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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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
China :
3,755,000
2005 ...
#2
India :
3,047,000
2005 ...
#3
United States :
1,546,000
2005 ...
#4
Russia :
1,452,000
2005 ...
#5
Korea, North :
1,295,000
2005 ...
#6
Pakistan :
921,000
2005 ...
#7
Egypt :
799,000
2005 ...
#8
Korea, South :
693,000
2005 ...
#9
Brazil :
673,000
2005 ...
#10
Turkey :
617,000
2005 ...
#11
Iran :
585,000
2005 ...
#12
Indonesia :
582,000
2005 ...
#13
Vietnam :
495,000
2005 ...
#14
Burma :
483,000
2005 ...
#15
Italy :
445,000
2005 ...
#16
Thailand :
421,000
2005 ...
#17
Syria :
416,000
2005 ...
#18
France :
359,000
2005 ...
#19
Colombia :
336,000
2005 ...
#20
Algeria :
319,000
2005 ...
#21
Germany :
285,000
2005 ...
#22
Ukraine :
273,000
2005 ...
#23
Japan :
272,000
2005 ...
#24
Bangladesh :
252,000
2005 ...
#25
Morocco :
251,000
2005 ...
#26
Iraq :
227,000
2005 ...
#27
Spain :
220,000
2005 ...
#28
United Kingdom :
217,000
2005 ...
#29
Saudi Arabia :
216,000
2005 ...
#30
Mexico :
204,000
2005 ...
#31
Eritrea :
202,000
2005 ...
#32
Sri Lanka :
200,000
2005 ...
#33
Cambodia :
191,000
2005 ...
#34
Ethiopia :
183,000
2005 ...
#35
Belarus :
183,000
2005 ...
#36
Romania :
177,000
2005 ...
#37
Israel :
176,000
2005 ...
#38
Greece :
168,000
2005 ...
#39
Singapore :
167,000
2005 ...
#40
Poland :
162,000
2005 ...
#41
Nigeria :
161,000
2005 ...
#42
Peru :
157,000
2005 ...
#43
Philippines :
147,000
2005 ...
#44
Yemen :
138,000
2005 ...
#45
Malaysia :
135,000
2005 ...
#46
Nepal :
131,000
2005 ...
#47
Laos :
129,000
2005 ...
#48
Sudan :
123,000
2005 ...
#49
Angola :
118,000
2005 ...
#50
Chile :
116,000
2005 ...
#51
Jordan :
111,000
2005 ...
#52
Serbia and Montenegro :
110,000
2004 ...
#53
Switzerland :
109,000
2005 ...
#54
Argentina :
102,000
2005 ...
#55
Kazakhstan :
101,000
2005 ...
#56
Portugal :
93,000
2005 ...
#57
Uzbekistan :
91,000
2005 ...
#58
Lebanon :
85,000
2005 ...
#59
Bulgaria :
85,000
2005 ...
#60
Venezuela :
82,000
2005 ...
#61
Azerbaijan :
82,000
2005 ...
#62
Burundi :
82,000
2005 ...
#63
Cuba :
76,000
2005 ...
#64
Libya :
76,000
2005 ...
#65
Canada :
71,000
2005 ...
#66
Bolivia :
70,000
2005 ...
#67
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
65,000
2005 ...
#68
Netherlands :
60,000
2005 ...
#69
South Africa :
56,000
2005 ...
#70
Rwanda :
53,000
2005 ...
#71
Australia :
53,000
2005 ...
#72
Zimbabwe :
51,000
2005 ...
#73
United Arab Emirates :
51,000
2005 ...
#74
Somalia :
50,000
2000 ...
#75
Armenia :
49,000
2005 ...
#76
Guatemala :
48,000
2005 ...
#77
Ecuador :
47,270
2005 ...
#78
Norway :
47,000
2005 ...
#79
Tunisia :
47,000
2005 ...
#80
Uganda :
47,000
2005 ...
#81
Oman :
46,000
2005 ...
#82
Hungary :
44,000
2005 ...
#83
Dominican Republic :
40,000
2005 ...
#84
Austria :
40,000
2005 ...
#85
Belgium :
37,000
2005 ...
#86
Chad :
35,000
2005 ...
#87
Finland :
31,000
2005 ...
#88
Croatia :
31,000
2005 ...
#89
Kenya :
29,000
2005 ...
#90
Lithuania :
29,000
2005 ...
#91
Sweden :
28,600
2005 ...
#92
Czech Republic :
28,000
2005 ...
#93
Tanzania :
28,000
2005 ...
#94
Afghanistan :
27,000
2005 ...
#95
Turkmenistan :
26,000
2005 ...
#96
Paraguay :
25,000
2005 ...
#97
Uruguay :
24,920
2005 ...
#98
Georgia :
23,000
2005 ...
#99
Cameroon :
23,000
2005 ...
#100
Kuwait :
23,000
2005 ...
#101
Albania :
22,500
2005 ...
#102
Madagascar :
22,000
2005 ...
#103
Mauritania :
21,000
2005 ...
#104
Bahrain :
21,000
2005 ...
#105
Denmark :
21,000
2005 ...
#106
Honduras :
20,000
2005 ...
#107
Slovakia :
20,000
2005 ...
#108
Senegal :
19,000
2005 ...
#109
Côte d'Ivoire :
19,000
2005 ...
#110
Macedonia, Republic of :
19,000
2005 ...
#111
Kyrgyzstan :
18,000
2005 ...
#112
Costa Rica :
17,000
2003 ...
#113
El Salvador :
16,000
2005 ...
#114
Mongolia :
16,000
2005 ...
#115
Zambia :
16,000
2005 ...
#116
Liberia :
15,000
2005 ...
#117
Namibia :
15,000
2005 ...
#118
Nicaragua :
14,000
2005 ...
#119
Sierra Leone :
13,000
2005 ...
#120
Guinea :
13,000
2005 ...
#121
Tajikistan :
13,000
2005 ...
#122
Djibouti :
13,000
2005 ...
#123
Mali :
12,000
2005 ...
#124
Qatar :
12,000
2005 ...
#125
Congo, Republic of the :
12,000
2005 ...
#126
Panama :
12,000
2005 ...
#127
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
12,000
2005 ...
#128
Slovenia :
12,000
2005 ...
#129
Burkina Faso :
11,250
2005 ...
#130
Botswana :
11,000
2005 ...
#131
Brunei :
11,000
2005 ...
#132
Mozambique :