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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
Vietnam :
5,564,000
2004
Vietnamese Military
# 2
China :
3,755,000
2004
Chinese Military
# 3
India :
2,617,000
2004
Indian Military
# 4
United States :
1,473,000
2004
American Military
# 5
Russia :
1,452,000
2004
Russian Military
# 6
Korea, North :
1,295,000
2004
Korean Military
# 7
Pakistan :
921,000
2004
Pakistani Military
# 8
Egypt :
798,000
2004
Egyptian Military
# 9
Korea, South :
696,000
2004
Korean Military
# 10
Brazil :
687,000
2004
Brazilian Military
# 11
Turkey :
616,000
2004
Turkish Military
# 12
Indonesia :
582,000
2004
Indonesian Military
# 13
Burma :
482,250
2004
Burmese Military
# 14
Iran :
460,000
2004
Iranian Military
# 15
Italy :
445,000
2004
Italian Military
# 16
Thailand :
419,000
2004
Thai Military
# 17
Syria :
415,000
2004
Syrian Military
# 18
France :
358,000
2004
French Military
# 19
Colombia :
336,000
2004
Colombian Military
# 20
Algeria :
318,000
2004
Algerian Military
# 21
Germany :
284,000
2004
German Military
# 22
Ukraine :
271,000
2004
Ukrainian Military
# 23
Japan :
251,000
2004
Japanese Military
# 24
Bangladesh :
251,000
2004
Bangladeshi Military
# 25
Morocco :
250,000
2004
Moroccan Military
# 26
Sri Lanka :
239,000
2004
Sri Lankan Military
# 27
Spain :
220,000
2004
Spanish Military
# 28
Saudi Arabia :
214,000
2004
Saudi Military
# 29
United Kingdom :
205,000
2004
British Military
# 30
Mexico :
203,000
2004
Mexican Military
# 31
Eritrea :
201,000
2004
Eritrean Military
# 32
Cambodia :
192,000
2004
Cambodian Military
# 33
Ethiopia :
182,000
2004
Ethiopian Military
# 34
Belarus :
182,000
2004
Belarusian Military
# 35
Iraq :
179,000
2004
Iraqi Military
# 36
Romania :
176,000
2004
Romanian Military
# 37
Israel :
176,000
2004
Israeli Military
# 38
Greece :
167,000
2004
Greek Military
# 39
Singapore :
165,000
2004
Singapore Military
# 40
Poland :
162,000
2004
Polish Military
# 41
Nigeria :
160,000
2004
Nigerian Military
# 42
Peru :
157,000
2004
Peruvian Military
# 43
Philippines :
146,000
2004
Philippine Military
# 44
Yemen :
136,000
2004
Yemeni Military
# 45
Nepal :
131,000
2004
Nepalese Military
# 46
Malaysia :
130,000
2004
Malaysian Military
# 47
Laos :
129,000
2004
Lao Military
# 48
Sudan :
121,000
2004
Sudanese Military
# 49
Angola :
118,000
2004
Angolan Military
# 50
Chile :
116,000
2004
Chilean Military
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
110,000
2004
Serbian Military
# 52
Jordan :
110,000
2004
Jordanian Military
# 53
Argentina :
102,000
2004
Argentine Military
# 54
Kazakhstan :
99,000
2004
Kazakhstani Military
# 55
Portugal :
91,000
2004
Portuguese Military
# 56
Lebanon :
85,000
2004
Lebanese Military
# 57
Bulgaria :
85,000
2004
Bulgarian Military
# 58
Venezuela :
82,000
2004
Venezuelan Military
# 59
Azerbaijan :
81,000
2004
Azerbaijani Military
# 60
Burundi :
81,000
2004
Burundian Military
# 61
Libya :
76,000
2004
Libyan Military
# 62
Cuba :
75,000
2004
Cuban Military
# 63
Uzbekistan :
75,000
2004
Uzbekistani Military
# 64
Canada :
71,000
2004
Canadian Military
# 65
Bolivia :
68,000
2004
Bolivian Military
# 66
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
64,000
2004
Congolese Military
# 67
South Africa :
55,000
2004
South African Military
# 68
Uganda :
55,000
2004
Ugandan Military
# 69
Netherlands :
53,000
2004
Dutch Military
# 70
Rwanda :
53,000
2004
Rwandan Military
# 71
Australia :
52,000
2004
Australian Military
# 72
United Arab Emirates :
50,000
2004
Emirati Military
# 73
Zimbabwe :
50,000
2004
Zimbabwean Military
# 74
Armenia :
49,000
2004
Armenian Military
# 75
Guatemala :
48,000
2004
Guatemalan Military
# 76
Tunisia :
47,000
2004
Tunisian Military
# 77
Ecuador :
46,270
2004
Ecuadorian Military
# 78
Hungary :
46,000
2004
Hungarian Military
# 79
Oman :
45,000
2004
Omani Military
# 80
Austria :
39,000
2004
Austrian Military
# 81
Dominican Republic :
39,000
2004
Dominican Military
# 82
Belgium :
36,000
2004
Belgian Military
# 83
Chad :
34,000
2004
Chadian Military
