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List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

April 17, 2023

This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. It includes any government-sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. The term "country" is used in its most common use, in the sense of state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition.

Countries by number of active soldiers (2015)

Guide to the list

The list consists of columns that can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title:

  • The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags.
  • The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity.
  • The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary.
  • The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces.
  • The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.
  • The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military (active, reserve, and paramilitary).
  • The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only.

As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled.

All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Italy and Japan, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, such as Mauritius and Panama, have no national armies, but only a paramilitary force.

Tooth-to-tail ratio

The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26%[citation needed] (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel). This proportion is referred to as the "tooth-to-tail ratio".

Some countries have a considerably smaller tooth-to-tail ratio: For example, the United States Armed Forces has a tooth-to-tail ratio of 17%, meaning that for every combat unit there are around five support units.[1]

 
Military personnel per capita

List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies

According to International Institute for Strategic Studies[2]
Flag Country Active military Reserve military Paramilitary Total Per 1,000 capita
(total) 		Per 1,000 capita
(active)
  Afghanistan[3] 250,000 75,000 170,000 495,000 14.2 7.2
  Albania[4] 8,000 0 0 8,000 2.6 2.6
  Algeria[5] 130,000 150,000 187,200 467,200 11.2 3.1
  Angola[6] 107,000 0 10,000 117,000 3.9 3.5
  Antigua and Barbuda[7] 180 80 0 260 2.7 1.9
  Argentina[7] 72,100 0 31,250 103,350 2.3 1.6
  Armenia[8][Note 1][Note 2] 44,800 210,000 4,300 259,100 85.3 14.7
  Australia[9] 58,600 30,100 0 88,700 3.8 2.5
  Austria[10] 22,050 125,600 0 147,650 16.8 2.5
  Azerbaijan[11] 126,950 330,000 15,000 471,950 47 12.6
  Bahamas[12] 1,300 0 0 1,300 3.9 3.9
  Bahrain[13] 8,200 0 11,260 19,460 13.5 5.7
  Bangladesh[14] 163,050 0 63,900 226,950 1.4 1
