List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel - wikipedia List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel Countries by number of active soldiers ( 2009 ) This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. It includes any government - sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. The term `` country '' is used in its most common use, in the sense of state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition. Contents 1 Guide to the list 2 List 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 Further reading Guide to the list The list consists of columns that can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title : The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags. The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full - time in their military capacity. The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary. The number of personnel in paramilitary forces : armed units that are not considered part of a nation 's formal military forces. The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military ( active, reserve, and paramilitary ). The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only. As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. Many of the 171 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Italy and Japan, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, such as Mauritius and Panama, have no national armies, but only a paramilitary force. List The following list is sourced from the 2017 edition of `` The Military Balance '' published annually by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. Flag Country Active military Reserve military Paramilitary Total Per 1000 capita ( total ) Per 1000 capita ( active ) Afghanistan 171,200 0 148,200 319,400 9.6 5.1 Albania 8,000 0 500 8,500 2.8 2.6 Algeria 130,000 150,000 187,200 467,200 11.6 3.2 Angola 107,000 0 10,000 117,000 5.8 5.3 Antigua and Barbuda 180 80 0 260 2.8 1.9 Argentina 74,200 0 31,250 105,450 2.4 1.7 Armenia 44,800 210,000 4,300 259,100 84.9 14.7 Australia 57,800 21,100 0 78,900 3.4 2.5 Austria 21,350 146,000 0 167,350 19.2 2.5 Azerbaijan 66,950 300,000 15,000 381,950 38.7 6.8 Bahamas 1,300 0 0 1,300 Bahrain 8,200 0 11,260 19,460 14.1 5.9 Bangladesh 157,050 0 63,900 220,950 1.4 Barbados 610 430 0 1,040 3.6 2.1 Belarus 62,000 344,750 150,000 556,750 58.2 6.5 Belgium 29,600 6,750 0 36,350 3.2 2.6 Belize 1,500 700 0 2,200 6.2 4.2 Benin 7,250 0 2,500 9,750 0.9 0.7 Bolivia 34,100 0 37,100 71,200 6.5 3.1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,500 0 0 10,500 2.7 2.7 Botswana 9,000 0 0 9,000 4.1 4.1 Brazil 334,500 1,340,000 395,000 2,069,500 10.1 1.6 Brunei 7,000 700 2,250 9,950 22.8 16 Bulgaria 31,300 3,000 16,000 50,300 7 4.4 Burkina Faso 11,200 0 250 11,450 0.6 0.6 Burundi 30,000 0 21,000 51,000 4.6 2.7 Cambodia 124,300 0 67,000 191,300 12 7.8 Cameroon 14,400 0 9,000 23,400 0.6 Canada 63,000 30,000 4,500 97,500 2.8 1.8 Cape Verde 1,200 0 0 1,200 2.2 2.2 Central African Republic 7,150 0 1,000 8,150 1.5 1.3 Chad 30,350 0 9,500 39,850 3.4 2.6 Chile 64,750 40,000 44,700 149,450 8.5 3.7 China 2,183,000 510,000 660,000 3,353,000 2.4 1.6 Colombia 293,200 34,950 187,900 516,050 10.9 6.2 Costa Rica 0 0 9,800 9,800 0 Côte d'Ivoire 25,400 0 0 25,400 1.1 1.1 Croatia 15,550 0 3,000 18,550 4.3 3.6 Cuba 49,000 1,159,000 26,500 1,234,500 110.4 4.4 Cyprus 12,000 75,000 750 87,750 72.8 10 Czech Republic 21,950 0 3,100 25,050 2.3 2.1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 134,250 0 0 134,250 1.7 1.7 Denmark 16,600 45,700 0 62,300 11.1 Djibouti 10,450 0 2,500 