Malawi | 15K people | +183.0% | ▲ 25 |
| 119 |  Sweden | 15K people | -29.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 120 |  Somalia | 14K people | +600.0% | ▲ 35 |
| 121 |  Cyprus | 13K people | +2.0% | ▼ 2 |
| 122 |  Djibouti | 13K people | +0.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 123 |  Guinea | 13K people | -32.6% | ▼ 16 |
| 124 |  Benin | 12K people | +65.5% | ▲ 15 |
| 125 |  Republic of the Congo | 12K people | +0.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 126 |  Montenegro | 12K people | -8.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 127 |  Nicaragua | 12K people | +0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 128 |  Burkina Faso | 11K people | -3.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 129 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11K people | +4.0% | = |
| 130 |  Mozambique | 11K people | -1.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 131 |  Central African Republic | 10K people | +217.5% | ▲ 16 |
| 132 |  Costa Rica | 10K people | +2.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 133 |  Niger | 10K people | -6.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 134 |  New Zealand | 10K people | +3.4% | = |
| 135 |  Togo | 10K people | +7.5% | = |
| 136 |  Botswana | 9,000 people | -14.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 137 |  Ireland | 9,000 people | -14.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 138 |  Latvia | 9,000 people | +95.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 139 |  Sierra Leone | 9,000 people | -14.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 140 |  Albania | 8,000 people | -45.7% | ▼ 24 |
| 141 |  Brunei | 8,000 people | -13.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 142 |  Estonia | 7,000 people | +21.7% | = |
| 143 |  Gabon | 7,000 people | +4.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 144 |  Slovenia | 7,000 people | -42.1% | ▼ 23 |
| 145 |  Jamaica | 6,000 people | +112.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 146 |  Moldova | 6,000 people | -22.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 147 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 5,000 people | +23.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 148 |  Fiji | 4,000 people | +14.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 149 |  Gambia | 4,000 people | +400.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 150 |  Guinea-Bissau | 4,000 people | -38.1% | ▼ 9 |
| 151 |  Papua New Guinea | 4,000 people | +29.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 152 |  Guyana | 3,000 people | +15.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 153 |  Mauritius | 3,000 people | +50.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 154 |  The Bahamas | 2,000 people | +132.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 155 |  Belize | 2,000 people | +90.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 156 |  Liberia | 2,000 people | -2.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 157 |  Lesotho | 2,000 people | +0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 158 |  Malta | 2,000 people | -6.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 159 |  Suriname | 2,000 people | +8.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 160 |  Timor-Leste | 2,000 people | +50.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 161 |  Barbados | 1,000 people | +63.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 162 |  Cabo Verde | 1,000 people | -16.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 163 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1,000 people | -24.2% | ▼ 4 |
| 164 |  Haiti | 1,000 people | – | ▲ 4 |
| 165 |  Luxembourg | 1,000 people | -33.9% | ▼ 8 |
| 166 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 people | -100.0% | = |
| 167 |  Iceland | 0 people | -100.0% | = |
| 168 |  Libya | 0 people | – | – |
| 169 |  Palestine | 0 people | -100.0% | ▼ 100 |
| 170 |  Seychelles | 0 people | -100.0% | ▼ 6 |
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