  Barbados[15] 610 430 0 1,040 3.6 2.1
  Belarus[16] 45,350 289,500 110,000 444,850 46.7 4.8
  Belgium[17] 26,300 5,100 0 31,400 2.7 2.3
  Belize[15] 1,500 700 150 2,350 6.1 3.9
  Benin[18] 7,250 0 4,800 12,050 1.1 0.6
  Bolivia[19] 34,100 0 37,100 71,200 6.3 3
  Bosnia and Herzegovina[20] 10,500 0 0 10,500 2.7 2.7
  Botswana[21] 9,000 0 0 9,000 4 4
  Brazil[22] 366,500 1,340,000 395,000 2,101,500 10.1 1.8
  Brunei[23] 7,200 700 450 8,350 18.5 16
  Bulgaria[24] 36,950 3,000 0 39,950 5.7 5.2
  Burkina Faso[25] 11,200 0 250 11,450 0.6 0.6
  Burundi[26] 30,050 0 21,000 51,050 4.3 2.5
  Cambodia[27] 124,300 0 67,000 191,300 11.6 7.6
  Cameroon[28] 25,400 0 9,000 34,400 1.3 1
  Canada[29] 67,400 35,600 4,500 107,500 3 1.9
  Cape Verde[30] 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.1 2.1
  Central African Republic[31] 9,150 0 1,000 10,150 1.8 1.6
  Chad[32] 33,250 0 11,900 45,150 2.9 2.1
  Chile[33] 77,200 40,000 44,700 161,900 9 4.3
  People's Republic of China[34] 2,185,000 1,170,000 660,000 4,015,000 2.9 1.6
  Colombia[35] 293,200 34,950 187,900 516,050 10.7 6.1
  Costa Rica[36] 0 0 9,800 9,800 2 0
  Côte d'Ivoire[37][Note 3] 27,400 0 0 27,400 1 1
  Croatia[38] 15,200 18,350 3,000 36,550 8.6 3.6
  Cuba[39][Note 4] 49,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,234,500 110.9 4.4
  Cyprus[40] 15,000 50,000 750 65,750 53.1 12.1
  Czech Republic[41] 21,750 0 0 21,750 2 2
  Democratic Republic of the Congo[42] 134,250 0 0 134,250 1.6 1.6
  Denmark[43] 14,500 44,000 0 58,500 10.1 2.5
  Djibouti[44] 10,450 0 2,650 13,100 14.8 11.8
  Dominican Republic[45] 56,050 0 15,000 71,050 6.9 5.4
  East Timor[46] 2,280 0 0 2,280 1.7 1.7
  Ecuador[47] 40,250 118,000 500 158,750 9.6 2.4
  Egypt[48] 438,500 479,000 397,000 1,314,500 13.2 4.4
  El Salvador[49] 24,500 9,900 17,000 51,400 8.3 4
  Equatorial Guinea[50][Note 5] 1,450 0 0 1,450 1.8 1.8
  Eritrea[51] 201,750 120,000 0 321,750 53.9 33.8
  Estonia[52] 7,100 17,500 0 24,600 19.8 5.7
  Ethiopia[53] 138,000 0 0 138,000 1.3 1.3
  Fiji[54] 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 10.3 3.8
  Finland[55] 23,800 254,000 14,200 292,000 52.7 4.3
  France[56] 208,750 141,050 30,800 380,600 5.6 3.1
  Gabon[57] 4,700 0 2,000 6,700 3.2 2.2
  Gambia[58] 800 0 0 800 0.4 0.4
  Georgia[59] 20,650 0 5,400 26,050 5.3 4.2
  Germany[60] 183,500 50,050 0 233,550 2.9 2.3
  Ghana[61] 15,500 0 0 15,500 0.6 0.6
  Greece[62] 142,700 221,350 4,000 368,050 34.2 13.3
  Guatemala[63] 18,050 63,850 25,000 106,900 6.4 1.1
  Guinea[64] 9,700 0 2,600 12,300 1 0.8
  Guinea-Bissau[65] 4,450 0 0 4,450 2.4 2.4
  Guyana[66] 3,400 670 0 4,070 5.5 4.6
  Haiti[66] 150 0 50 200 0 0