12,950 15.3 12.3 Dominican Republic 56,050 0 15,000 71,050 6.7 5.3 Ecuador 40,250 118,000 500 158,750 9.9 2.5 Egypt 438,500 479,000 397,000 1,314,500 13.9 4.6 El Salvador 24,500 9,900 17,000 51,400 8.3 Equatorial Guinea 1,450 0 0 1,450 1.9 1.9 Eritrea 201,750 120,000 0 321,750 54.8 34.4 Estonia 6,400 12,000 15,800 34,200 27.2 5.1 Ethiopia 138,000 0 0 138,000 1.3 1.3 Fiji 3,500 6,000 0 9,500 10.4 3.8 Finland 22,200 900,000 2,700 924,900 168.2 France 202,950 68,100 103,400 374,450 5.6 Gabon 4,700 0 2,000 6,700 3.9 2.7 Gambia 800 0 0 800 0.4 0.4 Georgia 20,650 0 5,400 26,050 5.3 4.2 Germany 176,800 27,600 500 204,900 2.5 2.2 Ghana 15,500 0 0 15,500 0.6 0.6 Greece 142,950 220,500 4,000 367,450 34.1 13.3 Guatemala 18,050 63,850 25,000 106,900 7 1.2 Guinea 9,700 0 2,600 12,300 0.8 Guinea - Bissau 4,450 0 0 4,450 2.5 2.5 Guyana 3,400 670 0 4,070 5.5 4.6 Haiti 70 0 50 120 0 0 Honduras 10,700 60,000 8,000 78,700 8.8 1.2 Hungary 26,500 44,000 12,000 82,500 8.4 2.7 Iceland 0 0 250 250 0.7 0 India 1,395,100 2,142,800 1,403,700 4,941,600 3.9 1.1 Indonesia 395,500 400,000 280,000 1,075,500 4.2 1.5 Iran 523,000 350,000 40,000 913,000 11 6.3 Iraq 64,000 0 145,000 209,000 5.5 1.7 Ireland 9,100 2,630 0 11,730 2.4 1.8 Israel 176,500 465,000 8,000 649,500 79.5 21.6 Italy 174,500 18,300 182,350 375,150 6.1 2.8 Jamaica 3,450 980 0 4,430 1.5 1.2 Japan 247,150 56,000 12,650 315,800 2.5 Jordan 100,500 65,000 15,000 180,500 22.1 12.3 Kazakhstan 39,000 0 31,500 70,500 3.8 2.1 Kenya 24,100 0 5,000 29,100 0.6 0.5 Kosovo 2,500 800 0 3,300 1.8 1.3 Kuwait 15,500 23,700 7,100 46,300 16.3 5.5 Kyrgyzstan 10,900 0 9,500 20,400 3.6 1.9 Laos 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 18.4 4.1 Latvia 5,310 7,850 0 13,160 6.7 2.7 Lebanon 60,000 0 20,000 80,000 12.8 9.6 Lesotho 2,000 0 0 2,000 Liberia 2,050 0 0 2,050 0.5 0.5 Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lithuania 17,030 6,700 11,300 35,030 12.3 6 Luxembourg 900 0 600 1,500 2.6 1.5 Madagascar 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 0.9 0.6 Malawi 5,300 0 1,500 6,800 0.4 0.3 Malaysia 109,000 51,600 269,300 429,900 13.9 3.5 Mali 8,000 0 7,800 15,800 0.9 0.5 Malta 1,950 180 0 2,130 5.1 4.7 Mauritania 15,850 0 5,000 20,850 5.7 4.3 Mauritius 0 0 2,550 2,550 1.9 0 Mexico 277,150 81,500 58,900 417,550 3.4 2.3 Moldova 5,150 58,000 2,400 65,550 18.7 1.5 Mongolia 20,000 250,000 15,000 285,000 89.3 6.3 Montenegro 1,950 0 10,100 12,050 18.7 Morocco 195,800 150,000 50,000 395,800 11.8 5.8 Mozambique 11,200 0 0 11,200 0.4 0.4 Myanmar 406,000 0 107,250 513,250 9 7.1 Namibia 9,900 0 6,000 15,900 6.8 4.2 Nepal 96,600 0 62,000 158,600 5.5 3.3 Netherlands 35,410 4,500 6,060 45,970 2.7 2.1 New Zealand 8,950 2,200 0 11,150 2.5 Nicaragua 12,000 0 0 12,000 Niger 5,300 0 5,400 10,700 0.6 0.3 Nigeria 118,000 0 82,000 200,000 1.1 0.6 North Korea 1,190,000 6,300,000 189,000 7,679,000 305.7 47.4 Norway 24,950 45,590 0 70,540 13.4 4.7 Oman 42,600 0 4,400 47,000 14 12.7 Pakistan 653,800 0 282,000 935,800 4.6 3.2 Palestine 0 0 Panama 0 0 22,050 22,050 6 0 Papua New Guinea 1,900 0 0 1,900 0.3 0.3 Paraguay 10,650 164,500 14,800 189,950 27.7 1.6 Peru 81,000 188,000 77,000 346,000 11.3 2.6 Philippines 125,000 131,000 90,500 346,500 3.4 1.2 Poland 99,300 0 73,400 172,700 4.5 2.6 Portugal 29,600 211,950 44,000 285,550 26.4 2.7 Qatar 11,800 0 0 11,800 5.2 5.2 Republic of Macedonia 8,000 4,850 0 12,850 6.1 3.8 Republic of the Congo 10,000 0 2,000 12,000 2.5 2.1 Romania 70,500 50,000 79,900 200,400 9.3 3.3 Russia 1,013,000 2,500,000 710,000 4,223,000 29.7 7.1 Rwanda 33,000 0 2,000 35,000 2.7 2.5 Saudi Arabia 227,000 0 24,500 