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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 :
3,750,000
2003
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
2,414,700
2003
Indian Military
# 3
United States :
1,480,000
2003
American Military
# 4
Russia :
1,369,700
2003
Russian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,271,000
2003
Korean Military
# 6
Pakistan :
909,000
2003
Pakistani Military
# 7
Egypt :
780,000
2003
Egyptian Military
# 8
Korea, South :
690,500
2003
Korean Military
# 9
Brazil :
673,200
2003
Brazilian Military
# 10
Turkey :
664,800
2003
Turkish Military
# 11
Burma :
595,000
2003
Burmese Military
# 12
Iran :
580,000
2003
Iranian Military
# 13
Vietnam :
524,000
2003
Vietnamese Military
# 14
Indonesia :
497,000
2003
Indonesian Military
# 15
Italy :
454,300
2003
Italian Military
# 16
Iraq :
432,000
2003
Iraqi Military
# 17
Thailand :
427,200
2003
Thai Military
# 18
Syria :
427,000
2003
Syrian Military
# 19
Ukraine :
403,000
2003
Ukrainian Military
# 20
France :
360,400
2003
French Military
# 21
Algeria :
308,700
2003
Algerian Military
# 22
Colombia :
304,600
2003
Colombian Military
# 23
Germany :
284,500
2003
German Military
# 24
Japan :
252,100
2003
Japanese Military
# 25
Morocco :
246,300
2003
Moroccan Military
# 26
Sri Lanka :
240,900
2003
Sri Lankan Military
# 27
Spain :
224,000
2003
Spanish Military
# 28
Saudi Arabia :
215,000
2003
Saudi Military
# 29
United Kingdom :
212,600
2003
British Military
# 30
Mexico :
203,800
2003
Mexican Military
# 31
Eritrea :
202,000
2003
Eritrean Military
# 32
Cambodia :
192,000
2003
Cambodian Military
# 33
Bangladesh :
188,700
2003
Bangladeshi Military
# 34
Poland :
184,400
2003
Polish Military
# 35
Belarus :
182,900
2003
Belarusian Military
# 36
Greece :
181,600
2003
Greek Military
# 37
Romania :
177,100
2003
Romanian Military
# 38
Peru :
177,000
2003
Peruvian Military
# 39
Israel :
175,000
2003
Israeli Military
# 40
Singapore :
168,800
2003
Singapore Military
# 41
Ethiopia :
162,400
2003
Ethiopian Military
# 42
Nigeria :
160,500
2003
Nigerian Military
# 43
Philippines :
150,000
2003
Philippine Military
# 44
Yemen :
136,700
2003
Yemeni Military
# 45
Angola :
130,000
2003
Angolan Military
# 46
Afghanistan :
130,000
2003
Afghan Military
# 47
Laos :
129,100
2003
Lao Military
# 48
Malaysia :
124,100
2003
Malaysian Military
# 49
Sudan :
114,500
2003
Sudanese Military
# 50
Chile :
114,100
2003
Chilean Military
# 51
Jordan :
110,500
2003
Jordanian Military
# 52
Serbia and Montenegro :
109,200
2003
Serbian Military
# 53
Venezuela :
105,300
2003
Venezuelan Military
# 54
Nepal :
103,000
2003
Nepalese Military
# 55
Argentina :
102,600
2003
Argentine Military
# 56
Kazakhstan :
100,300
2003
Kazakhstani Military
# 57
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
97,800
2003
Congolese Military
# 58
Portugal :
92,600
2003
Portuguese Military
# 59
Lebanon :
85,100
2003
Lebanese Military
# 60
Bulgaria :
85,000
2003
Bulgarian Military
# 61
Azerbaijan :
81,500
2003
Azerbaijani Military
# 62
Libya :
76,500
2003
Libyan Military
# 63
Cuba :
72,500
2003
Cuban Military
# 64
Uzbekistan :
72,000
2003
Uzbekistani Military
# 65
Bolivia :
68,600
2003
Bolivian Military
# 66
Sweden :
63,200
2003
Swedish Military
# 67
Czech Republic :
62,600
2003
Czech Military
# 68
Uganda :
61,800
2003
Ugandan Military
# 69
Canada :
61,600
2003
Canadian Military
# 70
Rwanda :
61,000
2003
Rwandan Military
# 71
Netherlands :
59,900
2003
Dutch Military
# 72
Ecuador :
59,800
2003
Ecuadorian Military
# 73
Burundi :
56,000
2003
Burundian Military
# 74
South Africa :
55,700
2003
South African Military
# 75
Australia :
53,600
2003
Australian Military
# 76
Zimbabwe :
50,800
2003
Zimbabwean Military
# 77
United Arab Emirates :
50,500
2003
Emirati Military
# 78
Guatemala :
50,400
2003
Guatemalan Military
# 79
Hungary :
47,400
2003
Hungarian Military
# 80
Tunisia :
47,000
2003
Tunisian Military
# 81
Oman :
46,100
2003
Omani Military
# 82
Armenia :
45,600
2003
Armenian Military
# 83
Belgium :
40,800
2003
Belgian Military
# 84
Dominican Republic :
39,500
2003
Dominican Military
# 85
Chad :
34,800
2003
Chadian Military
# 86
Austria :
34,600
2003
