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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 :
4,135,000
1996
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,223,000
1996
Indian Military
# 3
Russia :
1,622,000
1996
Russian Military
# 4
United States :
1,572,100
1996
American Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,169,000
1996
Korean Military
# 6
Iran :
863,000
1996
Iranian Military
# 7
Pakistan :
835,000
1996
Pakistani Military
# 8
Turkey :
707,200
1996
Turkish Military
# 9
Brazil :
680,600
1996
Brazilian Military
# 10
Egypt :
672,000
1996
Egyptian Military
# 11
Korea, South :
668,000
1996
Korean Military
# 12
Vietnam :
622,000
1996
Vietnamese Military
# 13
Italy :
580,900
1996
Italian Military
# 14
Syria :
529,000
1996
Syrian Military
# 15
France :
491,300
1996
French Military
# 16
Indonesia :
485,200
1996
Indonesian Military
# 17
Ukraine :
466,800
1996
Ukrainian Military
# 18
Iraq :
432,500
1996
Iraqi Military
# 19
Afghanistan :
429,000
1996
Afghan Military
# 20
Burma :
406,300
1996
Burmese Military
# 21
Thailand :
393,500
1996
Thai Military
# 22
Germany :
383,500
1996
German Military
# 23
Cambodia :
307,700
1996
Cambodian Military
# 24
Romania :
307,500
1996
Romanian Military
# 25
Spain :
282,300
1996
Spanish Military
# 26
South Africa :
277,900
1996
South African Military
# 27
Poland :
272,900
1996
Polish Military
# 28
Japan :
247,500
1996
Japanese Military
# 29
Morocco :
236,000
1996
Moroccan Military
# 30
Colombia :
233,300
1996
Colombian Military
# 31
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
227,000
1996
Herzegovinian Military
# 32
Sri Lanka :
225,200
1996
Sri Lankan Military
# 33
Somalia :
225,000
1996
Somali Military
# 34
United Kingdom :
221,000
1996
British Military
# 35
Greece :
198,800
1996
Greek Military
# 36
Peru :
193,600
1996
Peruvian Military
# 37
Mexico :
190,000
1996
Mexican Military
# 38
Israel :
181,100
1996
Israeli Military
# 39
Saudi Arabia :
178,500
1996
Saudi Military
# 40
Bangladesh :
167,200
1996
Bangladeshi Military
# 41
Algeria :
164,900
1996
Algerian Military
# 42
Serbia and Montenegro :
151,900
1996
Serbian Military
# 43
Philippines :
150,000
1996
Philippine Military
# 44
Malaysia :
140,300
1996
Malaysian Military
# 45
Bulgaria :
137,500
1996
Bulgarian Military
# 46
Laos :
137,000
1996
Lao Military
# 47
Jordan :
128,700
1996
Jordanian Military
# 48
Chile :
120,900
1996
Chilean Military
# 49
Ethiopia :
120,000
1996
Ethiopian Military
# 50
Cuba :
119,000
1996
Cuban Military
# 51
Yemen :
112,000
1996
Yemeni Military
# 52
Azerbaijan :
110,700
1996
Azerbaijani Military
# 53
Angola :
106,400
1996
Angolan Military
# 54
Croatia :
104,700
1996
Croatian Military
# 55
Portugal :
104,000
1996
Portuguese Military
# 56
Sudan :
104,000
1996
Sudanese Military
# 57
Argentina :
103,700
1996
Argentine Military
# 58
Sweden :
98,200
1996
Swedish Military
# 59
Belarus :
93,500
1996
Belarusian Military
# 60
Nigeria :
89,100
1996
Nigerian Military
# 61
Canada :
79,800
1996
Canadian Military
# 62
Venezuela :
79,000
1996
Venezuelan Military
# 63
Hungary :
78,100
1996
Hungarian Military
# 64
Czech Republic :
75,600
1996
Czech Military
# 65
Kazakhstan :
74,500
1996
Kazakhstani Military
# 66
Nepal :
71,000
1996
Nepalese Military
# 67
Albania :
67,500
1996
Albanian Military
# 68
Lebanon :
67,400
1996
Lebanese Military
# 69
Netherlands :
66,700
1996
Dutch Military
# 70
Libya :
65,500
1996
Libyan Military
# 71
Singapore :
65,500
1996
Singapore Military
# 72
United Arab Emirates :
65,500
1996
Emirati Military
# 73
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
65,100
1996
Congolese Military
# 74
Zimbabwe :
64,800
1996
Zimbabwean Military
# 75
Bolivia :
64,100
1996
Bolivian Military
# 76
Australia :
58,800
1996
Australian Military
# 77
Armenia :
58,400
1996
Armenian Military
# 78
Tunisia :
58,000
1996
Tunisian Military
# 79
Ecuador :
57,400
1996
Ecuadorian Military
# 80
Guatemala :
56,500
1996
Guatemalan Military
# 81
Austria :
55,800
1996
Austrian Military
# 82
Eritrea :
55,000
1996
Eritrean Military
# 83
Uganda :
51,500
1996
Ugandan Military
# 84
Oman :
47,900
1996
Omani Military
# 85
Slovakia :
46,600
1996
Slovak Military
# 86
Belgium :
46,300
1996
Belgian Military
# 87
Uzbekistan :
46,000
1996
Uzbekistani Military
# 88
El Salvador :
40,400
1996
Salvadoran Military
# 89
Rwanda :
40,000
1996
Rwandan Military
# 90
Dominican Republic :