  Honduras[67] 14,950 60,000 8,000 82,950 9 1.6
  Hungary[68] 27,800 20,000 12,000 59,800 6.1 2.8
  Iceland[69] 0 0 250 250 0.7 0
  India[70] 1,455,550 1,155,000 2,526,950 5,137,500 4 1.1
  Indonesia[71] 395,500 400,000 280,000 1,075,500 4.1 1.5
  Iran[72][Note 6] 610,000 350,000 40,000 1,000,000 12 7.3
  Iraq[73] 193,000 0 148,000 341,000 8.5 4.8
  Ireland[69] 9,500 4,050 0 13,550 2.7 1.9
  Israel[74] 169,500 465,000 8,000 642,500 76.3 20.1
  Italy[75][Note 7] 165,500 18,300 175,750 359,550 5.8 2.7
  Jamaica[76] 3,950 980 0 4,930 1.8 1.4
  Japan[77] 247,150 56,000 14,350 317,500 2.5 2
  Jordan[78] 100,500 65,000 15,000 180,500 17.3 9.6
  Kazakhstan[79] 39,000 0 31,500 70,500 3.8 2.1
  Kenya[80] 24,100 0 5,000 29,100 0.6 0.5
  Kosovo[81] 5,000 3,000 1,500 9,500 5 2.6
  Kuwait[82] 17,500 23,700 7,100 48,300 16.6 6
  Kyrgyzstan[83] 10,900 0 9,500 20,400 3.5 1.9
  Laos[84] 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 17.8 4
  Latvia[85] 6,210 15,900 0 22,110 11.5 3.2
  Lebanon[86] 60,000 0 20,000 80,000 13.1 9.8
  Lesotho[87] 2,000 0 0 2,000 1 1
  Liberia[88] 2,010 0 0 2,010 0.4 0.4
  Libya[89][Note 8] 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lithuania[90] 19,850 6,700 14,400 40,950 14.7 7.1
  Luxembourg[91] 900 0 600 1,500 2.5 1.5
  Madagascar[92] 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 0.8 0.5
  Malawi[92] 10,700 0 4,200 14,900 0.8 0.5
  Malaysia[93][Note 9] 113,000 51,600 267,200 431,800 13.6 3.6
  Mali[94] 13,000 0 7,800 20,800 1.1 0.7
  Malta[95] 1,950 180 0 2,130 4.7 4.3
  Mauritania[96] 15,850 0 5,000 20,850 5.4 4.1
  Mauritius[97] 0 0 2,550 2,550 1.9 0
  Mexico[98] 216,000 81,500 111,900 409,400 3.3 1.7
  Moldova[99] 5,150 58,000 900 64,050 18.6 1.5
  Mongolia[100] 9,700 137,000 7,500 154,200 49.7 3.1
  Montenegro[101] 2,350 0 10,100 12,450 20.3 3.8
  Morocco[102] 195,800 150,000 50,000 395,800 11.5 5.7
  Mozambique[97] 11,200 0 0 11,200 0.4 0.4
  Myanmar[103] 406,000 0 107,000 513,000 9.2 7.3
  Namibia[104] 9,900 0 6,000 15,900 6.3 3.9
  Nepal[105] 96,600 0 15,000 111,600 3.8 3.3
  Netherlands[106] 35,400 4,500 5,900 45,800 2.7 2.1
  New Zealand[107] 9,000 2,300 0 11,300 2.5 2
  Nicaragua[108] 12,000 0 0 12,000 2 2
  Niger[109] 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.5 0.3
  Nigeria[110] 143,000 0 80,000 223,000 1.1 0.7
  North Korea[111][Note 10] 1,280,000 600,000 5,889,000 7,769,000 306.1 50.4
  North Macedonia[112] 8,000 4,850 7,600 20,450 9.7 3.8
  Norway[113] 23,250 40,000 0 63,250 11.8 4.3
  Oman[114] 42,600 0 4,400 47,000 13.5 12.2
  Pakistan[115] 654,000 550,000 291,000 1,495,000 7.2 3.1
  Palestine[116][Note 11] 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Panama[117] 0 0 26,000 26,000 6.8 0
