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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 :
3,810,000
2001
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,352,700
2001
Indian Military
# 3
United States :
1,420,700
2001
American Military
# 4
Russia :
1,386,200
2001
Russian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,271,000
2001
Korean Military
# 6
Pakistan :
908,000
2001
Pakistani Military
# 7
Egypt :
768,000
2001
Egyptian Military
# 8
Korea, South :
687,500
2001
Korean Military
# 9
Brazil :
673,200
2001
Brazilian Military
# 10
Turkey :
665,100
2001
Turkish Military
# 11
Iran :
553,000
2001
Iranian Military
# 12
Vietnam :
524,000
2001
Vietnamese Military
# 13
Indonesia :
492,000
2001
Indonesian Military
# 14
Italy :
482,600
2001
Italian Military
# 15
Iraq :
467,000
2001
Iraqi Military
# 16
Burma :
444,300
2001
Burmese Military
# 17
Syria :
429,000
2001
Syrian Military
# 18
Ukraine :
419,800
2001
Ukrainian Military
# 19
Thailand :
410,000
2001
Thai Military
# 20
France :
374,400
2001
French Military
# 21
Germany :
308,400
2001
German Military
# 22
Algeria :
305,200
2001
Algerian Military
# 23
Colombia :
262,600
2001
Colombian Military
# 24
Ethiopia :
252,500
2001
Ethiopian Military
# 25
Japan :
252,100
2001
Japanese Military
# 26
Morocco :
246,500
2001
Moroccan Military
# 27
Poland :
228,000
2001
Polish Military
# 28
Saudi Arabia :
217,200
2001
Saudi Military
# 29
Spain :
214,700
2001
Spanish Military
# 30
United Kingdom :
211,400
2001
British Military
# 31
Sri Lanka :
209,600
2001
Sri Lankan Military
# 32
Cambodia :
207,000
2001
Cambodian Military
# 33
Mexico :
203,800
2001
Mexican Military
# 34
Bangladesh :
200,200
2001
Bangladeshi Military
# 35
Serbia and Montenegro :
198,500
2001
Serbian Military
# 36
Belarus :
192,900
2001
Belarusian Military
# 37
Romania :
178,900
2001
Romanian Military
# 38
Peru :
177,000
2001
Peruvian Military
# 39
Eritrea :
171,900
2001
Eritrean Military
# 40
Israel :
171,500
2001
Israeli Military
# 41
Greece :
163,200
2001
Greek Military
# 42
Nigeria :
160,500
2001
Nigerian Military
# 43
Singapore :
154,500
2001
Singapore Military
# 44
Philippines :
151,000
2001
Philippine Military
# 45
Angola :
145,500
2001
Angolan Military
# 46
Laos :
129,100
2001
Lao Military
# 47
Yemen :
124,000
2001
Yemeni Military
# 48
Sudan :
124,000
2001
Sudanese Military
# 49
Chile :
122,200
2001
Chilean Military
# 50
Malaysia :
120,600
2001
Malaysian Military
# 51
Bulgaria :
111,300
2001
Bulgarian Military
# 52
Jordan :
110,200
2001
Jordanian Military
# 53
Venezuela :
105,300
2001
Venezuelan Military
# 54
Argentina :
101,300
2001
Argentine Military
# 55
Kazakhstan :
98,500
2001
Kazakhstani Military
# 56
Portugal :
90,000
2001
Portuguese Military
# 57
Azerbaijan :
87,100
2001
Azerbaijani Military
# 58
Nepal :
86,000
2001
Nepalese Military
# 59
Lebanon :
84,800
2001
Lebanese Military
# 60
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
81,400
2001
Congolese Military
# 61
Rwanda :
79,000
2001
Rwandan Military
# 62
Libya :
76,500
2001
Libyan Military
# 63
Cuba :
72,500
2001
Cuban Military
# 64
Uzbekistan :
72,000
2001
Uzbekistani Military
# 65
Sweden :
69,500
2001
Swedish Military
# 66
Bolivia :
68,600
2001
Bolivian Military
# 67
Croatia :
68,300
2001
Croatian Military
# 68
South Africa :
67,000
2001
South African Military
# 69
Canada :
66,100
2001
Canadian Military
# 70
United Arab Emirates :
66,000
2001
Emirati Military
# 71
Zimbabwe :
60,800
2001
Zimbabwean Military
# 72
Ecuador :
59,800
2001
Ecuadorian Military
# 73
Czech Republic :
59,200
2001
Czech Military
# 74
Uganda :
56,800
2001
Ugandan Military
# 75
Netherlands :
55,600
2001
Dutch Military
# 76
Australia :
51,700
2001
Australian Military
# 77
Burundi :
51,000
2001
Burundian Military
# 78
Guatemala :
50,400
2001
Guatemalan Military
# 79
Oman :
47,800
2001
Omani Military
# 80
Hungary :
47,800
2001
Hungarian Military
# 81
Tunisia :
47,000
2001
Tunisian Military
# 82
Armenia :
43,000
2001
Armenian Military
# 83
Albania :
40,500
2001
Albanian Military
# 84
Dominican Republic :
39,500
2001
Dominican Military
# 85
Belgium :
39,400
2001
Belgian Military
