List of countries by number of active troops

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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	Flag	State	Active Service Personnel	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
1		People's Republic of China**	2,255,000[1]	800,000[1]	3,969,000[1]	7,024,000	1.71
2		United States**	1,473,900[2]	1,458,500[2]	453,000[2]	3,385,400	4.76
3		India**	1,325,000[3]	1,155,000[3]	1,293,300[3]	3,773,300	1.20
4		North Korea**	1,106,000[4]	4,700,000[4]	189,000[4]	5,995,000	49.03
5		Russia**	1,037,000[5]	2,400,000[6]	359,100[7]	3,796,100	7.24
6		South Korea	687,000[8]	4,500,000[8]	22,000[8]	5,209,000	14.20
7		Pakistan**	650,000[9]	528,000[10]	302,000[10]	1,449,000	3.72
8		Iran	545,000[11]	350,000[12]	11,390,000[13]	12,285,000	11.74
9		Turkey	514,850[14]	380,000[15]	148,700[16]	1,043,550	7.03
10		Vietnam	484,000[17]	4,000,000[17]	5,080,000[17]	9,564,000	5.79
11		Egypt	450,000[18]	254,000[18]	405,000[19]	1,109,000	5.81
12		Myanmar	428,250[20]	0[21]	72,000[]	500,250	7.42
13		Indonesia	316,000[22]	400,000[22]	207,000[23]	923,000	4.00
14		Thailand	306,600[24]	200,000[25]	113,700[26]	625,300	4.80
15		Syria	296,000[27]	132,500[27]	108,000[28]	536,500	15.89
16		Republic of China (Taiwan)	290,000[29]	1,653,500[29]	22,000[29]	1,965,000	12.70
17		Brazil	312,000[30]	1,115,000[31]	285,600[31]	1,687,600	1.55
18		Germany	284,500[32]	358,650[33]	40,000[34]	683,150	3.45
19		Colombia	280,000[35]	0[35]	140,000[35]	420,000	4.66
20		Iraq ***	265,607 [36]	0[36]	242,212[36]	531,000	5.95
21		France**	259,050[37]	419,000 [38]	101,400	780,085	4.27
22		Japan	238,000[39]	57,899[40]	12,250[40]	308,149	1.88
23		Italy	230,350[41]	65,200[41]	238,800[42]	534,350	3.42
24		Eritrea	202,000[43]	250,000[44]	0[45]	452,000	45.90
25		Saudi Arabia	199,500[46]	20,000[47]	15,000[48]	234,500	6.80
26		United Kingdom**	195,900[49]	233,860[49]	0[49]	429,761	3.09
27		Mexico	192,770[50]	300,000[50]	25,000[50]	517,770	1.82
28		Spain	177,950[51]	328,500[51]	72,600[52]	579,050	3.49
29		Greece	177,600[53]	291,000[53]	4,000[53]	472,600	16.60
30		Israel*	177,000[54]	408,000[55]	8,050[56]	584,050	23.90
31		Morocco	196,300[57]	150,000[58]	75,000[58]	421,800	6.81
32		Ethiopia	182,500[59]	0[60]	0[60]	182,500	2.44
33		Sri Lanka	170,900[61]	10,800[61]	96,600[61]	326,000	7.59
34		Bangladesh	400,000+[62]	50,000[62]	82,000+[62]	532,000+	2.45
35		Ukraine	148,000[63]	1,000,000[64]	112,500[65]	1,303,500	4.12
36		Algeria	127,500[66]	150,000[22]	60,000[67]	337,500	3.92
37		Cambodia	124,300[68]	0[69]	67,000[69]	191,000	9.19
38		Poland	124,000[70]	234,000[70]	21,300[70]	418,300	4.23
39		Switzerland	120,000[71]	80,000[71]	0[71]	200,000	15.81
