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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.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
3,900,000
1989
Chinese Military
# 2
United States :
2,240,000
1989
American Military
# 3
India :
1,260,000
1989
Indian Military
# 4
Vietnam :
1,250,000
1989
Vietnamese Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,040,000
1989
Korean Military
# 6
Iraq :
1,000,000
1989
Iraqi Military
# 7
Turkey :
780,000
1989
Turkish Military
# 8
Korea, South :
647,000
1989
Korean Military
# 9
Iran :
604,000
1989
Iranian Military
# 10
France :
554,000
1989
French Military
# 11
Pakistan :
520,000
1989
Pakistani Military
# 12
Italy :
506,000
1989
Italian Military
# 13
Germany :
503,000
1989
German Military
# 14
Egypt :
450,000
1989
Egyptian Military
# 15
Syria :
400,000
1989
Syrian Military
# 16
Poland :
350,000
1989
Polish Military
# 17
Brazil :
319,000
1989
Brazilian Military
# 18
United Kingdom :
318,000
1989
British Military
# 19
Cuba :
297,000
1989
Cuban Military
# 20
Indonesia :
285,000
1989
Indonesian Military
# 21
Thailand :
283,000
1989
Thai Military
# 22
Spain :
277,000
1989
Spanish Military
# 23
Ethiopia :
250,000
1989
Ethiopian Military
# 24
Japan :
247,000
1989
Japanese Military
# 25
Serbia and Montenegro :
225,000
1989
Serbian Military
# 26
Romania :
207,000
1989
Romanian Military
# 27
Greece :
201,000
1989
Greek Military
# 28
Burma :
200,000
1989
Burmese Military
# 29
Morocco :
195,000
1989
Moroccan Military
# 30
Israel :
191,000
1989
Israeli Military
# 31
Jordan :
190,000
1989
Jordanian Military
# 32
Mexico :
154,000
1989
Mexican Military
# 33
Bulgaria :
150,000
1989
Bulgarian Military
# 34
Algeria :
126,000
1989
Algerian Military
# 35
Malaysia :
115,000
1989
Malaysian Military
# 36
Philippines :
112,000
1989
Philippine Military
# 37
Peru :
110,000
1989
Peruvian Military
# 38
Belgium :
110,000
1989
Belgian Military
# 39
Hungary :
109,000
1989
Hungarian Military
# 40
Nigeria :
107,000
1989
Nigerian Military
# 41
Angola :
107,000
1989
Angolan Military
# 42
Netherlands :
106,000
1989
Dutch Military
# 43
Portugal :
104,000
1989
Portuguese Military
# 44
Bangladesh :
103,000
1989
Bangladeshi Military
# 45
South Africa :
100,000
1989
South African Military
# 46
Cambodia :
99,000
1989
Cambodian Military
# 47
Chile :
95,000
1989
Chilean Military
# 48
Argentina :
95,000
1989
Argentine Military
# 49
Colombia :
91,000
1989
Colombian Military
# 50
Canada :
88,000
1989
Canadian Military
# 51
Libya :
86,000
1989
Libyan Military
# 52
Saudi Arabia :
82,000
1989
Saudi Military
# 53
Venezuela :
75,000
1989
Venezuelan Military
# 54
Australia :
70,000
1989
Australian Military
# 55
Sudan :
65,000
1989
Sudanese Military
# 56
Mozambique :
65,000
1989
Mozambican Military
# 57
Nicaragua :
65,000
1989
Nicaraguan Military
# 58
Yemen :
62,000
1989
Yemeni Military
# 59
Sweden :
62,000
1989
Swedish Military
# 60
Laos :
56,000
1989
Lao Military
# 61
Singapore :
56,000
1989
Singapore Military
# 62
Afghanistan :
55,000
1989
Afghan Military
# 63
Zimbabwe :
51,000
1989
Zimbabwean Military
# 64
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
51,000
1989
Congolese Military
# 65
Austria :
48,000
1989
Austrian Military
# 66
Somalia :
47,000
1989
Somali Military
# 67
Ecuador :
46,000
1989
Ecuadorian Military
# 68
El Salvador :
45,000
1989
Salvadoran Military
# 69
United Arab Emirates :
43,000
1989
Emirati Military
# 70
Guatemala :
43,000
1989
Guatemalan Military
# 71
Norway :
43,000
1989
Norwegian Military
# 72
Tanzania :
40,000
1989
Tanzanian Military
# 73
Uganda :
40,000
1989
