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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 :
3,755,000
2005
Chinese Military
# 2
India :
3,047,000
2005
Indian Military
# 3
United States :
1,546,000
2005
American Military
# 4
Russia :
1,452,000
2005
Russian Military
# 5
Korea, North :
1,295,000
2005
Korean Military
# 6
Pakistan :
921,000
2005
Pakistani Military
# 7
Egypt :
799,000
2005
Egyptian Military
# 8
Korea, South :
693,000
2005
Korean Military
# 9
Brazil :
673,000
2005
Brazilian Military
# 10
Turkey :
617,000
2005
Turkish Military
# 11
Iran :
585,000
2005
Iranian Military
# 12
Indonesia :
582,000
2005
Indonesian Military
# 13
Vietnam :
495,000
2005
Vietnamese Military
# 14
Burma :
483,000
2005
Burmese Military
# 15
Italy :
445,000
2005
Italian Military
# 16
Thailand :
421,000
2005
Thai Military
# 17
Syria :
416,000
2005
Syrian Military
# 18
France :
359,000
2005
French Military
# 19
Colombia :
336,000
2005
Colombian Military
# 20
Algeria :
319,000
2005
Algerian Military
# 21
Germany :
285,000
2005
German Military
# 22
Ukraine :
273,000
2005
Ukrainian Military
# 23
Japan :
272,000
2005
Japanese Military
# 24
Bangladesh :
252,000
2005
Bangladeshi Military
# 25
Morocco :
251,000
2005
Moroccan Military
# 26
Iraq :
227,000
2005
Iraqi Military
# 27
Spain :
220,000
2005
Spanish Military
# 28
United Kingdom :
217,000
2005
British Military
# 29
Saudi Arabia :
216,000
2005
Saudi Military
# 30
Mexico :
204,000
2005
Mexican Military
# 31
Eritrea :
202,000
2005
Eritrean Military
# 32
Sri Lanka :
200,000
2005
Sri Lankan Military
# 33
Cambodia :
191,000
2005
Cambodian Military
# 34
Belarus :
183,000
2005
Belarusian Military
# 35
Ethiopia :
183,000
2005
Ethiopian Military
# 36
Romania :
177,000
2005
Romanian Military
# 37
Israel :
176,000
2005
Israeli Military
# 38
Greece :
168,000
2005
Greek Military
# 39
Singapore :
167,000
2005
Singapore Military
# 40
Poland :
162,000
2005
Polish Military
# 41
Nigeria :
161,000
2005
Nigerian Military
# 42
Peru :
157,000
2005
Peruvian Military
# 43
Philippines :
147,000
2005
Philippine Military
# 44
Yemen :
138,000
2005
Yemeni Military
# 45
Malaysia :
135,000
2005
Malaysian Military
# 46
Nepal :
131,000
2005
Nepalese Military
# 47
Laos :
129,000
2005
Lao Military
# 48
Sudan :
123,000
2005
Sudanese Military
# 49
Angola :
118,000
2005
Angolan Military
# 50
Chile :
116,000
2005
Chilean Military
# 51
Jordan :
111,000
2005
Jordanian Military
# 52
Switzerland :
109,000
2005
Swiss Military
# 53
Argentina :
102,000
2005
Argentine Military
# 54
Kazakhstan :
101,000
2005
Kazakhstani Military
# 55
Portugal :
93,000
2005
Portuguese Military
# 56
Uzbekistan :
91,000
2005
Uzbekistani Military
# 57
Bulgaria :
85,000
2005
Bulgarian Military
# 58
Lebanon :
85,000
2005
Lebanese Military
# 59
Venezuela :
82,000
2005
Venezuelan Military
# 60
Burundi :
82,000
2005
Burundian Military
# 61
Azerbaijan :
82,000
2005
Azerbaijani Military
# 62
Cuba :
76,000
2005
Cuban Military
# 63
Libya :
76,000
2005
Libyan Military
# 64
Canada :
71,000
2005
Canadian Military
# 65
Bolivia :
70,000
2005
Bolivian Military
# 66
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
65,000
2005
Congolese Military
# 67
Netherlands :
60,000
2005
Dutch Military
# 68
South Africa :
56,000
2005
South African Military
# 69
Rwanda :
53,000
2005
Rwandan Military
# 70
Australia :
53,000
2005
Australian Military
# 71
Zimbabwe :
51,000
2005
Zimbabwean Military
# 72
United Arab Emirates :
51,000
2005
Emirati Military
# 73
Armenia :
49,000
2005
Armenian Military
# 74
Guatemala :
48,000
2005
Guatemalan Military
# 75
Ecuador :
47,270
2005
Ecuadorian Military
# 76
Uganda :
47,000
2005
Ugandan Military
# 77
Tunisia :
47,000
2005
Tunisian Military
# 78
Norway :
47,000
2005
Norwegian Military
# 79
Oman :
46,000
2005
Omani Military
# 80
Hungary :
44,000
2005
Hungarian Military
# 81
Austria :
40,000
2005
Austrian Military
# 82
Dominican Republic :
40,000
2005
Dominican Military
# 83
Belgium :
37,000
2005
Belgian Military
# 84
Chad :
35,000
2005
Chadian Military
# 85
Finland :
31,000