  Papua New Guinea[118] 3,600 0 0 3,600 0.5 0.5
  Paraguay[119] 13,950 164,500 14,800 193,250 27.5 2
  Peru[120] 81,000 188,000 77,000 346,000 11 2.6
  Philippines[121] 143,100 131,000 62,300 336,400 3.2 1.4
  Poland[122] 114,050 0 75,400 189,450 4.9 3
  Portugal[123] 27,250 211,700 24,700 263,650 25.5 2.6
  Qatar[124] 16,500 0 5,000 21,500 9.1 7
  Republic of the Congo[125] 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 2.4 2
  Romania[126] 69,300 50,000 57,000 176,300 8.2 3.2
  Russia 1,154,000 2,000,000 554,000 3,708,000 26.1 8.1
  Rwanda[127] 33,000 0 2,000 35,000 2.9 2.7
  Saudi Arabia[128] 227,000 0 24,500 251,500 7.6 6.9
  Senegal[129] 13,600 0 5,000 18,600 1.2 0.9
  Serbia[130] 28,150 50,150 3,700 82,000 11.6 4
  Seychelles[131] 420 0 0 420 4.4 4.4
  Sierra Leone[131] 8,500 0 0 8,500 1.3 1.3
  Singapore[132] 51,000 252,500 7,400 310,900 51.9 8.5
  Slovakia[81] 15,850 0 0 15,850 2.9 2.9
  Slovenia[133] 7,250 1,500 5,950 14,700 7 3.4
  Somalia[134] 19,800 0 0 19,800 1.8 1.8
  South Africa[135] 65,350 15,050 0 80,400 1.5 1.2
  South Korea[136] 599,000 3,100,000 3,013,500 6,712,500 130.5 11.6
  South Sudan[137] 185,000 0 0 185,000 18.1 18.1
  Spain[138] 120,350 15,150 75,800 211,300 4.4 2.5
  Sri Lanka[139] 255,000 5,500 92,600 353,100 15.6 11.3
  Sudan[140] 104,300 0 105,000 209,300 4.9 2.4
  Suriname[141] 1,840 0 0 1,840 3.1 3.1
  Sweden[142] 29,750 0 21,200 50,950 5.1 3
  Switzerland[143] 19,550 196,450 0 216,000 26 2.4
  Syria[144] 169,000 0 100,000 269,000 13.8 8.7
  Taiwan (Republic of China)[145] 163,000 1,657,000 11,800 1,831,800 77.8 6.9
  Tajikistan[146] 8,800 0 7,500 16,300 1.9 1
  Tanzania[147] 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 2 0.5
  Thailand[148] 360,850 200,000 138,700 699,550 10.2 5.3
  Togo[149] 8,550 0 750 9,300 1.1 1
  Trinidad and Tobago[141] 4,050 0 0 4,050 3.3 3.3
  Tunisia[150] 35,800 0 12,000 47,800 4.2 3.1
  Turkey[151] 425,000 200,000 156,800 781,800 9.6 5.2
  Turkmenistan[152] 36,500 0 5,000 41,500 7.7 6.7
  Uganda[153] 45,000 10,000 1,400 56,400 1.4 1.1
  Ukraine[154] 209,000 900,000 102,000 1,211,000 27.6 4.8
  United Arab Emirates[155] 63,000 0 0 63,000 6.5 6.5
  United Kingdom[156] 138,500 78,600 0 217,100 3.3 2.1
  United States[157] 1,328,000 744,950 0 2,072,950 6.3 4
  Uruguay[158] 21,000 0 1,400 22,400 6.6 6.2
  Uzbekistan[159] 48,000 0 20,000 68,000 2.3 1.6
  Venezuela[160] 123,000 8,000 220,000 351,000 11.1 3.9
  Vietnam[161] 482,000 5,000,000 40,000 5,522,000 56.9 5
  Yemen[162] 40,000 0 0 40,000 1.4 1.4
  Zambia[163] 15,100 3,000 1,400 19,500 1.2 0.9
  Zimbabwe[164] 29,000 0 21,800 50,800 3.6 2.1

Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Andorra, Artsakh, Transnistria, Bhutan, Comoros, Eswatini, Maldives, Monaco, Northern Cyprus, Sahrawi, San Marino, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somaliland, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Vatican City.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The reserve military of Armenia consists mostly of ex-conscripts who have seen service within the last 15 years.
  2. ^ Does not include Army forces of Artsakh, which has an Armenian backed army.
  3. ^ Size of paramilitary is not known
  4. ^ The reserve paramilitary of Cuba consists of the Youth Labour Army, Civil Defence and Territorial Troops Militia and count 1,120,000 units. Ready reserves serve 45 days per year.
  5. ^ Size of paramilitary is not known
  6. ^ The Basij, a paramilitary militia with claimed membership of 12.6 million (including women and children), can after mobilization reach about 600,000 people able to fight.
  7. ^ The paramilitary forces of Italy consists of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza.
  8. ^ No data due to the ongoing civil war.
  9. ^ The paramilitary forces of Malaysia includes 240,000 reservists from the People's Volunteer Corps.
  10. ^ The Worker-Peasant Red Guards count 5,700,000 units and are used as a reserve paramilitary.
  11. ^ Precise personnel-strength figures for the various Palestinian groups are not known.

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Further reading

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This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel It includes any government sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government The term country is used in its most common use in the sense of state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition Countries by number of active soldiers 2015 Contents 1 Guide to the list 1 1 Tooth to tail ratio 2 List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 Further readingGuide to the listThe list consists of columns that can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title The names of the states accompanied by their respective national flags The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full time in their military capacity The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary The number of personnel in paramilitary forces armed units that are not considered part of a nation s formal military forces The total number of active reserve and paramilitary personnel The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military active reserve and paramilitary The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size no definitive list can ever be compiled All of the 172 countries listed here especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam include a large number of paramilitaries civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel Some countries such as Italy and Japan have only volunteers in their armed forces Other countries such as Mauritius and Panama have no national armies but only a paramilitary force Tooth to tail ratio The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel supplies construction and contracting and actual combat personnel For a typical country the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26 citation needed