251,500 8.9 8.1 Senegal 13,600 0 5,000 18,600 1.3 0.9 Serbia 28,150 50,150 0 78,300 11 3.9 Seychelles 420 0 0 420 4.5 4.5 Sierra Leone 8,500 0 0 8,500 1.4 1.4 Singapore 72,500 312,500 119,100 504,100 87.2 12.5 Slovakia 15,850 0 0 15,850 2.9 2.9 Slovenia 7,250 1,760 5,950 14,960 7.6 3.7 Somalia 19,800 0 0 19,800 1.8 1.8 South Africa 67,100 15,050 0 82,150 1.5 1.2 South Korea 630,000 7,500,000 4,500 8,134,500 159.7 12.4 Spain 123,200 8,200 76,750 208,150 4.3 2.5 Sri Lanka 243,000 35,900 62,200 341,100 15.3 10.9 South Sudan 185,000 0 0 185,000 14.8 14.8 Sudan 244,300 85,000 20,000 349,300 9.5 6.7 Suriname 1,840 0 100 1,940 3.3 3.1 Sweden 29,750 0 21,950 51,700 5.2 Switzerland 20,950 144,270 74,000 239,220 29.2 2.6 Syria 127,500 0 150,000 277,500 16.1 7.4 Taiwan 215,000 1,657,000 17,000 1,889,000 80.5 9.2 Tajikistan 8,800 0 7,500 16,300 1.1 Tanzania 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 2.1 0.5 Thailand 360,850 245,000 93,700 699,550 10.3 5.3 Timor Leste 1,330 0 0 1,330 1.1 1.1 Togo 8,550 0 750 9,300 1.2 1.1 Trinidad and Tobago 4,050 0 0 4,050 3.3 3.3 Tunisia 35,800 0 12,000 47,800 4.3 3.2 Turkey 355,200 378,700 156,800 890,700 11.1 4.4 Turkmenistan 36,500 0 0 36,500 6.9 6.9 Uganda 45,000 10,000 1,400 56,400 1.5 1.2 Ukraine 204,000 900,000 88,000 1,192,000 27 4.6 United Arab Emirates 63,000 0 0 63,000 10.6 10.6 United Kingdom 152,350 81,350 0 233,700 3.6 2.4 United States 1,347,300 865,050 14,850 2,227,200 6.9 4.2 Uruguay 24,650 0 800 25,450 7.6 7.4 Uzbekistan 48,000 0 20,000 68,000 2.3 1.6 Venezuela 115,000 8,000 0 123,000 3.7 Vietnam 482,000 5,000,000 40,000 5,522,000 58 5.1 Yemen 20,000 0 0 20,000 0.7 0.7 Zambia 15,100 3,000 1,400 19,500 1.3 Zimbabwe 29,000 0 21,800 50,800 3.5 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. See also List of countries by level of military equipment List of countries by military expenditures List of countries by military expenditure per capita List of countries by Military Strength Index List of countries by Global Militarization Index List of countries without armed forces List of militaries by country List of militaries that recruit foreigners List of countries by number of police officers Notes Jump up ^ The reserve military of Armenia consists mostly of ex-conscripts who have seen service within the last 15 years. Jump up ^ Does not include Army forces of Artsakh, which has an Armenian backed army. Jump up ^ The reserve paramilitary of Cuba consists of the Youth Labour Army, Civil Defence and Territorial Troops Militia and count 1,120,000 units. Ready reserves serve 45 days per year. Jump up ^ Finnish Defence Forces has a ~ 33,400 active strength, a wartime strength of ~ 280,000, with a total reserve of ~ 900,000 Jump up ^ The paramilitary forces of Iran largely consists of the Basij, a paramilitary militia with claimed membership of 12.6 million ( including women and children ), which after mobilization can reach about 1,000,000 people able to fight. Jump up ^ The paramilitary forces of Italy consists of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza. Jump up ^ No data due to the ongoing civil war. Jump up ^ The paramilitary forces of Malaysia includes 244,700 personnel from the People 's Volunteer Corps. Jump up ^ The Worker - Peasant Red Guards count 5,700,000 units and are used as a reserve paramilitary. Jump up ^ Precise personnel - strength figures for the various Palestinian groups are not known. Jump up ^ The potential reserve personnel of Russia may be as high as 20 million, depending on how the figures are counted. 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