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Armed forces personnel total

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.Source:
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Armed forces personnel, totalArmed forces personnel, totalYear
1
India
3,031,000
2017
2
China
2,695,000
2017
3
North Korea
1,469,000
2017
4
Russia
1,454,000
2017
5
United States
1,359,000
2017
6
Pakistan
936,000
2017
7
Egypt
836,000
2017
8
Brazil
730,000
2017
9
Indonesia
676,000
2017
10
South Korea
634,000
2017
11
Iran
563,000
2017
12
Vietnam
522,000
2017
13
Myanmar
513,000
2017
14
Turkey
512,000
2017
15
Colombia
481,000
2017
16
Thailand
455,000
2017
17
Italy
347,000
2017
18
Venezuela
343,000
2017
19
Mexico
336,000
2017
20
Afghanistan
323,000
2017
21
Sri Lanka
317,000
2017
22
Algeria
317,000
2017
23
France
307,000
2017
24
Ukraine
297,000
2017
25
Japan
261,000
2017
26
Saudi Arabia
252,000
2017
27
Morocco
246,000
2017
28
Syria
239,000
2017
29
Bangladesh
221,000
2017
30
Nigeria
215,000
2017
31
Iraq
209,000
2017
32
Eritrea
202,000
2017
33
Spain
196,000
2017
34
Cambodia
191,000
2017
35
Poland
191,000
2017
36
South Sudan
185,000
2017
37
Germany
180,000
2017
38
Israel
178,000
2017
39
Peru
158,000
2017
40
Belarus
155,000
2017
41
Philippines
153,000
2017
42
United Kingdom
148,000
2017
43
Greece
146,000
2017
44
Ethiopia
138,000
2017
45
Malaysia
136,000
2017
46
Democratic Republic Of Congo
134,000
2017
47
Laos
129,000
2017
48
Romania
126,000
2017
49
Sudan
124,000
2017
50
Chile
122,000
2017
51
Angola
117,000
2017
52
Jordan
116,000
2017
53
Nepal
112,000
2017
54
Argentina
105,000
2017
55
Azerbaijan
82,000
2017
56
Singapore
81,000
2017
57
South Africa
80,000
2017
58
Lebanon
80,000
2017
59
Cuba
76,000
2017
60
Canada
72,000
2017
61
Bolivia
71,000
2017
62
Dominican Republic
71,000
2017
63
Kazakhstan
71,000
2017
64
Uzbekistan
68,000
2017
65
United Arab Emirates
63,000
2017
66
Australia
58,000
2017
67
Portugal
52,000
2017
68
Zimbabwe
51,000
2017
69
Armenia
49,000
2017
70
Tunisia
48,000
2017
71
Oman
47,000
2017
72
Uganda
46,000
2017
73
Guatemala
43,000
2017
74
Turkmenistan
42,000
2017
75
El Salvador
42,000
2017
76
Ecuador
41,000
2017
77
Netherlands
41,000
2017
78
Hungary
40,000
2017
79
Yemen
40,000
2017
80
Chad
35,000
2017
81
Rwanda
35,000
2017
82
Lithuania
34,000
2017
83
Serbia
32,000
2017
84
Belgium
32,000
2017
85
Burundi
31,000
2017
86
Bulgaria
31,000
2017
87
Sweden
30,000
2017
88
Kenya
29,000
2017
89
Tanzania
28,000
2017
90
Ivory Coast
27,000
2017
91
Paraguay
27,000
2017
92
Panama
26,000
2017
93
Georgia
26,000
2017
94
Finland
25,000
2017
95
Kuwait
25,000
2017
96
Cameroon
24,000
2017
97
Honduras
23,000
2017
98
Norway
23,000
2017
99
Czech Republic
23,000
2017
100
Madagascar
22,000
2017
101
Uruguay
22,000
2017
102
Qatar
22,000
2017
103
Austria
21,000
2017
104
Kyrgyzstan
21,000
2017
105
Mauritania
21,000
2017
106
Switzerland
21,000
2017
107
Somalia
20,000
2017
108
Senegal
19,000
2017
109
Bahrain
19,000
2017
110
Croatia
18,000
2017
111
Mali
18,000
2017
112
Mongolia
18,000
2017
113
Tajikistan
17,000
2017
114
Namibia
16,000
2017
115
Zambia
16,000
2017
116
Republic of Macedonia
16,000
2017
117
Ghana
16,000
2017
118
Cyprus
16,000
2017
119
Slovakia
16,000
2017
120
Denmark
15,000
2017
121
Malawi
15,000
2017
122
Djibouti
13,000
2017
123
Guinea
13,000
2017
124
Benin
12,000
2017
125
Republic of the Congo
12,000
2017
126
Nicaragua
12,000
2017
127
Montenegro
12,000
2017
128
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11,000
2017
129
Burkina Faso
11,000
2017
130
Mozambique
11,000
2017
131
Niger
10,000
2017
132
Togo
10,000
2017
133
Costa Rica
10,000
2017
134
Republic of Ireland
9,000
2017
135
Botswana
9,000
2017
136
Sierra Leone
9,000
2017
137
New Zealand
9,000
2017
138
Albania
9,000
2017
139
Central African Republic
8,000
2017
140
Brunei
8,000
2017
141
Gabon
7,000
2017
142
Slovenia
7,000
2017
143
Moldova
7,000
2017
144
Latvia
6,000
2017
145
Bhutan
6,000
2000
146
Estonia
6,000
2017
147
Maldives
5,000
2000
148
Jamaica
4,000
2017
149
Guinea-Bissau
4,000
2017
150
Fiji
4,000
2017
151
Papua New Guinea
4,000
2017
152
Trinidad and Tobago
4,000
2017
153
Swaziland
3,000
1999
154
Guyana
3,000
2017
155
Mauritius
3,000
2017
156
Malta
2,000
2017
157
Suriname
2,000
2017
158
East Timor
2,000
2017
159
Belize
2,000
2017
160
Luxembourg
2,000
2017
161
Lesotho
2,000
2017
162
Liberia
2,000
2017
163
Equatorial Guinea
1,000
2017
164
Gambia
1,000
2017
165
The Bahamas
1,000
2017
166
Barbados
1,000
2017
167
São Tomé and Príncipe
1,000
1999
168
Cape Verde
1,000
2017
169
Seychelles
0
2017
170
Libya
0
2014
171
Antigua and Barbuda
0
2017
172
Haiti
0
2017
173
Iceland
0
2017
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