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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 :
3,200,000
1991
Chinese Military
# 2
United States :
2,120,000
1991
American Military
# 3
India :
1,270,000
1991
Indian Military
# 4
Korea, North :
1,200,000
1991
Korean Military
# 5
Vietnam :
1,040,000
1991
Vietnamese Military
# 6
Turkey :
804,000
1991
Turkish Military
# 7
Korea, South :
750,000
1991
Korean Military
# 8
Pakistan :
565,000
1991
Pakistani Military
# 9
France :
542,000
1991
French Military
# 10
Iraq :
475,000
1991
Iraqi Military
# 11
Italy :
473,000
1991
Italian Military
# 12
Iran :
465,000
1991
Iranian Military
# 13
Germany :
457,000
1991
German Military
# 14
Egypt :
434,000
1991
Egyptian Military
# 15
Syria :
408,000
1991
Syrian Military
# 16
Poland :
305,000
1991
Polish Military
# 17
United Kingdom :
301,000
1991
British Military
# 18
Cuba :
297,000
1991
Cuban Military
# 19
Brazil :
295,000
1991
Brazilian Military
# 20
Burma :
286,000
1991
Burmese Military
# 21
Thailand :
283,000
1991
Thai Military
# 22
Indonesia :
278,000
1991
Indonesian Military
# 23
Japan :
250,000
1991
Japanese Military
# 24
Spain :
246,000
1991
Spanish Military
# 25
Greece :
205,000
1991
Greek Military
# 26
Romania :
201,000
1991
Romanian Military
# 27
Morocco :
195,000
1991
Moroccan Military
# 28
Saudi Arabia :
191,000
1991
Saudi Military
# 29
Israel :
190,000
1991
Israeli Military
# 30
Mexico :
175,000
1991
Mexican Military
# 31
Serbia and Montenegro :
169,000
1991
Serbian Military
# 32
Angola :
150,000
1991
Angolan Military
# 33
Malaysia :
128,000
1991
Malaysian Military
# 34
Yemen :
127,000
1991
Yemeni Military
# 35
Algeria :
126,000
1991
Algerian Military
# 36
Peru :
123,000
1991
Peruvian Military
# 37
Ethiopia :
120,000
1991
Ethiopian Military
# 38
Cambodia :
112,000
1991
Cambodian Military
# 39
Sri Lanka :
110,000
1991
Sri Lankan Military
# 40
Colombia :
110,000
1991
Colombian Military
# 41
Bangladesh :
107,000
1991
Bangladeshi Military
# 42
Bulgaria :
107,000
1991
Bulgarian Military
# 43
Philippines :
107,000
1991
Philippine Military
# 44
Netherlands :
104,000
1991
Dutch Military
# 45
Belgium :
101,000
1991
Belgian Military
# 46
Jordan :
100,000
1991
Jordanian Military
# 47
Nigeria :
94,000
1991
Nigerian Military
# 48
Chile :
90,000
1991
Chilean Military
# 49
Hungary :
87,000
1991
Hungarian Military
# 50
Libya :
86,000
1991
Libyan Military
# 51
Portugal :
86,000
1991
Portuguese Military
# 52
Canada :
86,000
1991
Canadian Military
# 53
South Africa :
80,000
1991
South African Military
# 54
Venezuela :
73,000
1991
Venezuelan Military
# 55
Argentina :
70,000
1991
Argentine Military
# 56
Australia :
68,000
1991
Australian Military
# 57
United Arab Emirates :
66,000
1991
Emirati Military
# 58
Sudan :
65,000
1991
Sudanese Military
# 59
Mozambique :
65,000
1991
Mozambican Military
# 60
Sweden :
63,000
1991
Swedish Military
# 61
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
60,000
1991
Congolese Military
# 62
Uganda :
60,000
1991
Ugandan Military
# 63
El Salvador :
60,000
1991
Salvadoran Military
# 64
Singapore :
56,000
1991
Singapore Military
# 65
Laos :
53,000
1991
Lao Military
# 66
Ecuador :
53,000
1991
Ecuadorian Military
# 67
Chad :
50,000
1991
Chadian Military
# 68
Afghanistan :
45,000
1991
Afghan Military
# 69
Zimbabwe :
45,000
1991
Zimbabwean Military
# 70
Austria :
44,000
1991
Austrian Military
# 71
Guatemala :
43,000
1991
Guatemalan Military
# 72
Norway :
41,000
1991
Norwegian Military
# 73
Tanzania :
40,000
1991
Tanzanian Military
# 74
Lebanon :
36,000
1991