Ugandan Military
# 74
Tunisia :
40,000
1989
Tunisian Military
# 75
Finland :
39,000
1989
Finnish Military
# 76
Nepal :
35,000
1989
Nepalese Military
# 77
Chad :
33,000
1989
Chadian Military
# 78
Mongolia :
33,000
1989
Mongolian Military
# 79
Denmark :
31,000
1989
Danish Military
# 80
Bolivia :
30,000
1989
Bolivian Military
# 81
Oman :
29,000
1989
Omani Military
# 82
Uruguay :
27,000
1989
Uruguayan Military
# 83
Sri Lanka :
22,000
1989
Sri Lankan Military
# 84
Cameroon :
21,000
1989
Cameroonian Military
# 85
Madagascar :
21,000
1989
Malagasy Military
# 86
Dominican Republic :
21,000
1989
Dominican Military
# 87
Kenya :
20,000
1989
Kenyan Military
# 88
Kuwait :
20,000
1989
Kuwaiti Military
# 89
Honduras :
19,000
1989
Honduran Military
# 90
Lebanon :
18,000
1989
Lebanese Military
# 91
Zambia :
17,000
1989
Zambian Military
# 92
Switzerland :
17,000
1989
Swiss Military
# 93
Ghana :
16,000
1989
Ghanaian Military
# 94
Paraguay :
16,000
1989
Paraguayan Military
# 95
Mauritania :
16,000
1989
Mauritanian Military
# 96
Guinea :
15,000
1989
Guinean Military
# 97
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1989
Ivoirian Military
# 98
Congo, Republic of the :
15,000
1989
Congolese Military
# 99
Senegal :
15,000
1989
Senegalese Military
# 100
Panama :
14,000
1989
Panamanian Military
# 101
Cyprus :
14,000
1989
Cypriot Military
# 102
Ireland :
13,000
1989
Irish Military
# 103
New Zealand :
12,000
1989
New Zealand Military
# 104
Burundi :
11,000
1989
Burundian Military
# 105
Gabon :
10,000
1989
Gabonese Military
# 106
Guinea-Bissau :
10,000
1989
Guinean Military
# 107
Haiti :
9,000
1989
Haitian Military
# 108
Costa Rica :
8,000
1989
Costa Rican Military
# 109
Burkina Faso :
8,000
1989
Burkinabe Military
# 110
Mali :
8,000
1989
Malian Military
# 111
Qatar :
7,000
1989
Qatari Military
# 112
Liberia :
7,000
1989
Liberian Military
# 113
Malawi :
7,000
1989
Malawian Military
# 114
Rwanda :
6,000
1989
Rwandan Military
# 115
Botswana :
6,000
1989
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 116
Togo :
6,000
1989
Togolese Military
# 117
Bahrain :
5,000
1989
Bahraini Military
# 118
Central African Republic :
5,000
1989
Central African Military
# 119
Benin :
5,000
1989
Beninese Military
# 120
Swaziland :
4,000
1989
Swazi Military
# 121
Guyana :
4,000
1989
Guyanese Military
# 122
Djibouti :
4,000
1989
Djiboutian Military
# 123
Sierra Leone :
4,000
1989
Sierra Leonean Military
# 124
Brunei :
4,000
1989
Bruneian Military
# 125
Suriname :
4,000
1989
Surinamese Military
# 126
Fiji :
4,000
1989
Fijian Military
# 127
Niger :
4,000
1989
Nigerien Military
# 128
Papua New Guinea :
3,000
1989
Papua New Guinean Military
# 129
Jamaica :
3,000
1989
Jamaican Military
# 130
Cape Verde :
3,000
1989
Cape Verdean Military
# 131
Malta :
2,000
1989
Maltese Military
# 132
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,000
1989
Tobagonian Military
# 133
Gambia, The :
2,000
1989
Gambian Military
# 134
Lesotho :
2,000
1989
Basotho Military
# 135
Equatorial Guinea :
1,000
1989
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 136
Mauritius :
1,000
1989
Mauritian Military
# 137
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1989
Sao Tomean Military
# 138
Luxembourg :
1,000
1989
Luxembourg Military
# 139
Belize :
1,000
1989
Belizean Military
Total :
23,892,000
Weighted average:
171,884.9
DEFINITION: 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.
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"personnel (1989) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1989
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