List of countries by number of total troops

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Number of total troops per country

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

* Nuclear weapons undeclared status
** Nuclear weapons declared status

Rank	Flag	State	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
1		Iran	545,000[1]	350,000[2]	11,390,000[3]	12,285,000	172.27
2		Vietnam	484,000[4]	4,000,000[5]	5,080,000[5]	9,564,000	114.50
3		People's Republic of China**	2,255,000[6]	800,000[6]	3,969,000[6]	7,024,000	5.3
4		North Korea**	1,106,000[7]	4,700,000[7]	189,000[7]	5,995,000	259.37
5		South Korea	687,700[8]	4,500,000[8]	22,000[8]	5,209,700	106.22
6		Russia**	1,037,000[9]	2,400,000[10]	359,100[11]	3,796,100	23.56
7		India**	1,325,000[12]	1,155,000[12]	1,293,300[12]	3,773,300	3.3
8		United States**	1,473,900[13]	1,458,500[13]	453,000[13]	3,385,400	11.07
9		Republic of China (Taiwan)	290,000[14]	1,653,500[14]	22,000[14]	1,965,000	86.45
10		Brazil	287,000[15]	1,115,000[15]	285,600[15]	1,687,600	9.50
11		Ukraine	361,000[16]	1,000,000[17]	112,500[18]	1,473,500	34.27
12		Pakistan**	650,000[19]	528,000[20]	302,000[20]	1,480,000	8.55
13		Cuba	46,000[21]	39,000[21]	1,146,500[21]	1,231,500	112
14		Egypt	450,000[22]	254,000[22]	405,000[23]	1,109,000	14.4
15		Turkey	514,850[24]	380,000[25]	148,700[26]	1,043,550	14.4
16		Indonesia	316,000[27]	400,000[27]	207,000[28]	923,000	4
17		France**	259,050[29]	419,000[30]	101,400[31]	779,450	12.7
18		Thailand	306,600[32]	200,000[33]	113,700[34]	620,300	9.84
19		Germany	247,712[35]	358,650[36]	0	606,362	7.37
20		Israel*	177,000[37]	408,000[38]	8,050[39]	584,050	83.4
21		Spain	177,950[40]	328,500[40]	72,600[41]	579,050	14.48
22		Syria	296,000[42]	132,500[42]	108,000[43]	536,500	30
23		Italy	230,350[44]	65,200[44]	238,800[45]	534,350	9.2
24		Finland	36,700[46]	485,000[46]	3,100[47]	524,800	104.96
25		Mexico	192,770[48]	300,000[48]	25,000[48]	517,770	4.8
26		Myanmar	428,250[49]	0[50]	72,000[]	500,250	16.67
27		Belarus	79,800[51]	289,500[51]	110,000[51]	479,300	47.93
28		Greece	177,600[52]	291,000[52]	4,000[52]	472,600	46.6
29		Singapore	60,500[53]	312,500[53]	96,300[53]	469,300	117.33
30		Eritrea	202,000[54]	250,000[55]	0[56]	452,000	90
31		United Kingdom**	187,970[57]	233,860[57]	0[57]	421,830	6.9
32		Poland	163,000[58]	234,000[58]	21,300[58]	418,300	4.22
33		Philippines	113,500[59]	131,000[59]	158,500[59]	403,000	4.5
34		Morocco	196,300[60]	150,000[61]	50,000[61]	396,300	12.23
35		Serbia	38,000[62]	200,000[62]	110,000[62]	392,000	7.08
36		Azerbaijan	72,100[63]	300,000[63]	15,000[63]	387,100	62.40
37		Bulgaria	51,000[64]	303,000[64]	34,000[64]	385,450	59.26
