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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 :
3,820,000
1999
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,263,000
1999
Indian Military
# 3
United States :
1,575,000
1999
American Military
# 4
Russia :
1,482,100
1999
Russian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,244,000
1999
Korean Military
# 6
Turkey :
841,200
1999
Turkish Military
# 7
Pakistan :
834,000
1999
Pakistani Military
# 8
Iran :
785,600
1999
Iranian Military
# 9
Egypt :
680,000
1999
Egyptian Military
# 10
Brazil :
676,600
1999
Brazilian Military
# 11
Korea, South :
676,500
1999
Korean Military
# 12
Vietnam :
524,000
1999
Vietnamese Military
# 13
Italy :
521,200
1999
Italian Military
# 14
Indonesia :
499,000
1999
Indonesian Military
# 15
Iraq :
479,000
1999
Iraqi Military
# 16
Burma :
429,050
1999
Burmese Military
# 17
Ukraine :
428,000
1999
Ukrainian Military
# 18
Syria :
424,000
1999
Syrian Military
# 19
France :
411,600
1999
French Military
# 20
Afghanistan :
400,000
1999
Afghan Military
# 21
Thailand :
377,000
1999
Thai Military
# 22
Cambodia :
359,000
1999
Cambodian Military
# 23
Germany :
331,000
1999
German Military
# 24
Ethiopia :
325,500
1999
Ethiopian Military
# 25
Algeria :
303,200
1999
Algerian Military
# 26
Romania :
282,900
1999
Romanian Military
# 27
Poland :
264,050
1999
Polish Military
# 28
Spain :
262,260
1999
Spanish Military
# 29
Japan :
254,600
1999
Japanese Military
# 30
Morocco :
238,300
1999
Moroccan Military
# 31
Colombia :
231,000
1999
Colombian Military
# 32
Sri Lanka :
218,300
1999
Sri Lankan Military
# 33
United Kingdom :
218,000
1999
British Military
# 34
Eritrea :
200,000
1999
Eritrean Military
# 35
Mexico :
193,770
1999
Mexican Military
# 36
Peru :
193,000
1999
Peruvian Military
# 37
Bangladesh :
192,200
1999
Bangladeshi Military
# 38
Singapore :
181,000
1999
Singapore Military
# 39
Israel :
179,550
1999
Israeli Military
# 40
Saudi Arabia :
178,000
1999
Saudi Military
# 41
Greece :
169,600
1999
Greek Military
# 42
Philippines :
152,500
1999
Philippine Military
# 43
Serbia and Montenegro :
146,700
1999
Serbian Military
# 44
Yemen :
136,300
1999
Yemeni Military
# 45
Jordan :
134,000
1999
Jordanian Military
# 46
Laos :
129,100
1999
Lao Military
# 47
Angola :
127,500
1999
Angolan Military
# 48
Malaysia :
125,100
1999
Malaysian Military
# 49
Nigeria :
124,000
1999
Nigerian Military
# 50
Chile :
122,500
1999
Chilean Military
# 51
Bulgaria :
114,760
1999
Bulgarian Military
# 52
Sudan :
109,700
1999
Sudanese Military
# 53
Belarus :
103,900
1999
Belarusian Military
# 54
Argentina :
101,740
1999
Argentine Military
# 55
Croatia :
101,000
1999
Croatian Military
# 56
Kazakhstan :
100,300
1999
Kazakhstani Military
# 57
Uzbekistan :
94,000
1999
Uzbekistani Military
# 58
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
92,900
1999
Congolese Military
# 59
Cuba :
91,500
1999
Cuban Military
# 60
Portugal :
90,600
1999
Portuguese Military
# 61
Nepal :
90,000
1999
Nepalese Military
# 62
Sweden :
88,700
1999
Swedish Military
# 63
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
86,000
1999
Herzegovinian Military
# 64
Azerbaijan :
84,900
1999
Azerbaijani Military
# 65
Lebanon :
80,900
1999
Lebanese Military
# 66
Venezuela :
79,000
1999
Venezuelan Military
# 67
South Africa :
78,150
1999
South African Military
# 68
Canada :
69,950
1999
Canadian Military
# 69
Bolivia :
69,600
1999
Bolivian Military
# 70
Albania :
67,500
1999
Albanian Military
# 71
Libya :
65,500
1999
Libyan Military
# 72
United Arab Emirates :
65,500
1999
Emirati Military
# 73
Hungary :
65,000
1999
Hungarian Military
# 74
Zimbabwe :
60,800
1999
Zimbabwean Military
# 75
Netherlands :
60,000
1999
Dutch Military
# 76
Czech Republic :
59,600
1999
Czech Military
# 77
Ecuador :
57,370
1999
Ecuadorian Military
# 78
Australia :
56,200
1999
Australian Military
# 79
Armenia :
54,400
1999
Armenian Military
# 80
Rwanda :
54,000
1999
Rwandan Military
# 81
Somalia :
50,000
1999
Somali Military
# 82
Oman :
47,900
1999
Omani Military
# 83
Slovakia :
47,480
1999
Slovak Military
# 84
Tunisia :
47,000
1999
Tunisian Military
# 85
Burundi :
45,500
1999
Burundian Military
# 86
Belgium :
41,750
1999
Belgian Military
# 87
Uganda :
41,500
1999
Ugandan Military
# 88
Guatemala :
40,900
1999
Guatemalan Military
# 89
Austria :