Austrian Military
# 87
Paraguay :
33,400
2003
Paraguayan Military
# 88
Cameroon :
32,100
2003
Cameroonian Military
# 89
Croatia :
30,800
2003
Croatian Military
# 90
Finland :
30,100
2003
Finnish Military
# 91
Georgia :
29,200
2003
Georgian Military
# 92
Kenya :
29,100
2003
Kenyan Military
# 93
Turkmenistan :
29,000
2003
Turkmen Military
# 94
Tanzania :
28,400
2003
Tanzanian Military
# 95
El Salvador :
27,500
2003
Salvadoran Military
# 96
Switzerland :
27,500
2003
Swiss Military
# 97
Lithuania :
27,300
2003
Lithuanian Military
# 98
Norway :
26,600
2003
Norwegian Military
# 99
Uruguay :
24,900
2003
Uruguayan Military
# 100
Denmark :
22,800
2003
Danish Military
# 101
Kuwait :
22,100
2003
Kuwaiti Military
# 102
Slovakia :
22,000
2003
Slovak Military
# 103
Albania :
22,000
2003
Albanian Military
# 104
Madagascar :
21,600
2003
Malagasy Military
# 105
Bahrain :
21,400
2003
Bahraini Military
# 106
Mauritania :
20,700
2003
Mauritanian Military
# 107
Macedonia, Republic of :
20,400
2003
Macedonian Military
# 108
Zambia :
19,500
2003
Zambian Military
# 109
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
18,800
2003
Herzegovinian Military
# 110
Senegal :
18,600
2003
Senegalese Military
# 111
Honduras :
18,000
2003
Honduran Military
# 112
Costa Rica :
17,000
2003
Costa Rican Military
# 113
Kyrgyzstan :
15,900
2003
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 114
Mongolia :
15,800
2003
Mongolian Military
# 115
Liberia :
15,000
2003
Liberian Military
# 116
Namibia :
15,000
2003
Namibian Military
# 117
Burkina Faso :
15,000
2003
Burkinabe Military
# 118
Guinea-Bissau :
14,200
2003
Guinean Military
# 119
Nicaragua :
14,000
2003
Nicaraguan Military
# 120
Sierra Leone :
13,000
2003
Sierra Leonean Military
# 121
Qatar :
12,400
2003
Qatari Military
# 122
Djibouti :
12,300
2003
Djiboutian Military
# 123
Guinea :
12,300
2003
Guinean Military
# 124
Mali :
12,200
2003
Malian Military
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2003
Congolese Military
# 126
Panama :
11,800
2003
Panamanian Military
# 127
Slovenia :
11,000
2003
Slovenian Military
# 128
Brunei :
10,700
2003
Bruneian Military
# 129
Niger :
10,700
2003
Nigerien Military
# 130
Botswana :
10,500
2003
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 131
Ireland :
10,400
2003
Irish Military
# 132
Moldova :
10,300
2003
Moldovan Military
# 133
Cyprus :
10,100
2003
Cypriot Military
# 134
Togo :
9,300
2003
Togolese Military
# 135
New Zealand :
8,600
2003
New Zealand Military
# 136
Mozambique :
8,200
2003
Mozambican Military
# 137
Latvia :
8,100
2003
Latvian Military
# 138
Estonia :
8,100
2003
Estonian Military
# 139
Tajikistan :
7,200
2003
Tajikistani Military
# 140
Benin :
7,100
2003
Beninese Military
# 141
Ghana :
7,000
2003
Ghanaian Military
# 142
Malawi :
6,800
2003
Malawian Military
# 143
Gabon :
6,700
2003
Gabonese Military
# 144
Haiti :
5,300
2003
Haitian Military
# 145
Central African Republic :
3,600
2003
Central African Military
# 146
Fiji :
3,500
2003
Fijian Military
# 147
Papua New Guinea :
3,100
2003
Papua New Guinean Military
# 148
Guyana :
3,100
2003
Guyanese Military
# 149
Jamaica :
3,000
2003
Jamaican Military
# 150
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,700
2003
Tobagonian Military
# 151
Malta :
2,100
2003
Maltese Military
# 152
Mauritius :
2,000
2003
Mauritian Military
# 153
Lesotho :
2,000
2003
Basotho Military
# 154
Suriname :
1,800
2003
Surinamese Military
# 155
Luxembourg :
1,500
2003
Luxembourg Military
# 156
Equatorial Guinea :
1,300
2003
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 157
Cape Verde :
1,300
2003
Cape Verdean Military
# 158
Belize :
1,100
2003
Belizean Military
# 159
Bahamas, The :
900
2003
Bahamian Military
# 160
Seychelles :
800
2003
Seychellois Military
# 161
Gambia, The :
800
2003
Gambian Military
# 162
Barbados :
600
2003
Barbadian Military
# 163
Antigua and Barbuda :
200
2003
Barbudan Military
# 164
Iceland :
100
2003
Icelandic Military
Total :
27,844,700
Weighted average:
169,784.8
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 (2003) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=2003
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