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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 :
3,770,000
2002
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,387,700
2002
Indian Military
# 3
United States :
1,467,000
2002
American Military
# 4
Russia :
1,397,200
2002
Russian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,271,000
2002
Korean Military
# 6
Pakistan :
909,000
2002
Pakistani Military
# 7
Egypt :
773,000
2002
Egyptian Military
# 8
Korea, South :
690,500
2002
Korean Military
# 9
Brazil :
673,200
2002
Brazilian Military
# 10
Turkey :
664,800
2002
Turkish Military
# 11
Iran :
560,000
2002
Iranian Military
# 12
Burma :
544,300
2002
Burmese Military
# 13
Vietnam :
524,000
2002
Vietnamese Military
# 14
Indonesia :
492,000
2002
Indonesian Military
# 15
Italy :
471,100
2002
Italian Military
# 16
Iraq :
432,000
2002
Iraqi Military
# 17
Syria :
427,000
2002
Syrian Military
# 18
Thailand :
419,000
2002
Thai Military
# 19
Ukraine :
414,800
2002
Ukrainian Military
# 20
France :
361,800
2002
French Military
# 21
Algeria :
317,900
2002
Algerian Military
# 22
Germany :
296,000
2002
German Military
# 23
Colombia :
262,600
2002
Colombian Military
# 24
Ethiopia :
252,500
2002
Ethiopian Military
# 25
Japan :
252,100
2002
Japanese Military
# 26
Spain :
251,200
2002
Spanish Military
# 27
Sri Lanka :
246,500
2002
Sri Lankan Military
# 28
Morocco :
246,300
2002
Moroccan Military
# 29
Saudi Arabia :
215,000
2002
Saudi Military
# 30
United Kingdom :
210,400
2002
British Military
# 31
Mexico :
203,800
2002
Mexican Military
# 32
Bangladesh :
200,200
2002
Bangladeshi Military
# 33
Cambodia :
192,000
2002
Cambodian Military
# 34
Belarus :
189,800
2002
Belarusian Military
# 35
Peru :
187,000
2002
Peruvian Military
# 36
Poland :
184,400
2002
Polish Military
# 37
Greece :
181,600
2002
Greek Military
# 38
Romania :
179,100
2002
Romanian Military
# 39
Eritrea :
172,200
2002
Eritrean Military
# 40
Israel :
169,500
2002
Israeli Military
# 41
Nigeria :
160,500
2002
Nigerian Military
# 42
Singapore :
156,800
2002
Singapore Military
# 43
Philippines :
150,000
2002
Philippine Military
# 44
Yemen :
136,500
2002
Yemeni Military
# 45
Laos :
129,100
2002
Lao Military
# 46
Serbia and Montenegro :
124,500
2002
Serbian Military
# 47
Sudan :
124,000
2002
Sudanese Military
# 48
Malaysia :
120,100
2002
Malaysian Military
# 49
Afghanistan :
120,000
2002
Afghan Military
# 50
Chile :
117,300
2002
Chilean Military
# 51
Jordan :
110,200
2002
Jordanian Military
# 52
Angola :
110,000
2002
Angolan Military
# 53
Venezuela :
105,300
2002
Venezuelan Military
# 54
Bulgaria :
102,400
2002
Bulgarian Military
# 55
Argentina :
101,100
2002
Argentine Military
# 56
Kazakhstan :
94,500
2002
Kazakhstani Military
# 57
Nepal :
91,000
2002
Nepalese Military
# 58
Portugal :
90,000
2002
Portuguese Military
# 59
Azerbaijan :
87,100
2002
Azerbaijani Military
# 60
Lebanon :
84,800
2002
Lebanese Military
# 61
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
81,400
2002
Congolese Military
# 62
Rwanda :
80,000
2002
Rwandan Military
# 63
Libya :
76,500
2002
Libyan Military
# 64
Cuba :
72,500
2002
Cuban Military
# 65
Uzbekistan :
72,000
2002
Uzbekistani Military
# 66
Sweden :
69,500
2002
Swedish Military
# 67
Bolivia :
68,600
2002
Bolivian Military
# 68
Canada :
61,600
2002
Canadian Military
# 69
Croatia :
61,000
2002
Croatian Military
# 70
South Africa :
60,000
2002
South African Military
# 71
Ecuador :
59,800
2002
Ecuadorian Military
# 72
Zimbabwe :
57,800
2002
Zimbabwean Military
# 73
Uganda :
56,800
2002
Ugandan Military
# 74
Czech Republic :
55,000
2002
Czech Military
# 75
Netherlands :
52,900
2002
Dutch Military
# 76
Burundi :
51,000
2002
Burundian Military
# 77
Australia :
50,900
2002
Australian Military
# 78
Guatemala :
50,400
2002
Guatemalan Military
# 79
Hungary :
47,400
2002
Hungarian Military
# 80
Tunisia :
47,000
2002
Tunisian Military
# 81
Oman :
46,100
2002
Omani Military
# 82
Armenia :
45,600
2002
Armenian Military
# 83
United Arab Emirates :
41,500
2002
Emirati Military
# 84
Dominican Republic :
39,500
2002
Dominican Military
# 85
Belgium :
39,200
2002
Belgian Military
# 86
Finland :
34,900
2002
Finnish Military
# 87
Chad :