38		Peru	110,000[65]	188,000[65]	77,000[65]	375,000	12
39		Armenia	60,000[66]	300,000	10,000[66]	370,000	80.16
40		Switzerland	3,600[67]	320,600[67]	23,270[67]	347,470	69.494
41		Algeria	127,500[68]	150,000[27]	60,000[69]	337,500	8.88
42		Kazakhstan	65,800[70]	237,000[70]	34,500[70]	337,300	20
43		Lithuania	13,510[71]	309,200[71]	14,390[71]	337,100	112.36
44		Colombia	207,000[72]	0[72]	129,000[72]	336,000	7.3
45		Japan	239,900[73]	44,400[74]	12,250[74]	296,550	2.33
46		Sweden	33,900[75]	262,000[75]	N/A	295,900	34.7
47		Portugal	44,900[76]	210,930[76]	25,600[77]	281,430	28.14
48		Georgia	32,000[78]	10,000[78]	not[78]	279,200	55.84
49		Norway	27,600[79]	219,000[79]	29,400	276,000	50
50		Sri Lanka	157,900[80]	5,500[80]	88,600[80]	252,000	12.11
51		Saudi Arabia	199,500[81]	20,000[82]	15,000[83]	234,500	8
52		Croatia	51,000[84]	140,000[84]	10,000[85]	201,000	24
53		Bangladesh	137,000[86]	0[86]	63,200[86]	200,200	3.3
54		Sudan	104,500[87]	0[88]	95,000[88]	199,500	4.72
55		Paraguay	18,600[89]	164,500[89]	14,800[89]	197,900	49.47
56		Cambodia	124,300[90]	0[91]	67,000[91]	191,000	14.12
57		Ethiopia	182,500[92]	0[93]	0[93]	182,500	2.44
58		Iraq	180,000[94]	0[94]	227,000[94]	407,000	6.24
59		Ecuador	59,500[95]	100,000[95]	18,000[96]	177,500	13.28
60		Yemen	65,000[97]	40,000[98]	70,000[98]	175,000	13.46
61		Romania	93,619[99]	0[99]	79,900[99]	173,519	8
62		Malaysia	110,000[100]	41,600[101]	20,100[101]	171,000	6.17
63		Chile	80,500[102]	50,000[102]	36,800[102]	167,300	15.2
64		Nigeria	78,500[103]	0[103]	82,000[103]	160,500	1.40
65		Mongolia	9,100[104]	137,000[104]	7,200[104]	152,800	50.1
66		Denmark	22,880[105]	64,900[105]	61,500[105]	149,280	6.25
67		Jordan	100,700[106]	35,000[107]	10,000[107]	145,700	25.70
68		Belgium	40,800[108]	100,500[108]	0[108]	141,300	14.13
69		Hungary	33,400[109]	90,300[109]	12,000[110]	135,700	13.31
70		Laos	29,100[111]	0[111]	100,000[111]	129,100	22.68
71		Argentina	71,800[112]	0[112]	47,240[113]	119,040	2.52
72		Libya	76,000[114]	40,000[115]	3,000[115]	119,000	22
73		Venezuela	82,300[116]	8,000[116]	24,000[117]	114,300	4.57
74		Tanzania	27,000[118]	80,000[118]	1,400[118]	108,400	2.93
75		Austria	34,600[119]	72,000[119]	N/A	106,600	10.66
76		Angola	100,000[120]	N/A	N/A	100,000	10.60
77		Canada	62,000[121]	25,000[121]	9,350[122]	96,350	2.95
78		Netherlands	53,130[123]	32,200[123]	3,300[124]	88,630	5.41
79		Guatemala	31,400[125]	35,000[125]	19,000[125]	85,400	5.82
80		Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,800[126]	0[126]	1,400[127]	85,200	1.65
81		Lebanon	72,100[128]	0[128]	13,000[129]	85,100	23.37
82		Republic of Macedonia	12,850[130]	60,000[130]	7,600[130]	80,450	39.32
83		Nepal	63,000[131]	0[131]	15,000[131]	78,000	2.82
