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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 :
3,500,000
1990
Chinese Military
# 2
United States :
2,180,000
1990
American Military
# 3
Iraq :
1,390,000
1990
Iraqi Military
# 4
India :
1,260,000
1990
Indian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,200,000
1990
Korean Military
# 6
Vietnam :
1,050,000
1990
Vietnamese Military
# 7
Turkey :
769,000
1990
Turkish Military
# 8
Korea, South :
650,000
1990
Korean Military
# 9
France :
550,000
1990
French Military
# 10
Pakistan :
550,000
1990
Pakistani Military
# 11
Germany :
545,000
1990
German Military
# 12
Italy :
493,000
1990
Italian Military
# 13
Iran :
440,000
1990
Iranian Military
# 14
Egypt :
434,000
1990
Egyptian Military
# 15
Syria :
408,000
1990
Syrian Military
# 16
Poland :
313,000
1990
Polish Military
# 17
United Kingdom :
308,000
1990
British Military
# 18
Cuba :
297,000
1990
Cuban Military
# 19
Brazil :
295,000
1990
Brazilian Military
# 20
Indonesia :
283,000
1990
Indonesian Military
# 21
Thailand :
283,000
1990
Thai Military
# 22
Spain :
263,000
1990
Spanish Military
# 23
Japan :
250,000
1990
Japanese Military
# 24
Ethiopia :
250,000
1990
Ethiopian Military
# 25
Burma :
230,000
1990
Burmese Military
# 26
Greece :
201,000
1990
Greek Military
# 27
Morocco :
195,000
1990
Moroccan Military
# 28
Israel :
190,000
1990
Israeli Military
# 29
Serbia and Montenegro :
180,000
1990
Serbian Military
# 30
Mexico :
175,000
1990
Mexican Military
# 31
Saudi Arabia :
146,000
1990
Saudi Military
# 32
Malaysia :
130,000
1990
Malaysian Military
# 33
Bulgaria :
129,000
1990
Bulgarian Military
# 34
Yemen :
127,000
1990
Yemeni Military
# 35
Romania :
126,000
1990
Romanian Military
# 36
Algeria :
126,000
1990
Algerian Military
# 37
Peru :
125,000
1990
Peruvian Military
# 38
Angola :
115,000
1990
Angolan Military
# 39
Cambodia :
112,000
1990
Cambodian Military
# 40
Colombia :
110,000
1990
Colombian Military
# 41
Philippines :
109,000
1990
Philippine Military
# 42
Belgium :
106,000
1990
Belgian Military
# 43
Netherlands :
104,000
1990
Dutch Military
# 44
Bangladesh :
103,000
1990
Bangladeshi Military
# 45
Jordan :
100,000
1990
Jordanian Military
# 46
Chile :
95,000
1990
Chilean Military
# 47
Nigeria :
94,000
1990
Nigerian Military
# 48
Hungary :
94,000
1990
Hungarian Military
# 49
Portugal :
87,000
1990
Portuguese Military
# 50
Canada :
87,000
1990
Canadian Military
# 51
Libya :
86,000
1990
Libyan Military
# 52
South Africa :
85,000
1990
South African Military
# 53
Argentina :
85,000
1990
Argentine Military
# 54
Venezuela :
75,000
1990
Venezuelan Military
# 55
Australia :
68,000
1990
Australian Military
# 56
United Arab Emirates :
66,000
1990
Emirati Military
# 57
Mozambique :
65,000
1990
Mozambican Military
# 58
Sudan :
65,000
1990
Sudanese Military
# 59
Sweden :
65,000
1990
Swedish Military
# 60
Uganda :
60,000
1990
Ugandan Military
# 61
Afghanistan :
58,000
1990
Afghan Military
# 62
Singapore :
56,000
1990
Singapore Military
# 63
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
55,000
1990
Congolese Military
# 64
Laos :
55,000
1990
Lao Military
# 65
El Salvador :
55,000
1990
Salvadoran Military
# 66
Ecuador :
53,000
1990
Ecuadorian Military
# 67
Norway :
51,000
1990
Norwegian Military
# 68
Chad :
50,000
1990
Chadian Military
# 69
Somalia :
47,000
1990
Somali Military
# 70
Zimbabwe :
45,000
1990
Zimbabwean Military
# 71
Austria :
43,000
1990
Austrian Military
# 72
Guatemala :
43,000
1990
Guatemalan Military
# 73
Tanzania :
40,000
1990
