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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 :
3,640,000
1997
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,233,000
1997
Indian Military
# 3
Russia :
1,823,000
1997
Russian Military
# 4
United States :
1,533,300
1997
American Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,244,000
1997
Korean Military
# 6
Iran :
868,000
1997
Iranian Military
# 7
Pakistan :
834,000
1997
Pakistani Military
# 8
Turkey :
821,200
1997
Turkish Military
# 9
Brazil :
700,300
1997
Brazilian Military
# 10
Egypt :
680,000
1997
Egyptian Military
# 11
Korea, South :
676,500
1997
Korean Military
# 12
Italy :
580,900
1997
Italian Military
# 13
Vietnam :
557,000
1997
Vietnamese Military
# 14
Indonesia :
484,000
1997
Indonesian Military
# 15
France :
473,100
1997
French Military
# 16
Ukraine :
453,400
1997
Ukrainian Military
# 17
Iraq :
442,900
1997
Iraqi Military
# 18
Burma :
429,050
1997
Burmese Military
# 19
Afghanistan :
429,000
1997
Afghan Military
# 20
Syria :
428,000
1997
Syrian Military
# 21
Cambodia :
360,500
1997
Cambodian Military
# 22
Germany :
347,100
1997
German Military
# 23
Thailand :
337,000
1997
Thai Military
# 24
Romania :
306,050
1997
Romanian Military
# 25
Spain :
273,250
1997
Spanish Military
# 26
Algeria :
270,200
1997
Algerian Military
# 27
Poland :
265,150
1997
Polish Military
# 28
Japan :
247,600
1997
Japanese Military
# 29
Morocco :
238,300
1997
Moroccan Military
# 30
Colombia :
233,300
1997
Colombian Military
# 31
Sri Lanka :
227,200
1997
Sri Lankan Military
# 32
Somalia :
225,000
1997
Somali Military
# 33
United Kingdom :
218,000
1997
British Military
# 34
South Africa :
217,440
1997
South African Military
# 35
Peru :
203,000
1997
Peruvian Military
# 36
Mexico :
190,000
1997
Mexican Military
# 37
Israel :
181,050
1997
Israeli Military
# 38
Saudi Arabia :
178,000
1997
Saudi Military
# 39
Singapore :
178,000
1997
Singapore Military
# 40
Bangladesh :
170,700
1997
Bangladeshi Military
# 41
Greece :
166,300
1997
Greek Military
# 42
Philippines :
153,000
1997
Philippine Military
# 43
Serbia and Montenegro :
152,200
1997
Serbian Military
# 44
Yemen :
146,300
1997
Yemeni Military
# 45
Bulgaria :
135,500
1997
Bulgarian Military
# 46
Jordan :
134,050
1997
Jordanian Military
# 47
Malaysia :
131,600
1997
Malaysian Military
# 48
Laos :
129,000
1997
Lao Military
# 49
Angola :
125,500
1997
Angolan Military
# 50
Chile :
125,500
1997
Chilean Military
# 51
Ethiopia :
120,000
1997
Ethiopian Military
# 52
Nigeria :
107,000
1997
Nigerian Military
# 53
Azerbaijan :
106,700
1997
Azerbaijani Military
# 54
Argentina :
104,240
1997
Argentine Military
# 55
Portugal :
100,200
1997
Portuguese Military
# 56
Croatia :
98,000
1997
Croatian Military
# 57
Sudan :
94,700
1997
Sudanese Military
# 58
Belarus :
89,800
1997
Belarusian Military
# 59
Sweden :
88,950
1997
Swedish Military
# 60
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
86,000
1997
Herzegovinian Military
# 61
Uzbekistan :
86,000
1997
Uzbekistani Military
# 62
Nepal :
86,000
1997
Nepalese Military
# 63
Cuba :
79,000
1997
Cuban Military
# 64
Venezuela :
79,000
1997
Venezuelan Military
# 65
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
77,000
1997
Congolese Military
# 66
Hungary :
74,100
1997
Hungarian Military
# 67
Lebanon :
73,600
1997
Lebanese Military
# 68
Canada :
72,700
1997
Canadian Military
# 69
Bolivia :
70,600
1997
Bolivian Military
# 70
Kazakhstan :
69,600
1997
Kazakhstani Military
# 71
Albania :
67,500
1997
Albanian Military
# 72
Czech Republic :
67,300
1997
Czech Military
# 73
United Arab Emirates :
65,500
1997
Emirati Military
# 74
Libya :
65,500
1997
Libyan Military
# 75
Rwanda :
62,000
1997
Rwandan Military
# 76
Armenia :
61,000
1997
Armenian Military
# 77
Zimbabwe :
60,800
1997
Zimbabwean Military
# 78
Netherlands :
60,800
1997
Dutch Military
# 79
Australia :
58,400
1997
Australian Military
# 80
Ecuador :
57,370
1997
Ecuadorian Military
# 81
Guatemala :
50,500
1997
Guatemalan Military
# 82
Oman :
47,900
1997
Omani Military
# 83
Tunisia :
47,000
1997
Tunisian Military
# 84
Uganda :
46,500
1997
Ugandan Military
# 85
Eritrea :
46,000
1997
Eritrean Military
# 86
Austria :
45,500
1997
Austrian Military
# 87
Slovakia :
45,150
1997
Slovak Military
# 88
Belgium :
44,450
1997
Belgian Military
# 89
El Salvador :
40,400
1997
