List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel
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Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Andorra, Bhutan, Northern Cyprus, Maldives, Monaco, Artsakh, San Marino, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somaliland, Swaziland, Tonga and Vanuatu.

List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Andorra, Bhutan, Northern Cyprus, Maldives, Monaco, Artsakh, San Marino, Saint Kitts and Nevis, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somaliland, Swaziland, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Flag	Country	Active military	Reserve military	Paramilitary	Total	Per 1000 capita (total)	Per 1000 capita (active)

Afghanistan	Afghanistan	174,300	0	148,700	323,000	9.5	5.1

Albania	Albania	8,000	0	500	8,500	2.8	2.6

Algeria	Algeria	130,000	150,000	187,200	467,200	11.4	3.2

Angola	Angola	107,000	0	10,000	117,000	4	3.7

Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda	180	80	0	260	2.7	1.9

Argentina	Argentina	74,200	0	31,250	105,450	2.4	1.7

Armenia	Armenia	44,800	210,000	4,300	259,100	85.1	14.7

Australia	Australia	57,800	21,100	0	78,900	3.4	2.5

Austria	Austria	22,400	152,200	25,000	199,600	22.8	2.6

Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	66,950	300,000	15,000	381,950	38.3	6.7

The Bahamas	Bahamas	1,300	0	0	1,300	3.9	3.9

Bahrain	Bahrain	8,200	0	11,260	19,460	13.8	5.8

Bangladesh	Bangladesh	157,050	0	63,900	220,950	1.4	1

Barbados	Barbados	610	430	0	1,040	3.6	2.1

Belarus	Belarus	45,350	289,500	110,000	444,850	46.6	4.7

Belgium	Belgium	28,800	5,000	0	33,800	2.9	2.5

Belize	Belize	1,500	700	150	2,350	6.5	4.2

Benin	Benin	7,250	0	2,500	9,750	0.9	0.7

Bolivia	Bolivia	34,100	0	37,100	71,200	6.4	3.1

Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10,500	0	0	10,500	2.7	2.7

Botswana	Botswana	9,000	0	0	9,000	4.1	4.1

Brazil	Brazil	334,500	1,340,000	395,000	2,069,500	10	1.6

Brunei	Brunei	7,200	700	4,900	12,800	28.9	16.2

Bulgaria	Bulgaria	31,300	3,000	0	34,300	4.8	4.4

Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	11,200	0	250	11,450	0.6	0.6

Burundi	Burundi	30,050	0	21,000	51,050	4.5	2.6

Cambodia	Cambodia	124,300	0	67,000	191,300	11.8	7.7

Cameroon	Cameroon	14,400	0	9,000	23,400	0.9	0.6

Canada	Canada	63,000	30,000	4,500	97,500	2.7	1.8

Cape Verde	Cape Verde	1,200	0	0	1,200	2.1	2.1

Central African Republic	Central African Republic	7,150	0	1,000	8,150	1.4	1.3

Chad	Chad	30,350	0	9,500	39,850	3.3	2.5

Chile	Chile	77,200	40,000	44,700	161,900	9.1	4.3

China	People's Republic of China	2,035,000	510,000	1,500,000	4,045,000	2.9	1.5

Colombia	Colombia	293,200	34,950	187,900	516,050	10.8	6.1

Costa Rica	Costa Rica	0	0	9,800	9,800	2	0

Ivory Coast	Côte d'Ivoire	25,400	0	0	25,400	1.1	1.1

Croatia	Croatia	15,650	0	3,000	18,650	4.3	3.6

Cuba	Cuba	49,000	1,159,000	1,465,000	2,673,000	239.8	4.4

Cyprus	Cyprus	15,000	50,000	750	65,750	53.8	12.3

Czech Republic	Czech Republic	23,200	0	0	23,200	2.2	2.2

Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo	134,250	0	0	134,250	1.6	1.6

Denmark	Denmark	16,100	45,700	0	61,800	11	2.9

Djibouti	Djibouti	10,450	0	2,650	13,100	15.1	12.1

Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	56,050	0	15,000	71,050	6.6	5.2

