DEFINITION
Most recent
1985
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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
11,000
2005 ...
#133 Cyprus
10,750
2005 ...
#134 Ireland
10,000
2005 ...
#135 Moldova
10,000
2005 ...
#136 Niger
10,000
2005 ...
#137 Togo
9,750
2005 ...
#138 New Zealand
9,000
2005 ...
#139 Guinea-Bissau
9,000
2005 ...
#140 Estonia
8,000
2005 ...
#141 Benin
8,000
2005 ...
#142 Malawi
7,000
2005 ...
#143 Ghana
7,000
2005 ...
#144 Gabon
7,000
2005 ...
#145 Bhutan
6,000
2000 ...
#146 Haiti
5,300
2003 ...
#147 Latvia
5,000
2005 ...
#148 Maldives
5,000
2000 ...
#149 Fiji
4,000
2005 ...
#150 Papua New Guinea
3,000
2005 ...
#151 Guyana
3,000
2005 ...
#152 Swaziland
3,000
1999 ...
#153 Jamaica
3,000
2005 ...
#154 Trinidad and Tobago
3,000
2005 ...
#155 Central African Republic
3,000
2005 ...
#156 Malta
2,000
2005 ...
#157 Lesotho
2,000
2005 ...
#158 Mauritius
2,000
2005 ...
#159 Suriname
2,000
2005 ...
#160 Luxembourg
1,512
2005 ...
#161 East Timor
1,000
2004 ...
#162 Belize
1,000
2005 ...
#163 Cape Verde
1,000
2005 ...
#164 São Tomé and Príncipe
1,000
1999 ...
#165 Equatorial Guinea
1,000
2005 ...
#166 Bahamas, The
860
2005 ...
#167 Gambia, The
800
2005 ...
#168 Barbados
610
2005 ...
#169 Seychelles
450
2005 ...
#170 Antigua and Barbuda
170
2005 ...
#171 Iceland
100
2003 ...
Total :
28,254,842
Weighted average:
165,233.0
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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