List of countries by number of active troops

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 amount 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

Rank	Flag	Nation	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**	1,426,026[2]	1,458,500[2]	53,000[2]	2,937,526	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**	619,000[9]	528,000[9]	302,000[9]	1,449,000	3.72
8		Iran	545,000[10]	350,000[11]	11,390,000[12]	12,285,000	11.74
9		Turkey	514,850[13]	380,000[14]	148,700[15]	1,043,550	7.03
10		Vietnam	484,000[16]	4,000,000[16]	5,080,000[16]	9,564,000	5.79
11		Egypt	450,000[17]	254,000[17]	405,000[18]	1,109,000	5.81
12		Myanmar	428,250[19]	0[20]	72,000[citation needed]	500,250	7.42
13		Indonesia	410,000[21]	400,000[21]	207,000[22]	1,008,000	1.26
14		France**	361,085[23]	419,000 [24]	0	780,085	4.27
15		Thailand	306,600[25]	200,000[26]	113,700[27]	625,300	4.80
16		Syria	296,000[28]	132,500[28]	108,000[29]	536,500	15.89
17		Republic of China (Taiwan)	290,000[30]	1,653,500[30]	22,000[30]	1,965,000	12.70
18		Brazil	287,000[31]	1,115,000[31]	285,600[31]	1,687,600	1.55
19		Germany	284,500[32]	358,650[33]	40,000[34]	683,150	3.45
20		Colombia	280,000[35]	0[35]	140,000[35]	420,000	4.66
21		Japan	238,000[36]	57,899[37]	12,250[37]	308,149	1.88
22		Eritrea	202,000[38]	250,000[39]	0[40]	452,000	45.90
23		Saudi Arabia	199,500[41]	20,000[42]	15,000[43]	234,500	6.80
24		Morocco	196,300[44]	150,000[45]	75,000[45]	421,800	6.81
25		Mexico	192,770[46]	300,000[46]	25,000[46]	517,770	1.82
26		Ukraine	191,000[47]	1,000,000[48]	112,500[49]	1,303,500	4.12
27		United Kingdom**	187,970[50]	233,860[50]	1[50]	421,831	3.09
28		Ethiopia	182,500[51]	0[52]	0[52]	182,500	2.44
29		Iraq ***	180,000[53]	0[53]	227,000[53]	407,000	5.95
30		Spain	177,950[54]	328,500[54]	72,600[55]	579,050	3.49
31		Greece	177,600[56]	291,000[56]	4,000[56]	472,600	16.60
32		Israel*	168,000[57]	408,000[58]	8,050[59]	584,050	23.90
33		Italy	169,000[60]	65,200[60]	238,800[61]	534,350	3.42
34		Poland	163,000[62]	234,000[62]	21,300[62]	418,300	4.23
35		Sri Lanka	157,900[63]	5,500[63]	88,600[63]	252,000	7.59
36		Bangladesh	150,000[64]	0[64]	64,000[64]	214,000	0.87
37		Algeria	127,500[65]	150,000[21]	60,000[66]	337,500	3.92
38		Cambodia	124,300[67]	0[68]	67,000[68]	191,000	9.19
39		Switzerland	120,000[69]	80,000[69]	0[69]	220,000	15.81
40		Philippines	113,500[70]	131,000[70]	158,500[70]	403,000	1.21
42		Malaysia	110,000[71]	41,600[72]	20,100[72]	171,000	3.97
43		Peru	110,000[73]	188,000[73]	77,000[73]	375,000	3.58
44		Sudan	104,500[74]	0[75]	95,000[75]	199,500	2.60
45		Jordan	100,700[76]	35,000[77]	10,000[77]	145,700	17.40
46		Angola	100,000[78]	N/A	N/A	100,000	10.60