40,500
1999
Austrian Military
# 90
Dominican Republic :
39,500
1999
Dominican Military
# 91
El Salvador :
36,600
1999
Salvadoran Military
# 92
Tanzania :
35,400
1999
Tanzanian Military
# 93
Finland :
35,100
1999
Finnish Military
# 94
Paraguay :
35,000
1999
Paraguayan Military
# 95
Chad :
34,850
1999
Chadian Military
# 96
Georgia :
32,800
1999
Georgian Military
# 97
Norway :
31,000
1999
Norwegian Military
# 98
Kenya :
29,200
1999
Kenyan Military
# 99
Madagascar :
28,500
1999
Malagasy Military
# 100
Switzerland :
27,700
1999
Swiss Military
# 101
Denmark :
27,000
1999
Danish Military
# 102
Uruguay :
26,520
1999
Uruguayan Military
# 103
Macedonia, Republic of :
23,500
1999
Macedonian Military
# 104
Zambia :
23,000
1999
Zambian Military
# 105
Cameroon :
22,100
1999
Cameroonian Military
# 106
Bahrain :
21,150
1999
Bahraini Military
# 107
Mauritania :
20,650
1999
Mauritanian Military
# 108
Kuwait :
20,300
1999
Kuwaiti Military
# 109
Guinea :
19,300
1999
Guinean Military
# 110
Turkmenistan :
19,000
1999
Turkmen Military
# 111
Senegal :
17,000
1999
Senegalese Military
# 112
Mongolia :
16,300
1999
Mongolian Military
# 113
Lithuania :
16,030
1999
Lithuanian Military
# 114
Nicaragua :
16,000
1999
Nicaraguan Military
# 115
Costa Rica :
15,400
1999
Costa Rican Military
# 116
Mali :
15,200
1999
Malian Military
# 117
Congo, Republic of the :
15,000
1999
Congolese Military
# 118
Côte d'Ivoire :
15,000
1999
Ivoirian Military
# 119
Honduras :
14,300
1999
Honduran Military
# 120
Slovenia :
14,050
1999
Slovenian Military
# 121
Moldova :
14,050
1999
Moldovan Military
# 122
Djibouti :
12,600
1999
Djiboutian Military
# 123
Kyrgyzstan :
12,200
1999
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 124
Qatar :
11,800
1999
Qatari Military
# 125
Panama :
11,800
1999
Panamanian Military
# 126
Ireland :
11,500
1999
Irish Military
# 127
Cyprus :
10,750
1999
Cypriot Military
# 128
Niger :
10,700
1999
Nigerien Military
# 129
Burkina Faso :
10,300
1999
Burkinabe Military
# 130
Tajikistan :
10,200
1999
Tajikistani Military
# 131
Botswana :
10,000
1999
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 132
New Zealand :
9,530
1999
New Zealand Military
# 133
Gabon :
9,500
1999
Gabonese Military
# 134
Latvia :
9,450
1999
Latvian Military
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
9,300
1999
Guinean Military
# 136
Namibia :
9,100
1999
Namibian Military
# 137
Brunei :
8,750
1999
Bruneian Military
# 138
Ghana :
8,000
1999
Ghanaian Military
# 139
Togo :
7,750
1999
Togolese Military
# 140
Estonia :
7,600
1999
Estonian Military
# 141
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,500
1999
Tobagonian Military
# 142
Benin :
7,300
1999
Beninese Military
# 143
Bhutan :
7,000
1999
Bhutanese Military
# 144
Mozambique :
6,100
1999
Mozambican Military
# 145
Malawi :
6,000
1999
Malawian Military
# 146
Haiti :
5,300
1999
Haitian Military
# 147
Liberia :
5,300
1999
Liberian Military
# 148
Central African Republic :
5,000
1999
Central African Military
# 149
Maldives :
5,000
1999
Maldivian Military
# 150
Papua New Guinea :
4,300
1999
Papua New Guinean Military
# 151
Sierra Leone :
3,800
1999
Sierra Leonean Military
# 152
Fiji :
3,500
1999
Fijian Military
# 153
Bahamas, The :
3,200
1999
Bahamian Military
# 154
Guyana :
3,100
1999
Guyanese Military
# 155
Jamaica :
3,020
1999
Jamaican Military
# 156
Swaziland :
3,000
1999
Swazi Military
# 157
Lesotho :
2,000
1999
Basotho Military
# 158
Malta :
1,900
1999
Maltese Military
# 159
Suriname :
1,800
1999
Surinamese Military
# 160
Mauritius :
1,800
1999
Mauritian Military
# 161
Equatorial Guinea :
1,600
1999
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 162
Luxembourg :
1,400
1999
Luxembourg Military
# 163
Cape Verde :
1,200
1999
Cape Verdean Military
# 164
Belize :
1,050
1999
Belizean Military
# 165
São Tomé and Príncipe :
1,000
1999
Sao Tomean Military
# 166
Gambia, The :
800
1999
Gambian Military
# 167
Barbados :
610
1999
Barbadian Military
# 168
Seychelles :
500
1999
Seychellois Military
# 169
Antigua and Barbuda :
200
1999
Barbudan Military
# 170
Iceland :
100
1999
Icelandic Military
Total :
29,181,490
Weighted average:
171,655.8
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 (1999) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=1999
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