# 84
Finland :
31,000
2004
Finnish Military
# 85
Croatia :
30,000
2004
Croatian Military
# 86
Kenya :
29,000
2004
Kenyan Military
# 87
Lithuania :
28,000
2004
Lithuanian Military
# 88
Tanzania :
28,000
2004
Tanzanian Military
# 89
Sweden :
27,600
2004
Swedish Military
# 90
Czech Republic :
27,000
2004
Czech Military
# 91
Afghanistan :
27,000
2004
Afghan Military
# 92
Turkmenistan :
26,000
2004
Turkmen Military
# 93
Norway :
25,000
2004
Norwegian Military
# 94
Uruguay :
24,920
2004
Uruguayan Military
# 95
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
24,000
2004
Herzegovinian Military
# 96
Paraguay :
24,000
2004
Paraguayan Military
# 97
Cameroon :
23,000
2004
Cameroonian Military
# 98
Georgia :
22,000
2004
Georgian Military
# 99
Albania :
21,500
2004
Albanian Military
# 100
Madagascar :
21,000
2004
Malagasy Military
# 101
Denmark :
21,000
2004
Danish Military
# 102
Kuwait :
21,000
2004
Kuwaiti Military
# 103
Bahrain :
21,000
2004
Bahraini Military
# 104
Honduras :
20,000
2004
Honduran Military
# 105
Slovakia :
20,000
2004
Slovak Military
# 106
Mauritania :
20,000
2004
Mauritanian Military
# 107
Senegal :
18,000
2004
Senegalese Military
# 108
Côte d'Ivoire :
18,000
2004
Ivoirian Military
# 109
Kyrgyzstan :
17,000
2004
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 110
Macedonia, Republic of :
17,000
2004
Macedonian Military
# 111
Zambia :
16,000
2004
Zambian Military
# 112
Namibia :
15,000
2004
Namibian Military
# 113
Mongolia :
15,000
2004
Mongolian Military
# 114
El Salvador :
15,000
2004
Salvadoran Military
# 115
Nicaragua :
14,000
2004
Nicaraguan Military
# 116
Sierra Leone :
13,000
2004
Sierra Leonean Military
# 117
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2004
Congolese Military
# 118
Tajikistan :
12,000
2004
Tajikistani Military
# 119
Qatar :
12,000
2004
Qatari Military
# 120
Guinea :
11,000
2004
Guinean Military
# 121
Cyprus :
11,000
2004
Cypriot Military
# 122
Mozambique :
11,000
2004
Mozambican Military
# 123
Djibouti :
11,000
2004
Djiboutian Military
# 124
Mali :
11,000
2004
Malian Military
# 125
Burkina Faso :
10,250
2004
Burkinabe Military
# 126
Brunei :
10,000
2004
Bruneian Military
# 127
Niger :
10,000
2004
Nigerien Military
# 128
Botswana :
10,000
2004
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 129
Ireland :
10,000
2004
Irish Military
# 130
Slovenia :
10,000
2004
Slovenian Military
# 131
Guinea-Bissau :
9,000
2004
Guinean Military
# 132
Moldova :
9,000
2004
Moldovan Military
# 133
Togo :
8,750
2004
Togolese Military
# 134
New Zealand :
8,000
2004
New Zealand Military
# 135
Ghana :
7,000
2004
Ghanaian Military
# 136
Benin :
6,000
2004
Beninese Military
# 137
Gabon :
6,000
2004
Gabonese Military
# 138
Malawi :
6,000
2004
Malawian Military
# 139
Estonia :
6,000
2004
Estonian Military
# 140
Latvia :
5,000
2004
Latvian Military
# 141
Switzerland :
4,000
2004
Swiss Military
# 142
Fiji :
3,000
2004
Fijian Military
# 143
Papua New Guinea :
3,000
2004
Papua New Guinean Military
# 144
Trinidad and Tobago :
2,000
2004
Tobagonian Military
# 145
Lesotho :
2,000
2004
Basotho Military
# 146
Jamaica :
2,000
2004
Jamaican Military
# 147
Malta :
2,000
2004
Maltese Military
# 148
Central African Republic :
2,000
2004
Central African Military
# 149
Guyana :
2,000
2004
Guyanese Military
# 150
Luxembourg :
1,512
2004
Luxembourg Military
# 151
Equatorial Guinea :
1,000
2004
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 152
Suriname :
1,000
2004
Surinamese Military
# 153
Belize :
1,000
2004
Belizean Military
# 154
Cape Verde :
1,000
2004
Cape Verdean Military
# 155
East Timor :
1,000
2004
Timorese Military
# 156
Bahamas, The :
860
2004
Bahamian Military
# 157
Gambia, The :
800
2004
Gambian Military
# 158
Seychelles :
650
2004
Seychellois Military
# 159
Barbados :
610
2004
Barbadian Military
# 160
Antigua and Barbuda :
170
2004
Barbudan Military
Total :
32,329,142
Weighted average:
202,057.1
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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