2005
Finnish Military
# 86
Croatia :
31,000
2005
Croatian Military
# 87
Kenya :
29,000
2005
Kenyan Military
# 88
Lithuania :
29,000
2005
Lithuanian Military
# 89
Sweden :
28,600
2005
Swedish Military
# 90
Czech Republic :
28,000
2005
Czech Military
# 91
Tanzania :
28,000
2005
Tanzanian Military
# 92
Afghanistan :
27,000
2005
Afghan Military
# 93
Turkmenistan :
26,000
2005
Turkmen Military
# 94
Paraguay :
25,000
2005
Paraguayan Military
# 95
Uruguay :
24,920
2005
Uruguayan Military
# 96
Cameroon :
23,000
2005
Cameroonian Military
# 97
Georgia :
23,000
2005
Georgian Military
# 98
Kuwait :
23,000
2005
Kuwaiti Military
# 99
Albania :
22,500
2005
Albanian Military
# 100
Madagascar :
22,000
2005
Malagasy Military
# 101
Bahrain :
21,000
2005
Bahraini Military
# 102
Denmark :
21,000
2005
Danish Military
# 103
Mauritania :
21,000
2005
Mauritanian Military
# 104
Honduras :
20,000
2005
Honduran Military
# 105
Slovakia :
20,000
2005
Slovak Military
# 106
Côte d'Ivoire :
19,000
2005
Ivoirian Military
# 107
Macedonia, Republic of :
19,000
2005
Macedonian Military
# 108
Senegal :
19,000
2005
Senegalese Military
# 109
Kyrgyzstan :
18,000
2005
Kyrgyzstani Military
# 110
Zambia :
16,000
2005
Zambian Military
# 111
Mongolia :
16,000
2005
Mongolian Military
# 112
El Salvador :
16,000
2005
Salvadoran Military
# 113
Liberia :
15,000
2005
Liberian Military
# 114
Namibia :
15,000
2005
Namibian Military
# 115
Nicaragua :
14,000
2005
Nicaraguan Military
# 116
Sierra Leone :
13,000
2005
Sierra Leonean Military
# 117
Guinea :
13,000
2005
Guinean Military
# 118
Tajikistan :
13,000
2005
Tajikistani Military
# 119
Djibouti :
13,000
2005
Djiboutian Military
# 120
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
12,000
2005
Herzegovinian Military
# 121
Qatar :
12,000
2005
Qatari Military
# 122
Panama :
12,000
2005
Panamanian Military
# 123
Mali :
12,000
2005
Malian Military
# 124
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2005
Congolese Military
# 125
Slovenia :
12,000
2005
Slovenian Military
# 126
Burkina Faso :
11,250
2005
Burkinabe Military
# 127
Botswana :
11,000
2005
Motswana -Batswana Military
# 128
Mozambique :
11,000
2005
Mozambican Military
# 129
Brunei :
11,000
2005
Bruneian Military
# 130
Cyprus :
10,750
2005
Cypriot Military
# 131
Niger :
10,000
2005
Nigerien Military
# 132
Ireland :
10,000
2005
Irish Military
# 133
Moldova :
10,000
2005
Moldovan Military
# 134
Togo :
9,750
2005
Togolese Military
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
9,000
2005
Guinean Military
# 136
New Zealand :
9,000
2005
New Zealand Military
# 137
Estonia :
8,000
2005
Estonian Military
# 138
Benin :
8,000
2005
Beninese Military
# 139
Gabon :
7,000
2005
Gabonese Military
# 140
Ghana :
7,000
2005
Ghanaian Military
# 141
Malawi :
7,000
2005
Malawian Military
# 142
Latvia :
5,000
2005
Latvian Military
# 143
Fiji :
4,000
2005
Fijian Military
# 144
Jamaica :
3,000
2005
Jamaican Military
# 145
Trinidad and Tobago :
3,000
2005
Tobagonian Military
# 146
Central African Republic :
3,000
2005
Central African Military
# 147
Guyana :
3,000
2005
Guyanese Military
# 148
Papua New Guinea :
3,000
2005
Papua New Guinean Military
# 149
Suriname :
2,000
2005
Surinamese Military
# 150
Malta :
2,000
2005
Maltese Military
# 151
Mauritius :
2,000
2005
Mauritian Military
# 152
Lesotho :
2,000
2005
Basotho Military
# 153
Luxembourg :
1,512
2005
Luxembourg Military
# 154
Equatorial Guinea :
1,000
2005
Equatorial Guinean Military
# 155
Cape Verde :
1,000
2005
Cape Verdean Military
# 156
Belize :
1,000
2005
Belizean Military
# 157
Bahamas, The :
860
2005
Bahamian Military
# 158
Gambia, The :
800
2005
Gambian Military
# 159
Barbados :
610
2005
Barbadian Military
# 160
Seychelles :
450
2005
Seychellois Military
# 161
Antigua and Barbuda :
170
2005
Barbudan Military
Total :
28,056,442
Weighted average:
174,263.6
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 (2005) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mil_per-military-personnel&date=2005
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