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Armed forces personnel

people · no best or worst — smallest to largest

170 of 216 countries report a figure for armed forces personnel

World average: 160,147

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RankCountryValueYear
#170Palestine02020
#169Seychelles02020
#168Libya02020
#167Iceland02020
#166Antigua and Barbuda02020
#165Luxembourg1,0002020
#164Haiti1,0002020
#163Equatorial Guinea1,0002020
#162Cape Verde1,0002020
#161Barbados1,0002020
#160Timor-Leste2,0002020
#159Suriname2,0002020
#158Malta2,0002020
#157Liberia2,0002020
#156Lesotho2,0002020
#155Belize2,0002020
#154The Bahamas2,0002020
#153Mauritius3,0002020
#152Guyana3,0002020
#151Papua New Guinea4,0002020
#150Guinea-Bissau4,0002020
#149The Gambia4,0002020
#148Fiji4,0002020
#147Trinidad and Tobago5,0002020
#146Moldova6,0002020
#145Jamaica6,0002020
#144Slovenia7,0002020
#143Gabon7,0002020
#142Estonia7,0002020
#141Brunei8,0002020
#140Albania8,0002020
#139Sierra Leone9,0002020
#138Latvia9,0002020
#137Ireland9,0002020
#136Botswana9,0002020
#135Togo10,0002020
#134Niger10,0002020
#133New Zealand10,0002020
#132Costa Rica10,0002020
#131Central African Republic10,0002020
#130Mozambique11,0002020
#129Burkina Faso11,0002020
#128Bosnia and Herzegovina11,0002020
#127Nicaragua12,0002020
#126Montenegro12,0002020
#125Republic of the Congo12,0002020
#124Benin12,0002020
#123Guinea13,0002020
#122Djibouti13,0002020
#121Cyprus13,0002020
#120Somalia14,0002020
#119Sweden15,0002020
#118Malawi15,0002020
#117Denmark15,0002020
#116Zambia16,0002020
#115North Macedonia16,0002020
#114Namibia16,0002020
#113Ghana16,0002020
#112Tajikistan17,0002020
#111Slovakia18,0002020
#110Mongolia18,0002020
#109Senegal19,0002020
#108Bahrain19,0002020
#107Switzerland20,0002020
#106Croatia20,0002020
#105Mauritania21,0002020
#104Kyrgyzstan21,0002020
#103Uruguay22,0002020
#102Qatar22,0002020
#101Madagascar22,0002020
#100Finland22,0002020
#99Honduras23,0002020
#98Austria23,0002020
#97Kenya24,0002020
#96Belgium24,0002020
#95Norway25,0002020
#94Kuwait25,0002020
#93Georgia26,0002020
#92Czech Republic27,0002020
#91Ivory Coast27,0002020
#90Tanzania28,0002020
#89Panama28,0002020
#88Paraguay29,0002020
#87Burundi31,0002020
#86Serbia32,0002020
#85Cameroon34,0002020
#84Rwanda35,0002020
#83Lithuania37,0002020
#82Bulgaria37,0002020
#81Yemen40,0002020
#80Kingdom of the Netherlands41,0002020
#79Mali41,0002020
#78El Salvador42,0002020
#77Ecuador42,0002020
#76Guatemala43,0002020
#75Chad45,0002020
#74Uganda46,0002020
#73Hungary46,0002020
#72Oman47,0002020
#71Armenia47,0002020
#70Tunisia48,0002020
#69Zimbabwe51,0002020
#68Portugal52,0002020
#67South Sudan53,0002020
#66Turkmenistan57,0002020
#65Singapore59,0002020
#64Australia60,0002020
#63United Arab Emirates63,0002020
#62Uzbekistan68,0002020
#61Kazakhstan71,0002020
#60Dominican Republic71,0002020
#59Bolivia71,0002020
#58Canada72,0002020
#57Cuba76,0002020
#56Lebanon80,0002020
#55Azerbaijan82,0002020
#54South Africa89,0002020
#53Argentina103,0002020
#52Nepal112,0002020
#51Chile114,0002020
#50Jordan116,0002020
#49Angola117,0002020
#48Romania128,0002020
#47Laos129,0002020
#46Democratic Republic of the Congo134,0002020
#45Malaysia136,0002020
#44Ethiopia138,0002020
#43Sudan144,0002020
#42Greece147,0002020
#41United Kingdom153,0002020
#40Philippines157,0002020
#39Peru158,0002020
#38Belarus158,0002020
#37Afghanistan165,0002020
#36Israel178,0002020
#35Germany183,0002020
#34Poland189,0002020
#33Cambodia191,0002020
#32Spain199,0002020
#31Eritrea202,0002020
#30Nigeria223,0002020
#29Bangladesh227,0002020
#28Morocco246,0002020
#27Japan261,0002020
#26Syria269,0002020
#25Saudi Arabia282,0002020
#24Ukraine298,0002020
#23France304,0002020
#22Sri Lanka317,0002020
#21Algeria326,0002020
#20Italy338,0002020
#19Mexico341,0002020
#18Venezuela343,0002020
#17Colombia428,0002020
#16Thailand455,0002020
#15Iraq459,0002020
#14Myanmar463,0002020
#13Turkey512,0002020
#12Vietnam522,0002020
#11South Korea569,0002020
#10Iran650,0002020
#9Indonesia676,0002020
#8Brazil762,0002020
#7Egypt836,0002020
#6Pakistan943,0002020
#5United States1.4M2020
#4Russia1.5M2020
#3North Korea1.5M2020
#2People's Republic of China2.5M2020
#1India3.1M2020
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)