# 86
Slovakia :
37,700
2001
Slovak Military
# 87
Finland :
35,400
2001
Finnish Military
# 88
Chad :
34,900
2001
Chadian Military
# 89
Austria :
34,600
2001
Austrian Military
# 90
Paraguay :
33,400
2001
Paraguayan Military
# 91
Cameroon :
31,100
2001
Cameroonian Military
# 92
Kenya :
29,400
2001
Kenyan Military
# 93
El Salvador :
28,800
2001
Salvadoran Military
# 94
Georgia :
28,500
2001
Georgian Military
# 95
Tanzania :
28,400
2001
Tanzanian Military
# 96
Switzerland :
26,800
2001
Swiss Military
# 97
Norway :
26,700
2001
Norwegian Military
# 98
Macedonia, Republic of :
26,000
2001
Macedonian Military
# 99
Uruguay :
24,800
2001
Uruguayan Military
# 100
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
24,000
2001
Herzegovinian Military
# 101
Zambia :
23,000
2001
Zambian Military
# 102
Costa Rica :
21,900
2001
Costa Rican Military
# 103
Madagascar :
21,600
2001
Malagasy Military
# 104
Denmark :
21,400
2001
Danish Military
# 105
Bahrain :
21,200
2001
Bahraini Military
# 106
Mauritania :
20,600
2001
Mauritanian Military
# 107
Kuwait :
20,500
2001
Kuwaiti Military
# 108
Turkmenistan :
17,500
2001
Turkmen Military
# 109
Guinea :
17,300
2001
Guinean Military
# 110
Lithuania :
17,200
2001
Lithuanian Military
# 111
Mongolia :
16,300
2001
Mongolian Military
# 112
Nicaragua :
16,000
2001
Nicaraguan Military
# 113
Senegal :
15,600
2001
Senegalese Military
# 114
Mali :
15,200
2001
Malian Military
# 115
Liberia :
15,000
2001
Liberian Military
# 116
Namibia :
15,000
2001
Namibian Military
# 117
Honduras :
14,300
2001
Honduran Military
# 118
Burkina Faso :
14,200
2001
Burkinabe Military
# 119
Kyrgyzstan :
14,000
2001
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 120
Djibouti :
12,600
2001
Djiboutian Military
# 121
Qatar :
12,300
2001
Qatari Military
# 122
Slovenia :
12,100
2001
Slovenian Military
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2001
Congolese Military
# 124
Panama :
11,800
2001
Panamanian Military
# 125
Moldova :
11,600
2001
Moldovan Military
# 126
Guinea-Bissau :
11,300
2001
Guinean Military
# 127
Mozambique :
11,000
2001
Mozambican Military
# 128
Cyprus :
10,800
2001
Cypriot Military
# 129
Niger :
10,700
2001
Nigerien Military
# 130
Ireland :
10,500
2001
Irish Military
# 131
Togo :
10,300
2001
Togolese Military
# 132
Latvia :
10,000
2001
Latvian Military
# 133
Botswana :
10,000
2001
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 134
Brunei :
9,700
2001
Bruneian Military
# 135
New Zealand :
9,200
2001
New Zealand Military
# 136
Haiti :
8,300
2001
Haitian Military
# 137
Benin :
7,300
2001
Beninese Military
# 138
Estonia :
7,300
2001
Estonian Military
# 139
Tajikistan :
7,200
2001
Tajikistani Military
# 140
Ghana :
7,000
2001
Ghanaian Military
# 141
Malawi :
6,800
2001
Malawian Military
# 142
Gabon :
6,700
2001
Gabonese Military
# 143
Sierra Leone :
6,000
2001
Sierra Leonean Military
# 144
Papua New Guinea :
4,400
2001
Papua New Guinean Military
# 145
Central African Republic :
4,200
2001
Central African Military
# 146
Fiji :
3,500
2001
Fijian Military
# 147
Bahamas, The :
3,200
2001
Bahamian Military
# 148
Guyana :
3,100
2001
Guyanese Military
# 149
Jamaica :
3,000
2001
Jamaican Military
# 150
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,700
2001
Tobagonian Military
# 151
Malta :
2,100
2001
Maltese Military
# 152
Lesotho :
2,000
2001
Basotho Military
# 153
Suriname :
2,000
2001
Surinamese Military
# 154
Equatorial Guinea :
1,600
2001
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 155
Mauritius :
1,600
2001
Mauritian Military
# 156
Luxembourg :
1,500
2001
Luxembourg Military
# 157
Cape Verde :
1,300
2001
Cape Verdean Military
# 158
Belize :
1,100
2001
Belizean Military
# 159
Gambia, The :
800
2001
Gambian Military
# 160
Barbados :
600
2001
Barbadian Military
# 161
Seychelles :
500
2001
Seychellois Military
# 162
Antigua and Barbuda :
200
2001
Barbudan Military
# 163
Iceland :
100
2001
Icelandic Military
Total :
27,815,000
Weighted average:
170,644.2
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 (2001) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=2001
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