Ecuador	Ecuador	40,250	118,000	500	158,750	9.7	2.5

Egypt	Egypt	438,500	479,000	397,000	1,314,500	13.5	4.5

El Salvador	El Salvador	24,500	9,900	17,000	51,400	8.3	4

Equatorial Guinea	Equatorial Guinea	1,450	0	0	1,450	1.9	1.9

Eritrea	Eritrea	201,750	120,000	0	321,750	54.8	34.4

Estonia	Estonia	6,600	12,000	15,800	34,400	27.5	5.3

Ethiopia	Ethiopia	138,000	0	0	138,000	1.3	1.3

Fiji	Fiji	3,500	6,000	0	9,500	10.3	3.8

Finland	Finland	334,900	1,127,500	2,700	1,465,100	265.5	60.7

France	France	202,700	72,300	103,400	378,400	5.6	3

Gabon	Gabon	4,700	0	2,000	6,700	3.8	2.7

The Gambia	Gambia	800	0	0	800	0.4	0.4

Georgia (country)	Georgia	20,650	0	5,400	26,050	5.3	4.2

Germany	Germany	178,600	27,900	500	207,000	2.6	2.2

Ghana	Ghana	15,500	0	0	15,500	0.6	0.6

Greece	Greece	141,350	220,500	4,000	365,850	34	13.1

Guatemala	Guatemala	18,050	63,850	25,000	106,900	6.9	1.2

Guinea	Guinea	9,700	0	2,600	12,300	1	0.8

Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	4,450	0	0	4,450	2.5	2.5

Guyana	Guyana	3,400	670	0	4,070	5.5	4.6

Haiti	Haiti	150	0	50	200	0	0

Honduras	Honduras	14,950	60,000	8,000	82,950	9.2	1.7

Hungary	Hungary	27,800	44,000	12,000	83,800	8.5	2.8

Iceland	Iceland	0	0	250	250	0.7	0

India	India	1,395,100	2,096,000	1,585,950	5,077,050	4	1.1

Indonesia	Indonesia	395,500	400,000	280,000	1,075,500	4.1	1.5

Iran	Iran	523,000	1,350,000	12,640,000	14,513,000	176.9	6.4

Iraq	Iraq	64,000	0	145,000	209,000	5.3	1.6

Republic of Ireland	Ireland	9,100	2,480	0	11,580	2.3	1.8

Israel	Israel	176,500	465,000	8,000	649,500	78.3	21.3

Italy	Italy	174,500	18,300	182,350	375,150	6	2.8

Jamaica	Jamaica	3,950	980	0	4,930	1.6	1.3

Japan	Japan	247,150	56,000	13,740	316,890	2.5	2

Jordan	Jordan	100,500	100,000	15,000	215,500	21	9.8

Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	39,000	0	31,500	70,500	3.8	2.1

Kenya	Kenya	24,100	0	5,000	29,100	0.6	0.5

Kosovo	Kosovo	2,500	800	0	3,300	1.7	1.3

Kuwait	Kuwait	15,500	23,700	7,100	46,300	16.1	5.4

Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	10,900	0	9,500	20,400	3.5	1.9

Laos	Laos	29,100	0	100,000	129,100	18.1	4.1

Latvia	Latvia	5,310	7,850	0	13,160	6.8	2.7

Lebanon	Lebanon	60,000	0	20,000	80,000	12.8	9.6

Lesotho	Lesotho	2,000	0	0	2,000	1	1

Liberia	Liberia	2,100	0	0	2,100	0.4	0.4

Libya	Libya	0	0	0	0	0	0

Lithuania	Lithuania	18,350	6,700	11,300	36,350	12.9	6.5

Luxembourg	Luxembourg	900	0	600	1,500	2.5	1.5

Madagascar	Madagascar	13,500	0	8,100	21,600	0.9	0.5

Malawi	Malawi	10,700	0	4,200	14,900	0.8	0.6

Malaysia	Malaysia	109,000	296,300	264,600	669,900	21.3	3.5

Mali	Mali	10,000	0	7,800	17,800	1	0.6

Malta	Malta	1,950	180	0	2,130	5.1	4.7

Mauritania	Mauritania	15,850	0	5,000	20,850	5.5	4.2

Mauritius	Mauritius	0	0	2,550	2,550	1.9	0

Mexico	Mexico	277,150	81,500	58,900	417,550	3.4	2.2

Moldova	Moldova	5,150	58,000	2,400	65,550	18.9	1.5

Mongolia	Mongolia	9,700	137,000	7,500	154,200	50.3	3.2

Montenegro	Montenegro	1,950	0	10,100	12,050	18.8	3

Morocco	Morocco	195,800	150,000	50,000	395,800	11.6	5.8

Mozambique	Mozambique	11,200	0	0	11,200	0.4	0.4

Myanmar	Myanmar	406,000	0	107,250	513,250	9.3	7.4

Namibia	Namibia	9,900	0	6,000	15,900	6.4	4

Nepal	Nepal	96,600	0	62,000	158,600	5.4	3.3

Netherlands	Netherlands	35,410	4,660	5,900	45,970	2.7	2.1

New Zealand	New Zealand	9,000	2,300	0	11,300	2.5	2

Nicaragua	Nicaragua	12,000	0	0	12,000	2	2

Niger	Niger	5,300	0	5,400	10,700	0.6	0.3

Nigeria	Nigeria	118,000	0	82,000	200,000	1	0.6

North Korea	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	950,000	8,200,000	5,889,000	15,039,000	595.6	37.6

