List_of_countries_by_number_of_active_troops

Number of active troops per country

This is a list of countries sorted by the total number of active troops where the military manpower of a country is measured by the total amount of active troops within the command of that country. Reserved forces which can aid a depleted active military and/or paramilitary are also listed to illustrate a country\'s total manpower.

Rank		Nation	Active Service Personnel	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
1		People\'s Republic of China**	2,255,000"China\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	800,000"China\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	3,969,000"China\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	7,024,000	1.71
2		United States**	1,426,026"United State Armed Forces, DOD", DOD, 2006-07-25.	1,458,500"United State Reserve Forces, DOD", DOD, 2006-07-25.	53,000"Unorganized Militia", Wikipedia, 2007-04-02. "Total Male Population By Age/Sex", US Census Bureau, 2007-04-02.	2,938,210	4.76
3		India**	1,325,000"Indian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	1,155,000"Indian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	1,293,300"Indian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	3,773,300	1.20
4		North Korea**	1,106,000"North Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	4,700,000"North Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	189,000"North Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	5,995,000	49.03
5		Russia**	1,037,000"Russia\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	2,400,000"Russian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 135)", 2006-09-27.	359,100"Russian Paramilitary Forces", 2006-07-25.	3,796,100	7.24
6		South Korea	687,000"South Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	4,500,000"South Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	22,000"South Korea\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	5,209,000	14.20
7		Pakistan**	619,000"Pakistan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	528,000"Pakistan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 26)", 2006-07-25.	302,000"Pakistan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	1,449,000	3.72
8		Iran	545,000"Iranian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 33)", 2006-07-25.	350,000"Iranian Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	11,390,000"Iranian paramilitary forces globalsecurity", 2006-07-25.	12,285,000	11.74
9		Turkey	514,850"Turkey\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	380,000"Turkish Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	148,700"Turkey\'s Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 33)", 2006-07-25.	1,043,550	7.03
10		Vietnam	484,000"Vietnam\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	4,000,000"Vietnam\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	5,080,000"Vietnam\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	9,564,000	5.79
11		Egypt	450,000"Egypt\'s Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	254,000"Egypt\'s Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	405,000"Egyptian Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	1,109,000	5.81
12		Myanmar	428,250"Myanmar\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	0"Myanmar\'s Reserves", 2006-07-25.	72,000[citation needed]	500,250	7.42
13		France**	361,085"III.pdf Annuaire statistique de la Défense, p.47", December 2006.	419,000 "French Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 112)", 2006-09-27.	104,300 "French Paramilitary Forces, Tiscali Encyclopedia", 2006-07-25.	780,085	4.27
14		Ukraine	361,000"Ukrainian\'s Armed Forces", 2006-09-23.	1,000,000"Ukrainian\'s Reserves (Page 6)", 2006-09-23.	112,500"Ukrainian\'s Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	1,473,500	7.77
15		Thailand	306,600"Thailand Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	200,000"Thai Reserves", 2006-07-25.	113,700"Thai Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 31)", 2006-07-25.	625,300	4.80
16		Indonesia	302,000"Indonesian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	400,000"Indonesian Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	207,000"Indonesian Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 16)", 2006-07-25.	909,000	1.26
17		Syria	296,000"Syrian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	132,500"Syrian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	108,000"Syrian Paramilitary Forces", 2006-07-25.	536,500	15.89
18		Republic of China (Taiwan)	290,000"Taiwan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	1,653,500"Taiwan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	22,000"Taiwan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)", 2006-07-25.	1,965,000	12.70
19		Brazil	287,000"Brazilian Military", 2006-07-25.	1,115,000"Brazilian Military", 2006-07-25.	285,600"Brazilian Military", 2006-07-25.	1,687,600	1.55
20		Germany	284,500"German Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	358,650"German Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 117)", 2006-09-27.	40,000"German Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 14)", 2006-07-25.	683,150	3.45