40		Philippines	114,500[72]	131,000[72]	158,500[72]	404,000	1.21
42		Malaysia	110,000[73]	41,600[74]	20,100[74]	171,000	3.97
43		Peru	110,000[75]	188,000[75]	77,000[75]	375,000	3.58
44		Sudan	104,500[76]	0[77]	95,000[77]	199,500	2.60
45		Jordan	100,700[78]	35,000[79]	10,000[79]	145,700	17.40
46		Angola	100,000[80]	N/A	N/A	100,000	10.60
47		Nepal	95,000[81]	19,000[81]	41,000[81]	155,000	3.50
48		Romania	90,000[82]	0[82]	79,900[82]	176,519	4.40
49		Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,800[83]	0[83]	1,400[84]	85,200	1.63
50		Venezuela	82,300[85]	100,000[85]	600,000[86]	782,500	3.24
51		Chile	80,500[87]	50,000[87]	36,800[87]	167,300	4.75
52		Belarus	79,800[88]	289,500[88]	110,000[88]	479,300	7.08
53		Nigeria	78,500[89]	0[89]	82,000[89]	160,500	0.61
54		Libya	76,000[90]	40,000[91]	3,000[91]	119,000	13.20
55		Canada	62,000[92]	25,000[92]	9,350[93]	96,350	2.95
56		Argentina	71,800[94]	0[94]	47,240[95]	119,040	1.81
57		Lebanon	72,100[96]	0[96]	13,000[97]	85,100	19.80
58		Afghanistan	70,000[98]	0[98]	0[98]	70,000	2.34
59		Kazakhstan	65,800[99]	237,000[99]	34,500[99]	337,300	4.33
60		Yemen	65,000[100]	40,000[101]	70,000[101]	175,000	3.22
61		Rwanda	61,000[102]	0[102]	10,000[102]	71,000	6.04
62		Singapore	60,500[103]	312,500[103]	96,300[103]	469,300	16.40
63		Armenia	60,000[104]	300,000	10,000[104]	370,000	13.00
64		Uganda	60,000[105]	0[105]	1,800[105]	61,800	2.20
65		Ecuador	59,500[106]	100,000[106]	18,000[107]	177,500	4.45
66		Czech Republic	57,050[108]	0[108]	5,600[109]	62,650	5.57
67		South Africa**	55,750[110]	N/A	N/A	55,750	1.26
68		Australia	53,572[111]	20,300[112]	0[112]	73,872	2.52
69		Netherlands	53,130[113]	32,200[113]	3,300[114]	88,630	3.24
70		Uzbekistan	53,000[115]	0[115]	19,000[115]	72,000	1.96
72		Bulgaria	51,000[116]	303,000[116]	34,000[116]	385,450	7.85
73		United Arab Emirates	50,500[117]	0[118]	0[118]	50,500	14.50
74		Cuba	46,000[119]	39,000[119]	1,146,500[119]	1,231,500	4.05
75		Portugal	44,900[120]	210,930[120]	25,600[121]	281,430	4.25
76		Oman	41,700[122]	0[123]	10,800[123]	52,500	11.90
77		Belgium	40,800[124]	100,500[124]	0[124]	141,300	3.94
78		Burundi	40,000[125]	0[125]	5,500[126]	45,500	7.93
79		Serbia	38,000[127]	207,500[127]	110,000[127]	392,500	3.80
80		Finland	36,000[128]	485,000[128]	3,100[129]	524,800	5.17
81		Tunisia	35,000[130]	0[131]	12,000[131]	47,000	3.47
82		Austria	34,600[132]	72,000[132]	N/A	106,600	4.23
83		Sweden	33,900[133]	262,000[133]	38,650[]	334,550	3.41
84		Hungary	33,400[134]	90,300[134]	12,000[135]	135,700	3.31
85		Zimbabwe	32,000[136]	0[136]	21,800[136]	53,800	2.28
86		Bolivia	31,500[137]	0[137]	37,100[137]	68,600	3.56