Norway	Norway	23,950	38,590	0	62,540	11.8	4.5

Oman	Oman	42,600	0	4,400	47,000	13.7	12.4

Pakistan	Pakistan	653,000	0	0	653,000	3.1	3.1

State of Palestine	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0

Panama	Panama	0	0	22,050	22,050	5.9	0

Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	3,600	0	0	3,600	0.5	0.5

Paraguay	Paraguay	10,650	164,500	14,800	189,950	27.4	1.5

Peru	Peru	81,000	188,000	77,000	346,000	11.1	2.6

Philippines	Philippines	125,000	181,000	40,500	346,500	3.3	1.2

Poland	Poland	105,000	0	73,400	178,400	4.6	2.7

Portugal	Portugal	30,500	211,950	44,000	286,450	26.4	2.8

Qatar	Qatar	11,800	0	5,000	16,800	7.3	5.1

Republic of Macedonia	Republic of Macedonia	8,000	4,850	7,600	20,450	9.7	3.8

Republic of the Congo	Republic of the Congo	10,000	0	2,000	12,000	2.4	2

Romania	Romania	69,300	50,000	79,900	199,200	9.3	3.2

Russia	Russian Federation	1,013,628	2,572,500	2,310,859	5,896,987	41.5	7.1

Rwanda	Rwanda	33,000	0	2,000	35,000	2.9	2.8

Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	227,000	0	24,500	251,500	8.8	7.9

Senegal	Senegal	13,600	0	5,000	18,600	1.3	0.9

Serbia	Serbia	28,150	50,150	3,700	82,000	11.5	4

Seychelles	Seychelles	420	0	0	420	4.5	4.5

Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	8,500	0	0	8,500	1.4	1.4

Singapore	Singapore	72,500	312,500	19,900	404,900	68.8	12.3

Slovakia	Slovakia	15,850	0	0	15,850	2.9	2.9

Slovenia	Slovenia	7,250	1,760	5,950	14,960	7.6	3.7

Somalia	Somalia	19,800	0	0	19,800	1.8	1.8

South Africa	South Africa	66,350	15,050	0	81,400	1.5	1.2

South Korea	Republic of Korea	599,000	3,100,000	900,000	4,599,000	89.9	11.7

Spain	Spain	121,200	15,450	76,750	213,400	4.4	2.5

Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	346,700	35,900	62,200	444,800	19.8	15.5

South Sudan	South Sudan	185,000	0	0	185,000	14.2	14.2

Sudan	Sudan	104,300	85,000	20,000	209,300	5.6	2.8

Suriname	Suriname	1,840	0	100	1,940	3.3	3.1

Sweden	Sweden	29,750	0	21,950	51,700	5.2	3

Switzerland	Switzerland	20,950	218,270	0	239,220	29	2.5

Syria	Syria	142,500	0	150,000	292,500	16.2	7.9

Taiwan	Republic of China	275,000	2,800,000	1,883,450	4,958,450	210.9	11.7

Tajikistan	Tajikistan	8,800	0	7,500	16,300	1.9	1

Tanzania	Tanzania	27,000	80,000	1,400	108,400	2	0.5

Thailand	Thailand	360,850	245,000	93,700	699,550	10.2	5.3

East Timor	Timor Leste	1,330	0	0	1,330	1	1

Togo	Togo	8,550	0	750	9,300	1.2	1.1

Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	4,050	0	0	4,050	3.3	3.3

Tunisia	Tunisia	35,800	0	12,000	47,800	4.2	3.1

Turkey	Turkey	355,200	378,700	156,800	890,700	11	4.4

Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan	36,500	0	5,000	41,500	7.8	6.8

Uganda	Uganda	45,000	10,000	1,400	56,400	1.4	1.1

Ukraine	Ukraine	204,000	900,000	88,000	1,192,000	27.1	4.6

United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	63,000	180,000	0	243,000	40	10.4

United Kingdom	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	150,250	82,650	0	232,900	3.6	2.3

United States	United States of America	1,358,193	811,000	2,918,161	5,087,354	15.4	4.1

Uruguay	Uruguay	24,650	0	800	25,450	7.6	7.3

Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	48,000	0	20,000	68,000	2.3	1.6

Venezuela	Venezuela	123,000	8,000	220,000	351,000	11.2	3.9

Vietnam	Vietnam	482,000	5,000,000	40,000	5,522,000	57.4	5

Yemen	Yemen	20,000	0	0	20,000	0.7	0.7

Zambia	Zambia	15,100	3,000	1,400	19,500	1.2	0.9

Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	29,000	0	21,800	50,800	3.7	2.1

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