39,500
1996
Dominican Military
# 91
Tanzania :
36,000
1996
Tanzanian Military
# 92
Finland :
36,000
1996
Finnish Military
# 93
Paraguay :
35,000
1996
Paraguayan Military
# 94
Chad :
34,850
1996
Chadian Military
# 95
Mongolia :
33,500
1996
Mongolian Military
# 96
Denmark :
32,900
1996
Danish Military
# 97
Norway :
30,700
1996
Norwegian Military
# 98
Kenya :
29,200
1996
Kenyan Military
# 99
Madagascar :
28,500
1996
Malagasy Military
# 100
Switzerland :
27,300
1996
Swiss Military
# 101
Uruguay :
26,520
1996
Uruguayan Military
# 102
Honduras :
24,300
1996
Honduran Military
# 103
Tajikistan :
23,500
1996
Tajikistani Military
# 104
Zambia :
23,000
1996
Zambian Military
# 105
Cameroon :
22,100
1996
Cameroonian Military
# 106
Burundi :
22,000
1996
Burundian Military
# 107
Liberia :
22,000
1996
Liberian Military
# 108
Kuwait :
20,800
1996
Kuwaiti Military
# 109
Mauritania :
20,700
1996
Mauritanian Military
# 110
Bahrain :
20,300
1996
Bahraini Military
# 111
Guinea :
19,300
1996
Guinean Military
# 112
Turkmenistan :
18,000
1996
Turkmen Military
# 113
Macedonia, Republic of :
17,900
1996
Macedonian Military
# 114
Senegal :
17,400
1996
Senegalese Military
# 115
Nicaragua :
17,000
1996
Nicaraguan Military
# 116
Costa Rica :
16,200
1996
Costa Rican Military
# 117
Moldova :
15,300
1996
Moldovan Military
# 118
Mali :
15,200
1996
Malian Military
# 119
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1996
Ivoirian Military
# 120
Georgia :
15,000
1996
Georgian Military
# 121
Sierra Leone :
15,000
1996
Sierra Leonean Military
# 122
Congo, Republic of the :
15,000
1996
Congolese Military
# 123
Ghana :
14,500
1996
Ghanaian Military
# 124
Slovenia :
14,050
1996
Slovenian Military
# 125
Cyprus :
14,000
1996
Cypriot Military
# 126
Ireland :
12,700
1996
Irish Military
# 127
Djibouti :
12,600
1996
Djiboutian Military
# 128
Latvia :
12,300
1996
Latvian Military
# 129
Kyrgyzstan :
12,000
1996
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 130
Qatar :
11,800
1996
Qatari Military
# 131
Panama :
11,800
1996
Panamanian Military
# 132
Mozambique :
11,000
1996
Mozambican Military
# 133
Malawi :
10,800
1996
Malawian Military
# 134
Niger :
10,700
1996
Nigerien Military
# 135
Burkina Faso :
10,300
1996
Burkinabe Military
# 136
Lithuania :
9,900
1996
Lithuanian Military
# 137
New Zealand :
9,870
1996
New Zealand Military
# 138
Gabon :
9,500
1996
Gabonese Military
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
9,300
1996
Guinean Military
# 140
Brunei :
9,100
1996
Bruneian Military
# 141
Botswana :
8,500
1996
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 142
Namibia :
8,200
1996
Namibian Military
# 143
Togo :
7,800
1996
Togolese Military
# 144
Benin :
7,300
1996
Beninese Military
# 145
Haiti :
7,000
1996
Haitian Military
# 146
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,900
1996
Tobagonian Military
# 147
Estonia :
5,500
1996
Estonian Military
# 148
Bhutan :
5,000
1996
Bhutanese Military
# 149
Central African Republic :
5,000
1996
Central African Military
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
3,700
1996
Papua New Guinean Military
# 151
Fiji :
3,600
1996
Fijian Military
# 152
Jamaica :
3,500
1996
Jamaican Military
# 153
Bahamas, The :
3,200
1996
Bahamian Military
# 154
Guyana :
3,100
1996
Guyanese Military
# 155
Swaziland :
3,000
1996
Swazi Military
# 156
Malta :
2,000
1996
Maltese Military
# 157
Lesotho :
2,000
1996
Basotho Military
# 158
Suriname :
1,800
1996
Surinamese Military
# 159
Mauritius :
1,800
1996
Mauritian Military
# 160
Equatorial Guinea :
1,600
1996
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 161
Luxembourg :
1,400
1996
Luxembourg Military
# 162
Seychelles :
1,300
1996
Seychellois Military
# 163
Cape Verde :
1,150
1996
Cape Verdean Military
# 164
Belize :
1,100
1996
Belizean Military
# 165
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1996
Sao Tomean Military
# 166
Gambia, The :
800
1996
Gambian Military
# 167
Barbados :
600
1996
Barbadian Military
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
200
1996
Barbudan Military
# 169
Iceland :
100
1996
Icelandic Military
Total :
29,793,940
Weighted average:
176,295.5
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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"personnel (1996) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1996
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