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
21		Japan	238,000"Japan\'s Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	57,899Personnel of JSDF. Japan Defense Agency. Retrieved on 2006-04-23.	12,250Personnel of JSDF. Japan Defense Agency. Retrieved on 2006-04-23.	308,149	1.88
22		Colombia	280,000"Colombian Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	0"Colombian Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	140,000"Colombian Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	420,000	4.66
23		Eritrea	202,000"Eriteria Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	250,000"Eriteria Armed Forces", 2006-09-27.	0"Eriteria Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	452,000	45.90
24		Saudi Arabia	199,500"Saudi Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	20,000"Saudi Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	15,000"Saudi National Guard", 2006-07-25.	234,500	6.80
25		Morocco	196,300"Moroccon Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	150,000"Moroccon Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	75,000"Moroccon Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	421,800	6.81
26		Mexico	192,770"Mexican Military", 2006-07-25.	300,000"Mexican Military", 2006-07-25.	25,000"Mexican Military", 2006-07-25.	517,770	1.82
27		United Kingdom**	187,970"British Armed Forces, UK MoD (Page 59)", 2006-09-23.	233,860"British Armed Forces, UK MoD (Page 59)", 2006-09-23.	0"British Armed Forces, UK MoD (Page 59)", 2006-09-23.	421,830	3.09
28		Ethiopia	182,500"Ethiopia Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	0"Ethiopia Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	0"Ethiopia Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	182,500	2.44
30		Iraq ***	179,800"Iraqi Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	0"Iraqi Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	0"Iraqi Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)", 2006-07-25.	179,800	6.24
31		Spain	177,950"Spanish Military", 2006-07-25.	328,500"Spanish Military", 2006-07-25.	72,600"Spanish Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT", 2006-07-25.	579,050	3.49
32		Greece	177,600"Greek Military", 2006-07-25.	291,000"Greek Military", 2006-07-25.	4,000"Greek Military", 2006-07-25.	472,600	16.60
33		Israel*	168,000"Israeli Defense Forces, CSIS (Page 12)", 2006-07-25.	408,000"The Europa World Year Book, 2005, Volume 1", London & New York: Routledge, 2005, p 2301.ISBN 1-85743-306-8	8,050"Israeli Paramilitary", 2006-07-25.	584,050	23.90
34		Italy	169,000"Italian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 124)", 2006-09-27.	65,200"Italian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 124)", 2006-09-27.	238,800"Italian Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 16)", 2006-07-25.	534,350	3.42
35		Poland	163,000"Polish Military", 2006-07-25.	234,000"Polish Military", 2006-07-25.	21,300"Polish Military", 2006-07-25.	418,300	4.23
36		Sri Lanka	157,900"Sri Lankan Military", 2006-07-25.	5,500"Sri Lankan Military", 2006-07-25.	88,600"Sri Lankan Military", 2006-07-25.	252,000	7.59
37		Bangladesh	137,000"Bengali Military", 2006-07-25.	0"Bengali Military", 2006-07-25.	63,200"Bengali Military", 2006-07-25.	200,200	0.87
38		Algeria	127,500"Algerian Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	150,000"Algerian Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	60,000"Algerian Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 2)", 2006-07-25.	337,500	3.92
39		Switzerland	126,000"Swiss Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 139)", 2006-07-25.	320,600"Swiss Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 139)", 2006-07-25.	23,270"Swiss Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 139)", 2006-07-25.	347,470	47.90
40		Cambodia	124,300"Cambodian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	0"Cambodian Military", 2006-07-25.	67,000"Cambodian Military", 2006-07-25.	191,000	9.19
41		Philippines	113,500"Philippines Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	131,000"Philippines Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	158,500"Philippines Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	403,000	1.21
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
42		Malaysia	110,000"Malaysia Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 35)", 2006-07-25.	41,600"Malay Military", 2006-07-25.	20,100"Malay Military", 2006-07-25.	171,000	3.97
43		Peru	110,000"Peruvian Military", 2006-07-25.	188,000"Peruvian Military", 2006-07-25.	77,000"Peruvian Military", 2006-07-25.	375,000	3.58
44		Sudan	104,500"Sudanese Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	0"Sudanese Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	95,000"Sudanese Armed Forces", 2006-07-25.	199,500	2.60
45		Jordan	100,700"Jordanian Armed Forces, JCSS", 2006-07-25.	35,000"Jordanian Military", 2006-07-25.	10,000"Jordanian Military", 2006-07-25.	145,700	17.40
46		Angola	100,000"Angola Military", 2006-07-25.	N/A	N/A	100,000	10.60
47		Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,800"Congo Military", 2006-07-25.	0"Congo Military", 2006-07-25.	1,400"Congo\'s Paramilitary Forces, ORBAT (Page 9)", 2006-07-25.	85,200	1.63
48		Venezuela	82,300"