so for every soldier there will be around three support personnel This proportion is referred to as the tooth to tail ratio Some countries have a considerably smaller tooth to tail ratio For example the United States Armed Forces has a tooth to tail ratio of 17 meaning that for every combat unit there are around five support units 1 Military personnel per capitaList by the International Institute for Strategic StudiesAccording to International Institute for Strategic Studies 2 Flag Country Active military Reserve military Paramilitary Total Per 1 000 capita total Per 1 000 capita active Afghanistan 3 250 000 75 000 170 000 495 000 14 2 7 2 Albania 4 8 000 0 0 8 000 2 6 2 6 Algeria 5 130 000 150 000 187 200 467 200 11 2 3 1 Angola 6 107 000 0 10 000 117 000 3 9 3 5 Antigua and Barbuda 7 180 80 0 260 2 7 1 9 Argentina 7 72 100 0 31 250 103 350 2 3 1 6 Armenia 8 Note 1 Note 2 44 800 210 000 4 300 259 100 85 3 14 7 Australia 9 58 600 30 100 0 88 700 3 8 2 5 Austria 10 22 050 125 600 0 147 650 16 8 2 5 Azerbaijan 11 126 950 330 000 15 000 471 950 47 12 6 Bahamas 12 1 300 0 0 1 300 3 9 3 9 Bahrain 13 8 200 0 11 260 19 460 13 5 5 7 Bangladesh 14 163 050 0 63 900 226 950 1 4 1 Barbados 15 610 430 0 1 040 3 6 2 1 Belarus 16 45 350 289 500 110 000 444 850 46 7 4 8 Belgium 17 26 300 5 100 0 31 400 2 7 2 3 Belize 15 1 500 700 150 2 350 6 1 3 9 Benin 18 7 250 0 4 800 12 050 1 1 0 6 Bolivia 19 34 100 0 37 100 71 200 6 3 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 10 500 0 0 10 500 2 7 2 7 Botswana 21 9 000 0 0 9 000 4 4 Brazil 22 366 500 1 340 000 395 000 2 101 500 10 1 1 8 Brunei 23 7 200 700 450 8 350 18 5 16 Bulgaria 24 36 950 3 000 0 39 950 5 7 5 2 Burkina Faso 25 11 200 0 250 11 450 0 6 0 6 Burundi 26 30 050 0 21 000 51 050 4 3 2 5 Cambodia 27 124 300 0 67 000 191 300 11 6 7 6 Cameroon 28 25 400 0 9 000 34 400 1 3 1 Canada 29 67 400 35 600 4 500 107 500 3 1 9 Cape Verde 30 1 200 0 0 1 200 2 1 2 1 Central African Republic 31 9 150 0 1 000 10 150 1 8 1 6 Chad 32 33 250 0 11 900 45 150 2 9 2 1 Chile 33 77 200 40 000 44 700 161 900 9 4 3 People s Republic of China 34 2 185 000 1 170 000 660 000 4 015 000 2 9 1 6 Colombia 35 293 200 34 950 187 900 516 050 10 7 6 1 Costa Rica 36 0 0 9 800 9 800 2 0 Cote d Ivoire 37 Note 3 27 400 0 0 27 400 1 1 Croatia 38 15 200 18 350 3 000 36 550 8 6 3 6 Cuba 39 Note 4 49 000 39 000 1 146 500 1 234 500 110 9 4 4 Cyprus 40 15 000 50 000 750 65 750 53 1 12 1 Czech Republic 41 21 750 0 0 21 750 2 2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42 134 250 0 0 134 250 1 6 1 6 Denmark 43 14 500 44 000 0 58 500 10 1 2 5 Djibouti 44 10 450 0 2 650 13 100 14 8 11 8 Dominican Republic 45 56 050 0 15 000 71 050 6 9 5 4 East Timor 46 2 280 0 0 2 280 1 7 1 7 Ecuador 47 40 250 118 000 500 158 750 9 6 2 4 Egypt 48 438 500 479 000 397 000 1 314 500 13 2 4 4 El Salvador 49 24 500 9 900 17 000 51 400 8 3 4 Equatorial Guinea 50 Note 5 1 450 0 0 1 450 1 8 1 8 Eritrea 51 201 750 120 000 0 321 750 53 9 33 8 Estonia 52 7 100 17 500 0 24 600 19 8 5 7 Ethiopia 53 138 000 0 0 138 000 1 3 1 3 Fiji 54 3 500 6 000 0 9 500 10 3 3 8 Finland 55 23 800 254 000 14 200 292 000 52 7 4 3 France 56 208 750 141 050 30 800 380 600 5 6 3 1 Gabon 57 4 700 0 2 000 6 700 3 2 2 2 Gambia 58 800 0 0 800 0 4 0 4 Georgia 59 20 650 0 5 400 26 050 5 3 4 2 Germany 60 183 500 50 050 0 233 550 2 9 2 3 Ghana 61 15 