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Military Statistics > Weapon holdings (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   United States: 38,538,000 
#2   China: 34,281,000 
#3   Korea, North: 17,634,000 
#4   Israel: 15,985,000 
#5   Syria: 11,905,000 
#6   Egypt: 11,251,000 
#7   India: 10,538,000 
#8   Korea, South: 10,303,000 
#9   Turkey: 10,049,000 
#10   Ukraine: 9,520,000 
#11   Iraq: 7,266,000 
#12   Vietnam: 6,678,000 
#13   France: 6,000,000 
#14   Iran: 5,901,000 
#15   Belarus: 5,756,000 
#16   Greece: 5,488,000 
#17   Pakistan: 5,407,000 
#18   Taiwan: 5,341,000 
#19   Italy: 5,243,000 
#20   Bulgaria: 4,838,000 
#21   Libya: 4,829,000 
#22   Saudi Arabia: 4,810,000 
#23   Poland: 4,073,000 
#24   Romania: 4,035,000 
#25   Algeria: 3,774,000 
#26   Spain: 3,550,000 
#27   Japan: 3,307,000 
#28   Kazakhstan: 3,252,000 
#29   Serbia and Montenegro: 3,252,000 
#30   Jordan: 2,859,000 
#31   South Africa: 2,671,000 
#32   Thailand: 2,563,000 
#33   Cuba: 2,490,000 
#34   Switzerland: 2,432,000 
#35   Hungary: 2,388,000 
#36   Finland: 2,260,000 
#37   Morocco: 2,187,000 
#38   Brazil: 2,153,000 
#39   Netherlands: 2,024,000 
#40   Turkmenistan: 2,011,000 
#41   Sweden: 1,970,000 
#42   Angola: 1,908,000 
#43   Lebanon: 1,875,000 
#44   Canada: 1,774,000 
#45   Afghanistan: 1,760,000 
#46   Sudan: 1,718,000 
#47   Singapore: 1,617,000 
#48   United Arab Emirates: 1,574,000 
#49   Uzbekistan: 1,532,000 
#50   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,517,000 
#51   Albania: 1,509,000 
#52   Argentina: 1,442,000 
#53   Mongolia: 1,350,000 
#54   Denmark: 1,249,000 
#55   Mexico: 1,235,000 
#56   Austria: 1,218,000 
#57   Nigeria: 1,206,000 
#58   Niger: 1,206,000 
#59   Australia: 1,186,000 
#60   Croatia: 1,171,000 
#61   Azerbaijan: 1,169,000 
#62   Indonesia: 1,166,000 
#63   Chile: 1,123,000 
#64   Malaysia: 1,108,000 
#65   Kyrgyzstan: 974,000 
#66   Peru: 948,000 
#67   Ethiopia: 937,000 
#68   Czech Republic: 898,000 
#69   Slovakia: 898,000 
#70   Venezuela: 855,000 
#71   Philippines: 794,000 
#72   Belgium: 793,000 
#73   Cambodia: 762,000 
#74   Portugal: 756,000 
#75   Kuwait: 751,000 
#76   Burma: 746,000 
#77   Cyprus: 691,000 
#78   Norway: 613,000 
#79   Tunisia: 581,000 
#80   Bahrain: 580,000 
#81   Zimbabwe: 554,000 
#82   Bangladesh: 547,000 
#83   Ecuador: 542,000 
#84   Oman: 503,000 
#85   Armenia: 481,000 
#86   Nicaragua: 481,000 
#87   Mozambique: 397,000 
#88   Moldova: 387,000 
#89   Tanzania: 387,000 
#90   Sri Lanka: 379,000 
#91   Georgia: 377,000 
#92   Colombia: 373,000 
#93   Qatar: 346,000 
#94   Uruguay: 310,000 
#95   Uganda: 286,000 
#96   Kenya: 251,000 
#97   Zambia: 247,000 
#98   Slovenia: 218,000 
#99   Laos: 214,000 
#100   Bolivia: 209,000 
#101   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 190,000 
#102   Botswana: 178,000 
#103   El Salvador: 159,000 
#104   Chad: 152,000 
#105   Burundi: 148,000 
#106   Guatemala: 145,000 
#107   New Zealand: 134,000 
#108   Mali: 133,000 
#109   Tajikistan: 121,000 
#110   Burkina Faso: 119,000 
#111   Cameroon: 114,000 
#112   Ireland: 112,000 
#113   Rwanda: 107,000 
#114   Guinea-Bissau: 101,000 
#115   Namibia: 89,000 
#116   Honduras: 89,000 
#117   Lithuania: 81,000 
#118   Ghana: 75,000 
#119   Dominica: 72,000 
#120   Dominican Republic: 72,000 
#121   Madagascar: 71,000 
#122   Paraguay: 71,000 
#123   Benin: 69,000 
#124   Togo: 65,000 
#125   Gabon: 60,000 
#126   Senegal: 48,000 
#127   Central African Republic: 43,000 
#128   Cote d'Ivoire: 43,000 
#129   Djibouti: 37,000 
#130   Lesotho: 24,000 
#131   Nepal: 14,000 
#132   Jamaica: 13,000 
#133   Equatorial Guinea: 10,000 
#134   Malawi: 9,000 
#135   Guyana: 6,000 
#136   Sierra Leone: 3,000 
#137   Germany: 0 
Total: 346,468,000  
Weighted average: 2,528,963.5  

SOURCE: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

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John
27th April 2005 		It's very interesting to note that Israel has 15,985,000 weapon holdings, since its a nation of only 6+ million, while India for example has 10,538,000 weapon holdings, and it's a nation of 1+ billion!
dz (usa)
19th September 2007 		John,

That's because israel was the victim of countless wars by an enemy that outnumbers it whose purposes where to destroy it in some sort of modern crusades!
James (Elon University)
4th October 2007 		Why is it that Germany has 0? I realize that some countries have a ban on firearms like Japan, but I know that both Japan and Germany have self defense forces. Could someone explain this?
Travis (Los Angeles)
5th November 2007 		Ummm Germany has 0 because of WW2. Remember that time they tried to take over the world?
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