47		Romania	90,000[79]	0[79]	79,900[79]	173,519	4.31
48		Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,800[80]	0[80]	1,400[81]	85,200	1.63
49		Venezuela	82,300[82]	100,000[82]	600,000[83]	782,500	3.24
50		Chile	80,500[84]	50,000[84]	36,800[84]	167,300	4.75
51		Belarus	79,800[85]	289,500[85]	110,000[85]	479,300	7.08
52		Nigeria	78,500[86]	0[86]	82,000[86]	160,500	0.61
53		Libya	76,000[87]	40,000[88]	3,000[88]	119,000	13.20
54		Lebanon	72,100[89]	0[89]	13,000[90]	85,100	19.80
55		Argentina	71,800[91]	0[91]	47,240[92]	119,040	1.81
56		Afghanistan	70,000[93]	0[93]	0[93]	70,000	2.34
57		Kazakhstan	65,800[94]	237,000[94]	34,500[94]	337,300	4.33
58		Yemen	65,000[95]	40,000[96]	70,000[96]	175,000	3.22
59		Canada	65,000[97]	24,000[97]	9,350[98]	98,350	2.95
60		Nepal	63,000[99]	0[99]	15,000[99]	78,000	2.28
61		Rwanda	61,000[100]	0[100]	10,000[100]	71,000	6.04
62		Singapore	60,500[101]	312,500[101]	96,300[101]	469,300	16.40
63		Armenia	60,000[102]	300,000	10,000[102]	370,000	13.00
64		Uganda	60,000[103]	0[103]	1,800[103]	61,800	2.20
65		Ecuador	59,500[104]	100,000[104]	18,000[105]	177,500	4.45
66		Czech Republic	57,050[106]	0[106]	5,600[107]	62,650	5.57
67		South Africa	55,750[108]	N/A	N/A	55,750	1.26
68		Australia	53,572[109]	20,300[110]	0[110]	73,872	1.25
69		Netherlands	53,130[111]	32,200[111]	3,300[112]	88,630	3.24
70		Uzbekistan	53,000[113]	0[113]	19,000[113]	72,000	1.96
71		Croatia	50 500[114]	130 200[114]	N/A[115]	64,500
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	7.08
80		Finland	36,700[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[citation needed]	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
101		Albania	20,000[153]	0[153]	5,000[154]	25,000	6.17
102		Paraguay	18,600[155]	164,500[155]	14,800[155]	197,900	2.93
103		Georgia	17,500[156]	250,000[156]	11,700[156]	279,200	2.74
104		Côte d'Ivoire	17,050[157]	0[157]	7,000[157]	24,050	0.99
105		El Salvador	16,800[158]	9,900	12,000[158]	38,700	2.31
106		Mauritania	15,750[159]	N/A	4,500[160]	20,250	5.10
107		Kuwait	15,500[161]	24,000[162]	6,600[163]	46,100	6.64
108		Nicaragua	14,000[164]	0[164]	0[164]	14,000	2.56
109		Lithuania	13,510[165]	309,200[165]	14,390[165]	337,100	3.53
110		Madagascar	13,500[166]	0[166]	8,100[167]	21,600	0.75
111		Sierra Leone	13,000[168]	0[168]	0[168]	13,000	1.33
112		Liberia	13,000[169]	0[169]	0[169]	13,000	3.90
113		Republic of Macedonia	12,850[170]	60,000[170]	7,600[170]	80,450	6.28
114		Kyrgyzstan	12,500[171]	57,000[171]	5,000[171]	74,500	2.12
115		Qatar	12,400[172]	0[173]	0[173]	12,400	14.40
116		Bahrain	11,200[174]	0[175]	10,160[175]	21,360	15.4
117		Ireland	10,500[176]	14,000[176]	0[176]	24,500	2.53
118		Cyprus	10,000[177]	60,000[177]	750[177]	70,750	12.80