87		Guatemala	31,400[138]	35,000[138]	19,000[138]	85,400	2.14
88		Chad	30,350[139]	0[140]	4,500[140]	34,850	3.09
89		Laos	29,100[141]	0[141]	100,000[141]	129,100	4.68
90		Norway	27,600[142]	219,000[142]	29,400	276,000	5.79
91		Tanzania	27,000[143]	80,000[143]	1,400[143]	108,400	0.73
92		Slovakia	26,200[144]	20,000[144]	4,700[145]	50,900	4.05
93		Turkmenistan	26,000[146]	0[146]	0[146]	26,000	5.86
94		Dominican Republic	24,500[147]	0[147]	15,000[147]	39,500	2.74
95		Kenya	24,120[148]	0[148]	5,000[148]	29,120	0.71
96		Uruguay	24,000[149]	0[149]	920[149]	24,920	7.03
97		Cameroon	23,100[150]	0[150]	9,000[150]	32,100	1.41
98		Denmark	22,880[151]	64,900[151]	61,500[151]	149,280	4.24
99		Zambia	21,600[152]	0[152]	1,400[152]	23,000	1.61
100		Croatia	20,000 [153]	6,000 [153]	N/A[154]	26,000	7.39
101		Albania	20,000[155]	0[155]	5,000[156]	25,000	6.17
102		Paraguay	18,600[157]	164,500[157]	14,800[157]	197,900	2.93
103		Georgia	17,500[158]	250,000[158]	11,700[158]	279,200	2.74
104		Côte d'Ivoire	17,050[159]	0[159]	7,000[159]	24,050	0.99
105		El Salvador	16,800[160]	9,900	12,000[160]	38,700	2.31
106		Mauritania	15,750[161]	N/A	4,500[162]	20,250	5.10
107		Kuwait	15,500[163]	24,000[164]	6,600[165]	46,100	6.64
108		Nicaragua	14,000[166]	0[166]	0[166]	14,000	2.56
109		Lithuania	13,510[167]	309,200[167]	14,390[167]	337,100	3.53
110		Madagascar	13,500[168]	0[168]	8,100[169]	21,600	0.75
111		Sierra Leone	13,000[170]	0[170]	0[170]	13,000	1.33
112		Liberia	13,000[171]	0[171]	0[171]	13,000	3.90
113		Republic of Macedonia	12,850[172]	60,000[172]	7,600[172]	80,450	6.28
114		Kyrgyzstan	12,500[173]	57,000[173]	5,000[173]	74,500	2.12
115		Qatar	12,400[174]	0[175]	0[175]	12,400	14.40
116		Bahrain	11,200[176]	0[177]	10,160[177]	21,360	15.40
117		Ireland	10,500[178]	14,800[178]	0[178]	25,300	2.53
118		Cyprus	10,000[179]	60,000[179]	750[179]	70,750	12.80
119		Mozambique	10,000[180]	0[180]	0[180]	10,000	0.42
120		Republic of the Congo	10,000[181]	0[181]	2,000[181]	12,000	3.29
121		Djibouti	9,850[182]	0[183]	1,400[183]	11,250	20.70
122		Guinea	9,700[184]	0[184]	9,600[184]	19,300	1.02
123		Togo	9,450[185]	0[185]	750[185]	10,200	1.50
124		Slovenia	9,000[186]	20,000[186]	4,500[187]	33,500	1.21
125		Senegal	9,400[188]	0[188]	5,800[188]	15,200	1.02
126		Guinea-Bissau	9,250[189]	0[189]	2,000[189]	11,250	6.53
127		Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,200[190]	0[190]	0[190]	9,200	3.92
128		Mongolia	9,100[191]	137,000[191]	7,200[191]	152,800	3.08
129		New Zealand	9,051[192]	2,240[192]	0[192]	11,291	2.69
130		Botswana	9,000[193]	0[193]	1,500[193]	10,500	5.49
131		Namibia	9,000[194]	0[194]	6,000[194]	15,000	4.43
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