34,900
2002
Chadian Military
# 88
Austria :
34,600
2002
Austrian Military
# 89
Paraguay :
33,400
2002
Paraguayan Military
# 90
Cameroon :
32,100
2002
Cameroonian Military
# 91
Slovakia :
30,900
2002
Slovak Military
# 92
Kenya :
29,400
2002
Kenyan Military
# 93
Georgia :
29,200
2002
Georgian Military
# 94
El Salvador :
28,800
2002
Salvadoran Military
# 95
Tanzania :
28,400
2002
Tanzanian Military
# 96
Switzerland :
27,600
2002
Swiss Military
# 97
Lithuania :
27,300
2002
Lithuanian Military
# 98
Albania :
27,000
2002
Albanian Military
# 99
Norway :
26,600
2002
Norwegian Military
# 100
Costa Rica :
25,900
2002
Costa Rican Military
# 101
Uruguay :
24,800
2002
Uruguayan Military
# 102
Zambia :
23,000
2002
Zambian Military
# 103
Denmark :
22,700
2002
Danish Military
# 104
Kuwait :
22,100
2002
Kuwaiti Military
# 105
Madagascar :
21,600
2002
Malagasy Military
# 106
Bahrain :
20,900
2002
Bahraini Military
# 107
Mauritania :
20,700
2002
Mauritanian Military
# 108
Macedonia, Republic of :
19,900
2002
Macedonian Military
# 109
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
19,800
2002
Herzegovinian Military
# 110
Guinea :
19,300
2002
Guinean Military
# 111
Turkmenistan :
17,500
2002
Turkmen Military
# 112
Mongolia :
16,300
2002
Mongolian Military
# 113
Kyrgyzstan :
15,900
2002
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 114
Mali :
15,200
2002
Malian Military
# 115
Senegal :
15,200
2002
Senegalese Military
# 116
Liberia :
15,000
2002
Liberian Military
# 117
Namibia :
15,000
2002
Namibian Military
# 118
Burkina Faso :
14,400
2002
Burkinabe Military
# 119
Honduras :
14,300
2002
Honduran Military
# 120
Nicaragua :
14,000
2002
Nicaraguan Military
# 121
Slovenia :
13,500
2002
Slovenian Military
# 122
Sierra Leone :
13,000
2002
Sierra Leonean Military
# 123
Qatar :
12,400
2002
Qatari Military
# 124
Djibouti :
12,300
2002
Djiboutian Military
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2002
Congolese Military
# 126
Panama :
11,800
2002
Panamanian Military
# 127
Guinea-Bissau :
11,300
2002
Guinean Military
# 128
Mozambique :
11,000
2002
Mozambican Military
# 129
Brunei :
10,700
2002
Bruneian Military
# 130
Niger :
10,700
2002
Nigerien Military
# 131
Moldova :
10,600
2002
Moldovan Military
# 132
Botswana :
10,500
2002
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 133
Ireland :
10,500
2002
Irish Military
# 134
Togo :
10,300
2002
Togolese Military
# 135
Cyprus :
10,100
2002
Cypriot Military
# 136
New Zealand :
8,700
2002
New Zealand Military
# 137
Latvia :
8,700
2002
Latvian Military
# 138
Estonia :
8,100
2002
Estonian Military
# 139
Tajikistan :
7,200
2002
Tajikistani Military
# 140
Benin :
7,100
2002
Beninese Military
# 141
Ghana :
7,000
2002
Ghanaian Military
# 142
Malawi :
6,800
2002
Malawian Military
# 143
Gabon :
6,700
2002
Gabonese Military
# 144
Haiti :
5,300
2002
Haitian Military
# 145
Central African Republic :
3,550
2002
Central African Military
# 146
Fiji :
3,500
2002
Fijian Military
# 147
Guyana :
3,100
2002
Guyanese Military
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
3,100
2002
Papua New Guinean Military
# 149
Jamaica :
3,000
2002
Jamaican Military
# 150
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,700
2002
Tobagonian Military
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
2,300
2002
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 152
Malta :
2,100
2002
Maltese Military
# 153
Suriname :
2,000
2002
Surinamese Military
# 154
Lesotho :
2,000
2002
Basotho Military
# 155
Mauritius :
2,000
2002
Mauritian Military
# 156
Luxembourg :
1,500
2002
Luxembourg Military
# 157
Cape Verde :
1,300
2002
Cape Verdean Military
# 158
Belize :
1,100
2002
Belizean Military
# 159
Bahamas, The :
900
2002
Bahamian Military
# 160
Seychelles :
800
2002
Seychellois Military
# 161
Gambia, The :
800
2002
Gambian Military
# 162
Barbados :
600
2002
Barbadian Military
# 163
Antigua and Barbuda :
200
2002
Barbudan Military
# 164
Iceland :
100
2002
Icelandic Military
Total :
27,910,250
Weighted average:
170,184.5
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 (2002) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=2002
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