119		Mozambique	10,000[178]	0[178]	0[178]	10,000	0.42
120		Republic of the Congo	10,000[179]	0[179]	2,000[179]	12,000	3.29
121		Djibouti	9,850[180]	0[181]	1,400[181]	11,250	20.70
122		Guinea	9,700[182]	0[182]	9,600[182]	19,300	1.02
123		Togo	9,450[183]	0[183]	750[183]	10,200	1.50
124		Slovenia	9,000[184]	20,000[184]	4,500[185]	33,500	1.21
125		Senegal	9,400[186]	0[186]	5,800[186]	15,200	1.02
126		Guinea-Bissau	9,250[187]	0[187]	2,000[187]	11,250	6.53
127		Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,200[188]	0[188]	0[188]	9,200	3.92
128		Mongolia	9,100[189]	137,000[189]	7,200[189]	152,800	3.08
129		Botswana	9,000[190]	0[190]	1,500[190]	10,500	5.49
130		Namibia	9,000[191]	0[191]	6,000[191]	15,000	4.43
131		New Zealand	8,949[192]	2,228[192]	0[192]	11,117	2.69
132		Honduras	8,300[193]	60,000[193]	6,000[193]	74,300	1.72
133		Mali	7,350[194]	0[194]	4,800[194]	12,150	0.60
134		Moldova	7,200[195]	66,000[195]	4,300[195]	77,500	1.74
135		Brunei	7,000[196]	0[196]	3,750[196]	10,750	18.80
136		Ghana	7,000[197]	0[197]	0[197]	7,000	0.33
137		Montenegro	6,500[citation needed]	0	0	6,500
138		Burkina Faso	6,000[198]	45,000[198]	1,800[199]	52,800	0.78
139		Tajikistan	6,000[200]	0[200]	1,200[200]	7,200	0.84
140		Estonia	5,700[201]	39,000[201]	11,000[201]	55,700	4.13
141		Latvia	5,500[202]	14,050[202]	3,200[202]	22,750	2.13
142		Niger	5,300[203]	0[203]	5,400[203]	10,700	0.37
143		Malawi	5,300[204]	0[204]	1,500[205]	6,800	0.44
144		Gabon	4,700[206]	0[206]	1,500[207]	6,200	3.38
145		Benin	4,550[208]	0[208]	3,000[209]	7,550	0.61
146		Transnistria	4,500[210]	15,000[210]	2,000[210]	21,500	38.73
147		Fiji	3,500[211]	6,000[211]	0[211]	9,500	3.92
148		Papua New Guinea	3,100[212]	0[212]	0[212]	3,100	0.56
149		Jamaica	2,830[213]	953[213]	0[213]	3,783	1.04
150		Trinidad and Tobago	2,700[214]	0[214]	0[214]	2,700	2.48
151		Malta	2,140[215]	0[215]	0[215]	2,140	5.37
152		Lesotho	2,000[216]	0[216]	0[216]	2,000	1.07
153		Suriname	1,840[217]	0[217]	0[217]	1,840	4.20
154		Guyana	1,600[218]	1,500[218]	0[218]	3,100	2.09
155		Timor-Leste	1,500[219]	0[220]	0[219]	1,500	0.62
156		Central African Republic	1,400[221]	0[221]	1,000[221]	2,400	0.67
157		Equatorial Guinea	1,320[222]	0[222]	2,000[223]	3,320	2.46
158		Cape Verde	1,200[224]	0[224]	0[224]	1,200	2.87
159		Belize	1,050[225]	700[225]	0[225]	1,750	3.76
160		Luxembourg	900[226]	0[226]	612[226]	1,512	1.92
161		Bahamas	860[227]	0[227]	0[227]	860	2.85
162		Gambia	800[228]	0[228]	0[228]	800	0.50
163		Barbados	610[229]	430[229]	0[229]	1,040	2.18
164		Seychelles	450[230]	0[230]	250[230]	700	5.54
165		Tonga	450[231]	0[231]	0[231]	450	4.41
166		Antigua and Barbuda	170[232]	75[232]	0[232]	245	2.47