500 0 0 15 500 0 6 0 6 Greece 62 142 700 221 350 4 000 368 050 34 2 13 3 Guatemala 63 18 050 63 850 25 000 106 900 6 4 1 1 Guinea 64 9 700 0 2 600 12 300 1 0 8 Guinea Bissau 65 4 450 0 0 4 450 2 4 2 4 Guyana 66 3 400 670 0 4 070 5 5 4 6 Haiti 66 150 0 50 200 0 0 Honduras 67 14 950 60 000 8 000 82 950 9 1 6 Hungary 68 27 800 20 000 12 000 59 800 6 1 2 8 Iceland 69 0 0 250 250 0 7 0 India 70 1 455 550 1 155 000 2 526 950 5 137 500 4 1 1 Indonesia 71 395 500 400 000 280 000 1 075 500 4 1 1 5 Iran 72 Note 6 610 000 350 000 40 000 1 000 000 12 7 3 Iraq 73 193 000 0 148 000 341 000 8 5 4 8 Ireland 69 9 500 4 050 0 13 550 2 7 1 9 Israel 74 169 500 465 000 8 000 642 500 76 3 20 1 Italy 75 Note 7 165 500 18 300 175 750 359 550 5 8 2 7 Jamaica 76 3 950 980 0 4 930 1 8 1 4 Japan 77 247 150 56 000 14 350 317 500 2 5 2 Jordan 78 100 500 65 000 15 000 180 500 17 3 9 6 Kazakhstan 79 39 000 0 31 500 70 500 3 8 2 1 Kenya 80 24 100 0 5 000 29 100 0 6 0 5 Kosovo 81 5 000 3 000 1 500 9 500 5 2 6 Kuwait 82 17 500 23 700 7 100 48 300 16 6 6 Kyrgyzstan 83 10 900 0 9 500 20 400 3 5 1 9 Laos 84 29 100 0 100 000 129 100 17 8 4 Latvia 85 6 210 15 900 0 22 110 11 5 3 2 Lebanon 86 60 000 0 20 000 80 000 13 1 9 8 Lesotho 87 2 000 0 0 2 000 1 1 Liberia 88 2 010 0 0 2 010 0 4 0 4 Libya 89 Note 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 90 19 850 6 700 14 400 40 950 14 7 7 1 Luxembourg 91 900 0 600 1 500 2 5 1 5 Madagascar 92 13 500 0 8 100 21 600 0 8 0 5 Malawi 92 10 700 0 4 200 14 900 0 8 0 5 Malaysia 93 Note 9 113 000 51 600 267 200 431 800 13 6 3 6 Mali 94 13 000 0 7 800 20 800 1 1 0 7 Malta 95 1 950 180 0 2 130 4 7 4 3 Mauritania 96 15 850 0 5 000 20 850 5 4 4 1 Mauritius 97 0 0 2 550 2 550 1 9 0 Mexico 98 216 000 81 500 111 900 409 400 3 3 1 7 Moldova 99 5 150 58 000 900 64 050 18 6 1 5 Mongolia 100 9 700 137 000 7 500 154 200 49 7 3 1 Montenegro 101 2 350 0 10 100 12 450 20 3 3 8 Morocco 102 195 800 150 000 50 000 395 800 11 5 5 7 Mozambique 97 11 200 0 0 11 200 0 4 0 4 Myanmar 103 406 000 0 107 000 513 000 9 2 7 3 Namibia 104 9 900 0 6 000 15 900 6 3 3 9 Nepal 105 96 600 0 15 000 111 600 3 8 3 3 Netherlands 106 35 400 4 500 5 900 45 800 2 7 2 1 New Zealand 107 9 000 2 300 0 11 300 2 5 2 Nicaragua 108 12 000 0 0 12 000 2 2 Niger 109 5 300 0 5 400 10 700 0 5 0 3 Nigeria 110 143 000 0 80 000 223 000 1 1 0 7 North Korea 111 Note 10 1 280 000 600 000 5 889 000 7 769 000 306 1 50 4 North Macedonia 112 8 000 4 850 7 600 20 450 9 7 3 8 Norway 113 23 250 40 000 0 63 250 11 8 4 3 Oman 114 42 600 0 4 400 47 000 13 5 12 2 Pakistan 115 654 000 550 000 291 000 1 495 000 7 2 3 1 Palestine 116 Note 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 Panama 117 0 0 26 000 26 000 6 8 0 Papua New Guinea 118 3 600 0 0 3 600 0 5 0 5 Paraguay 119 13 950 164 500 14 800 193 250 27 5 2 Peru 120 81 000 188 000 77 000 346 000 11 2 6 Philippines 121 143 100 131 000 62 300 336 400 3 2 1 4 Poland 122 114 050 0 75 400 189 450 4 9 3 Portugal 123 27 250 211 700 24 700 263 650 25 5 2 6 Qatar 124 16 500 0 5 000 21 500 9 1 7 Republic of the Congo 125 10 000 0 2 000 12 000 2 4 2 Romania 126 69 300 50 000 57 000 176 300 8 2 3 2 Russia 1 154 000 2 000 000 554 000 3 708 000 26 1 8 1 Rwanda 127 33 000 0 2 000 35 000 2 9 2 7 Saudi Arabia 128 227 000 0 24 500 251 500 7 6 6 9 Senegal 129 13 600 0 5 000 18 600 1 2 0 9 Serbia 130 28 150 50 150 3 700 82 000 