Salvadoran Military
# 90
Dominican Republic :
39,500
1997
Dominican Military
# 91
Georgia :
39,200
1997
Georgian Military
# 92
Tanzania :
36,000
1997
Tanzanian Military
# 93
Paraguay :
35,000
1997
Paraguayan Military
# 94
Chad :
34,850
1997
Chadian Military
# 95
Finland :
34,400
1997
Finnish Military
# 96
Norway :
34,300
1997
Norwegian Military
# 97
Denmark :
32,900
1997
Danish Military
# 98
Kenya :
29,200
1997
Kenyan Military
# 99
Madagascar :
28,500
1997
Malagasy Military
# 100
Switzerland :
26,260
1997
Swiss Military
# 101
Uruguay :
26,050
1997
Uruguayan Military
# 102
Honduras :
24,300
1997
Honduran Military
# 103
Zambia :
23,000
1997
Zambian Military
# 104
Macedonia, Republic of :
22,900
1997
Macedonian Military
# 105
Cameroon :
22,100
1997
Cameroonian Military
# 106
Liberia :
22,000
1997
Liberian Military
# 107
Burundi :
22,000
1997
Burundian Military
# 108
Bahrain :
20,850
1997
Bahraini Military
# 109
Mauritania :
20,650
1997
Mauritanian Military
# 110
Kuwait :
20,300
1997
Kuwaiti Military
# 111
Guinea :
19,300
1997
Guinean Military
# 112
Turkmenistan :
18,000
1997
Turkmen Military
# 113
Senegal :
17,350
1997
Senegalese Military
# 114
Nicaragua :
17,000
1997
Nicaraguan Military
# 115
Sierra Leone :
15,800
1997
Sierra Leonean Military
# 116
Costa Rica :
15,400
1997
Costa Rican Military
# 117
Mali :
15,150
1997
Malian Military
# 118
Congo, Republic of the :
15,000
1997
Congolese Military
# 119
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1997
Ivoirian Military
# 120
Mongolia :
14,900
1997
Mongolian Military
# 121
Moldova :
14,430
1997
Moldovan Military
# 122
Kyrgyzstan :
14,200
1997
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 123
Slovenia :
14,050
1997
Slovenian Military
# 124
Ireland :
12,700
1997
Irish Military
# 125
Djibouti :
12,600
1997
Djiboutian Military
# 126
Panama :
11,800
1997
Panamanian Military
# 127
Qatar :
11,800
1997
Qatari Military
# 128
Niger :
10,700
1997
Nigerien Military
# 129
Cyprus :
10,500
1997
Cypriot Military
# 130
Tajikistan :
10,200
1997
Tajikistani Military
# 131
Lithuania :
10,050
1997
Lithuanian Military
# 132
Burkina Faso :
10,000
1997
Burkinabe Military
# 133
New Zealand :
9,550
1997
New Zealand Military
# 134
Gabon :
9,500
1997
Gabonese Military
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
9,250
1997
Guinean Military
# 136
Brunei :
9,050
1997
Bruneian Military
# 137
Botswana :
8,500
1997
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 138
Latvia :
8,100
1997
Latvian Military
# 139
Ghana :
8,000
1997
Ghanaian Military
# 140
Togo :
7,750
1997
Togolese Military
# 141
Benin :
7,300
1997
Beninese Military
# 142
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,900
1997
Tobagonian Military
# 143
Estonia :
6,300
1997
Estonian Military
# 144
Mozambique :
6,100
1997
Mozambican Military
# 145
Malawi :
6,000
1997
Malawian Military
# 146
Bhutan :
6,000
1997
Bhutanese Military
# 147
Namibia :
5,900
1997
Namibian Military
# 148
Haiti :
5,500
1997
Haitian Military
# 149
Central African Republic :
5,000
1997
Central African Military
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
4,300
1997
Papua New Guinean Military
# 151
Fiji :
3,600
1997
Fijian Military
# 152
Jamaica :
3,470
1997
Jamaican Military
# 153
Bahamas, The :
3,160
1997
Bahamian Military
# 154
Guyana :
3,100
1997
Guyanese Military
# 155
Swaziland :
3,000
1997
Swazi Military
# 156
Lesotho :
2,000
1997
Basotho Military
# 157
Malta :
1,950
1997
Maltese Military
# 158
Mauritius :
1,800
1997
Mauritian Military
# 159
Suriname :
1,800
1997
Surinamese Military
# 160
Equatorial Guinea :
1,620
1997
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 161
Luxembourg :
1,360
1997
Luxembourg Military
# 162
Cape Verde :
1,150
1997
Cape Verdean Military
# 163
Belize :
1,050
1997
Belizean Military
# 164
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1997
Sao Tomean Military
# 165
Gambia, The :
800
1997
Gambian Military
# 166
Barbados :
600
1997
Barbadian Military
# 167
Seychelles :
450
1997
Seychellois Military
# 168
Antigua and Barbuda :
150
1997
Barbudan Military
# 169
Iceland :
120
1997
Icelandic Military
Total :
29,460,570
Weighted average:
174,322.9
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 (1997) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1997
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