Lebanese Military
# 75
Tunisia :
35,000
1991
Tunisian Military
# 76
Nepal :
35,000
1991
Nepalese Military
# 77
Bolivia :
33,000
1991
Bolivian Military
# 78
Finland :
32,000
1991
Finnish Military
# 79
Mongolia :
31,000
1991
Mongolian Military
# 80
Rwanda :
30,000
1991
Rwandan Military
# 81
Denmark :
30,000
1991
Danish Military
# 82
Oman :
29,000
1991
Omani Military
# 83
Uruguay :
25,000
1991
Uruguayan Military
# 84
Cameroon :
24,000
1991
Cameroonian Military
# 85
Switzerland :
22,000
1991
Swiss Military
# 86
Dominican Republic :
21,000
1991
Dominican Military
# 87
Madagascar :
21,000
1991
Malagasy Military
# 88
Kenya :
20,000
1991
Kenyan Military
# 89
Nicaragua :
20,000
1991
Nicaraguan Military
# 90
Senegal :
18,000
1991
Senegalese Military
# 91
Honduras :
17,000
1991
Honduran Military
# 92
Mauritania :
17,000
1991
Mauritanian Military
# 93
Zambia :
16,000
1991
Zambian Military
# 94
Paraguay :
16,000
1991
Paraguayan Military
# 95
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1991
Ivoirian Military
# 96
Guinea :
15,000
1991
Guinean Military
# 97
Mali :
13,000
1991
Malian Military
# 98
Ireland :
13,000
1991
Irish Military
# 99
Guinea-Bissau :
12,000
1991
Guinean Military
# 100
Burundi :
12,000
1991
Burundian Military
# 101
Panama :
12,000
1991
Panamanian Military
# 102
New Zealand :
11,000
1991
New Zealand Military
# 103
Qatar :
11,000
1991
Qatari Military
# 104
Burkina Faso :
10,000
1991
Burkinabe Military
# 105
Gabon :
10,000
1991
Gabonese Military
# 106
Kuwait :
10,000
1991
Kuwaiti Military
# 107
Cyprus :
10,000
1991
Cypriot Military
# 108
Ghana :
9,000
1991
Ghanaian Military
# 109
Congo, Republic of the :
9,000
1991
Congolese Military
# 110
Haiti :
8,000
1991
Haitian Military
# 111
Namibia :
8,000
1991
Namibian Military
# 112
Malawi :
8,000
1991
Malawian Military
# 113
Costa Rica :
8,000
1991
Costa Rican Military
# 114
Togo :
8,000
1991
Togolese Military
# 115
Bahrain :
8,000
1991
Bahraini Military
# 116
Botswana :
7,000
1991
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 117
Benin :
7,000
1991
Beninese Military
# 118
Sierra Leone :
5,000
1991
Sierra Leonean Military
# 119
Liberia :
5,000
1991
Liberian Military
# 120
Fiji :
5,000
1991
Fijian Military
# 121
Niger :
5,000
1991
Nigerien Military
# 122
Papua New Guinea :
4,000
1991
Papua New Guinean Military
# 123
Guyana :
4,000
1991
Guyanese Military
# 124
Suriname :
4,000
1991
Surinamese Military
# 125
Central African Republic :
4,000
1991
Central African Military
# 126
Brunei :
4,000
1991
Bruneian Military
# 127
Jamaica :
3,000
1991
Jamaican Military
# 128
Swaziland :
3,000
1991
Swazi Military
# 129
Djibouti :
3,000
1991
Djiboutian Military
# 130
Gambia, The :
2,000
1991
Gambian Military
# 131
Lesotho :
2,000
1991
Basotho Military
# 132
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,000
1991
Tobagonian Military
# 133
Malta :
2,000
1991
Maltese Military
# 134
Cape Verde :
1,000
1991
Cape Verdean Military
# 135
Luxembourg :
1,000
1991
Luxembourg Military
# 136
Mauritius :
1,000
1991
Mauritian Military
# 137
Equatorial Guinea :
1,000
1991
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 138
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1991
Sao Tomean Military
# 139
Belize :
1,000
1991
Belizean Military
Total :
22,356,000
Weighted average:
160,834.5
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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CITATION
"personnel (1991) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1991
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