84		Moldova	7,200[132]	66,000[132]	4,300[132]	77,500	17.64
85		Kyrgyzstan	12,500[133]	57,000[133]	5,000[133]	74,500	18.12
86		Honduras	8,300[134]	60,000[134]	6,000[134]	74,300	15.24
87		Australia	53,572[135]	20,300[136]	0[136]	73,872	2.21
88		Uzbekistan	53,000[137]	0[137]	19,000[137]	72,000	2.66
89		Rwanda	61,000[138]	0[138]	10,000[138]	71,000	7.03
90		Cyprus	10,000[139]	60,000[139]	750[139]	70,750	90.88
91		Afghanistan	70,000[140]	0[140]	0[140]	70,000	2.34
92		Bolivia	31,500[141]	0[141]	37,100[141]	68,600	4.27
93		Uganda	60,000[142]	0[142]	1,800[142]	61,800	2.52
94		Czech Republic	57,050[143]	0[143]	5,600[144]	62,650	6.09
95		Estonia	5,600[145]	46,000[145]	10,000[145]	61,600	24.07
96		South Africa	55,750[146]	N/A	N/A	55,750	1.26
97		Zimbabwe	32,000[147]	0[147]	21,800[147]	53,800	4.28
98		Burkina Faso	6,000[148]	45,000[148]	1,800[149]	52,800	0.78
99		Oman	41,700[150]	0[151]	10,800[151]	52,500	133.85
100		Slovakia	26,200[152]	20,000[152]	4,700[153]	50,900	8.05
101		United Arab Emirates	50,500[154]	0[155]	0[155]	50,500	14.50
102		Tunisia	35,000[156]	0[157]	12,000[157]	47,000	4.66
103		Kuwait	15,500[158]	24,000[159]	6,600[160]	46,100	19.75
104		Burundi	40,000[161]	0[161]	5,500[162]	45,500	8.93
105		Dominican Republic	24,500[163]	0[163]	15,000[163]	39,500	4.44
106		El Salvador	16,800[164]	9,900	12,000[164]	38,700	4.61
107		Chad	30,350[165]	0[166]	4,500[166]	34,850	3.55
108		Slovenia	9,000[167]	20,000[167]	4,500[168]	33,500	4.50
109		Cameroon	23,100[169]	0[169]	9,000[169]	32,100	1.96
110		Kenya	24,120[170]	0[170]	5,000[170]	29,120	0.86
111		Turkmenistan	26,000[171]	0[171]	0[171]	26,000	5.86
112		Uruguay	24,000[172]	0[172]	920[172]	24,920	7.05
113		Albania	20,000[173]	0[173]	5,000 [174]	25,000	7.71
114		Côte d'Ivoire	17,050[175]	0[175]	7,000[175]	24,050	1.41
115		Zambia	21,600[176]	0[176]	1,400[176]	23,000	1.71
116		Latvia	5,500[177]	14,050[177]	3,200[177]	22,750	8.81
117		Madagascar	13,500[178]	0[178]	8,100[179]	21,600	1.2
118		Transnistria	4,500[180]	15,000[180]	2,000[180]	21,500	185.04
119		Bahrain	11,200[181]	0[182]	10,160[182]	21,360	29.37
120		Mauritania	15,750[183]	N/A	4,500[184]	20,250	6.56
121		Nagorno-Karabakh	20,000[173]	0[173]	0[185]	20,000	7.9
122		Guinea	9,700[186]	0[186]	9,600[186]	19,300	2.02
123		Senegal	9,400[187]	0[187]	5,800[187]	15,200	1.65
124		Namibia	9,000[188]	0[188]	6,000[188]	15,000	7.38
125		Nicaragua	14,000[189]	0[189]	0[189]	14,000	2.56
126		Sierra Leone	13,000[190]	0[190]	0[190]	13,000	1.33
127		Liberia	13,000[191]	0[191]	0[191]	13,000	3.90
128		Qatar	12,400[192]	0[193]	0[193]	12,400	14.40
129		Mali	7,350[194]	0[194]	4,800[194]	12,150	1.00
130		Republic of the Congo	10,0