Tanzanian Military
# 74
Lebanon :
36,000
1990
Lebanese Military
# 75
Nepal :
35,000
1990
Nepalese Military
# 76
Tunisia :
35,000
1990
Tunisian Military
# 77
Mongolia :
32,000
1990
Mongolian Military
# 78
Oman :
32,000
1990
Omani Military
# 79
Denmark :
31,000
1990
Danish Military
# 80
Finland :
31,000
1990
Finnish Military
# 81
Bolivia :
30,000
1990
Bolivian Military
# 82
Nicaragua :
28,000
1990
Nicaraguan Military
# 83
Uruguay :
25,000
1990
Uruguayan Military
# 84
Cameroon :
23,000
1990
Cameroonian Military
# 85
Sri Lanka :
22,000
1990
Sri Lankan Military
# 86
Switzerland :
22,000
1990
Swiss Military
# 87
Madagascar :
21,000
1990
Malagasy Military
# 88
Dominican Republic :
21,000
1990
Dominican Military
# 89
Kenya :
20,000
1990
Kenyan Military
# 90
Honduras :
18,000
1990
Honduran Military
# 91
Senegal :
18,000
1990
Senegalese Military
# 92
Mauritania :
17,000
1990
Mauritanian Military
# 93
Paraguay :
16,000
1990
Paraguayan Military
# 94
Zambia :
16,000
1990
Zambian Military
# 95
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1990
Ivoirian Military
# 96
Guinea :
15,000
1990
Guinean Military
# 97
Mali :
13,000
1990
Malian Military
# 98
Ireland :
13,000
1990
Irish Military
# 99
Guinea-Bissau :
12,000
1990
Guinean Military
# 100
Burundi :
12,000
1990
Burundian Military
# 101
Panama :
11,000
1990
Panamanian Military
# 102
New Zealand :
11,000
1990
New Zealand Military
# 103
Qatar :
11,000
1990
Qatari Military
# 104
Cyprus :
10,000
1990
Cypriot Military
# 105
Burkina Faso :
10,000
1990
Burkinabe Military
# 106
Ghana :
9,000
1990
Ghanaian Military
# 107
Gabon :
9,000
1990
Gabonese Military
# 108
Congo, Republic of the :
9,000
1990
Congolese Military
# 109
Liberia :
8,000
1990
Liberian Military
# 110
Costa Rica :
8,000
1990
Costa Rican Military
# 111
Bahrain :
8,000
1990
Bahraini Military
# 112
Togo :
8,000
1990
Togolese Military
# 113
Haiti :
8,000
1990
Haitian Military
# 114
Malawi :
7,000
1990
Malawian Military
# 115
Kuwait :
7,000
1990
Kuwaiti Military
# 116
Benin :
6,000
1990
Beninese Military
# 117
Rwanda :
6,000
1990
Rwandan Military
# 118
Botswana :
6,000
1990
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 119
Sierra Leone :
5,000
1990
Sierra Leonean Military
# 120
Fiji :
5,000
1990
Fijian Military
# 121
Niger :
5,000
1990
Nigerien Military
# 122
Papua New Guinea :
4,000
1990
Papua New Guinean Military
# 123
Central African Republic :
4,000
1990
Central African Military
# 124
Guyana :
4,000
1990
Guyanese Military
# 125
Brunei :
4,000
1990
Bruneian Military
# 126
Suriname :
4,000
1990
Surinamese Military
# 127
Djibouti :
4,000
1990
Djiboutian Military
# 128
Jamaica :
3,000
1990
Jamaican Military
# 129
Swaziland :
3,000
1990
Swazi Military
# 130
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,000
1990
Tobagonian Military
# 131
Gambia, The :
2,000
1990
Gambian Military
# 132
Malta :
2,000
1990
Maltese Military
# 133
Lesotho :
2,000
1990
Basotho Military
# 134
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1990
Sao Tomean Military
# 135
Cape Verde :
1,000
1990
Cape Verdean Military
# 136
Mauritius :
1,000
1990
Mauritian Military
# 137
Equatorial Guinea :
1,000
1990
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 138
Luxembourg :
1,000
1990
Luxembourg Military
# 139
Belize :
1,000
1990
Belizean Military
Total :
23,548,000
Weighted average:
169,410.1
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 (1990) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1990
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