Military

Armed forces personnel

Active-duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces.

Year

Highest · 2020

India

3.07M

Coverage · 2020

170

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2020

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#	Country	Value
1	India	3.07M
2	China	2.54M
3	North Korea	1.47M
4	Russia	1.45M
5	United States	1.40M
6	Pakistan	943.0K
7	Egypt	836.0K
8	Brazil	762.0K
9	Indonesia	676.0K
10	Iran	650.0K
11	South Korea	569.0K
12	Vietnam	522.0K
13	Turkey	512.0K
14	Myanmar	463.0K
15	Iraq	459.0K
16	Thailand	455.0K
17	Colombia	428.0K
18	Venezuela	343.0K
19	Mexico	341.0K
20	Italy	338.0K
21	Algeria	326.0K
22	Sri Lanka	317.0K
23	France	304.0K
24	Ukraine	298.0K
25	Saudi Arabia	282.0K
26	Syria	269.0K
27	Japan	261.0K
28	Morocco	246.0K
29	Bangladesh	227.0K
30	Nigeria	223.0K
31	Eritrea	202.0K
32	Spain	199.0K
33	Cambodia	191.0K
34	Poland	189.0K
35	Germany	183.0K
36	Israel	178.0K
37	Afghanistan	165.0K
38	Belarus	158.0K
38	Peru	158.0K
40	Philippines	157.0K
41	United Kingdom	153.0K
42	Greece	147.0K
43	Sudan	144.0K
44	Ethiopia	138.0K
45	Malaysia	136.0K
46	DR Congo	134.0K
47	Laos	129.0K
48	Romania	128.0K
49	Angola	117.0K
50	Jordan	116.0K
51	Chile	114.0K
52	Nepal	112.0K
53	Argentina	103.0K
54	South Africa	89.0K
55	Azerbaijan	82.0K
56	Lebanon	80.0K
57	Cuba	76.0K
58	Canada	72.0K
59	Bolivia	71.0K
59	Dominican Republic	71.0K
59	Kazakhstan	71.0K
62	Uzbekistan	68.0K
63	United Arab Emirates	63.0K
64	Australia	60.0K
65	Singapore	59.0K
66	Turkmenistan	57.0K
67	South Sudan	53.0K
68	Portugal	52.0K
69	Zimbabwe	51.0K
70	Tunisia	48.0K
71	Armenia	47.0K
71	Oman	47.0K
73	Hungary	46.0K
73	Uganda	46.0K
75	Chad	45.0K
76	Guatemala	43.0K
77	Ecuador	42.0K
77	El Salvador	42.0K
79	Mali	41.0K
79	Netherlands	41.0K
81	Yemen	40.0K
82	Bulgaria	37.0K
82	Lithuania	37.0K
84	Rwanda	35.0K
85	Cameroon	34.0K
86	Serbia	32.0K
87	Burundi	31.0K
88	Paraguay	29.0K
89	Panama	28.0K
89	Tanzania	28.0K
91	Côte d'Ivoire	27.0K
91	Czechia	27.0K
93	Georgia	26.0K
94	Kuwait	25.0K
94	Norway	25.0K
96	Belgium	24.0K
96	Kenya	24.0K
98	Austria	23.0K
98	Honduras	23.0K
100	Finland	22.0K
100	Madagascar	22.0K
100	Qatar	22.0K
100	Uruguay	22.0K
104	Kyrgyzstan	21.0K
104	Mauritania	21.0K
106	Croatia	20.0K
106	Switzerland	20.0K
108	Bahrain	19.0K
108	Senegal	19.0K
110	Mongolia	18.0K
110	Slovakia	18.0K
112	Tajikistan	17.0K
113	Ghana	16.0K
113	Namibia	16.0K
113	North Macedonia	16.0K
113	Zambia	16.0K
117	Denmark	15.0K
117	Malawi	15.0K
117	Sweden	15.0K
120	Somalia	14.0K
121	Cyprus	13.0K
121	Djibouti	13.0K
121	Guinea	13.0K
124	Benin	12.0K
124	Congo	12.0K
124	Montenegro	12.0K
124	Nicaragua	12.0K
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11.0K
128	Burkina Faso	11.0K
128	Mozambique	11.0K
131	Central African Republic	10.0K
131	Costa Rica	10.0K
131	New Zealand	10.0K
131	Niger	10.0K
131	Togo	10.0K
136	Botswana	9,000
136	Ireland	9,000
136	Latvia	9,000
136	Sierra Leone	9,000
140	Albania	8,000
140	Brunei	8,000
142	Estonia	7,000
142	Gabon	7,000
142	Slovenia	7,000
145	Jamaica	6,000
145	Moldova	6,000
147	Trinidad and Tobago	5,000
148	Fiji	4,000
148	Gambia	4,000
148	Guinea-Bissau	4,000
148	Papua New Guinea	4,000
152	Guyana	3,000
152	Mauritius	3,000
154	Bahamas	2,000
154	Belize	2,000
154	Lesotho	2,000
154	Liberia	2,000
154	Malta	2,000
154	Suriname	2,000
154	Timor-Leste	2,000
161	Barbados	1,000
161	Cabo Verde	1,000
161	Equatorial Guinea	1,000
161	Haiti	1,000
161	Luxembourg	1,000
166	Antigua and Barbuda	0
166	Iceland	0
166	Libya	0
166	Seychelles	0
166	West Bank and Gaza	0

Source: World Bank — Armed forces personnel · Unit: People · Year: 2020 · 170 entries