11 6 4 Seychelles 131 420 0 0 420 4 4 4 4 Sierra Leone 131 8 500 0 0 8 500 1 3 1 3 Singapore 132 51 000 252 500 7 400 310 900 51 9 8 5 Slovakia 81 15 850 0 0 15 850 2 9 2 9 Slovenia 133 7 250 1 500 5 950 14 700 7 3 4 Somalia 134 19 800 0 0 19 800 1 8 1 8 South Africa 135 65 350 15 050 0 80 400 1 5 1 2 South Korea 136 599 000 3 100 000 3 013 500 6 712 500 130 5 11 6 South Sudan 137 185 000 0 0 185 000 18 1 18 1 Spain 138 120 350 15 150 75 800 211 300 4 4 2 5 Sri Lanka 139 255 000 5 500 92 600 353 100 15 6 11 3 Sudan 140 104 300 0 105 000 209 300 4 9 2 4 Suriname 141 1 840 0 0 1 840 3 1 3 1 Sweden 142 29 750 0 21 200 50 950 5 1 3 Switzerland 143 19 550 196 450 0 216 000 26 2 4 Syria 144 169 000 0 100 000 269 000 13 8 8 7 Taiwan Republic of China 145 163 000 1 657 000 11 800 1 831 800 77 8 6 9 Tajikistan 146 8 800 0 7 500 16 300 1 9 1 Tanzania 147 27 000 80 000 1 400 108 400 2 0 5 Thailand 148 360 850 200 000 138 700 699 550 10 2 5 3 Togo 149 8 550 0 750 9 300 1 1 1 Trinidad and Tobago 141 4 050 0 0 4 050 3 3 3 3 Tunisia 150 35 800 0 12 000 47 800 4 2 3 1 Turkey 151 425 000 200 000 156 800 781 800 9 6 5 2 Turkmenistan 152 36 500 0 5 000 41 500 7 7 6 7 Uganda 153 45 000 10 000 1 400 56 400 1 4 1 1 Ukraine 154 209 000 900 000 102 000 1 211 000 27 6 4 8 United Arab Emirates 155 63 000 0 0 63 000 6 5 6 5 United Kingdom 156 138 500 78 600 0 217 100 3 3 2 1 United States 157 1 328 000 744 950 0 2 072 950 6 3 4 Uruguay 158 21 000 0 1 400 22 400 6 6 6 2 Uzbekistan 159 48 000 0 20 000 68 000 2 3 1 6 Venezuela 160 123 000 8 000 220 000 351 000 11 1 3 9 Vietnam 161 482 000 5 000 000 40 000 5 522 000 56 9 5 Yemen 162 40 000 0 0 40 000 1 4 1 4 Zambia 163 15 100 3 000 1 400 19 500 1 2 0 9 Zimbabwe 164 29 000 0 21 800 50 800 3 6 2 1Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia Andorra Artsakh Transnistria Bhutan Comoros Eswatini Maldives Monaco Northern Cyprus Sahrawi San Marino Saint Kitts and Nevis Sao Tome and Principe Somaliland Tonga Vanuatu and Vatican City See alsoList of countries by level of military equipment List of countries by military expenditures List of countries by military expenditure per capita List of countries by Global Militarization Index List of countries without armed forces List of militaries by country List of militaries that recruit foreigners List of countries that prohibit paramilitary organizations outside government armed forces List of countries and dependencies by number of police officersNotes The reserve military of Armenia consists mostly of ex conscripts who have seen service within the last 15 years Does not include Army forces of Artsakh which has an Armenian backed army Size of paramilitary is not known The reserve paramilitary of Cuba consists of the Youth Labour Army Civil Defence and Territorial Troops Militia and count 1 120 000 units Ready reserves serve 45 days per year Size of paramilitary is not known The Basij a paramilitary militia with claimed membership of 12 6 million including women and children can after mobilization reach about 600 000 people able to fight The paramilitary forces of Italy consists of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza No data due to the ongoing civil war The paramilitary forces of Malaysia includes 240 000 reservists from the People s Volunteer Corps The Worker 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