List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

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

Table rows:
cells: Afghanistan[1]
171,200
0
148,200
319,400
9.6
5.1
cells: Albania[2]
8,000
0
500
8,500
2.8
2.6
cells: Algeria[3]
130,000
150,000
187,200
467,200
11.6
3.2
cells: Angola[4]
107,000
0
10,000
117,000
5.8
5.3
cells: Antigua and Barbuda[5]
180
80
0
260
2.8
1.9
cells: Argentina[6]
74,200
0
31,250
105,450
2.4
1.7
cells: Armenia[7][Note 1][Note 2]
44,800
210,000
4,300
259,100
84.9
14.7
cells: Australia[8]
57,800
21,100
0
78,900
3.4
2.5
cells: Austria[9]
21,350
146,000
0
167,350
19.2
2.5
cells: Azerbaijan[10]
66,950
300,000
15,000
381,950
38.7
6.8
cells: Bahamas[11]
1,300
0
0
1,300
4.0
4
cells: Bahrain[12]
8,200
0
11,260
19,460
14.1
5.9
cells: Bangladesh[13]
157,050
0
63,900
220,950
1.4
1
cells: Barbados[14]
610
430
0
1,040
3.6
2.1
cells: Belarus[15]
62,000
344,750
150,000
556,750
58.2
6.5
cells: Belgium[16]
29,600
6,750
0
36,350
3.2
2.6
cells: Belize[17]
1,500
700
0
2,200
6.2
4.2
cells: Benin[18]
7,250
0
2,500
9,750
0.9
0.7
cells: Bolivia[19]
34,100
0
37,100
71,200
6.5
3.1
cells: Bosnia and Herzegovina[20]
10,500
0
0
10,500
2.7
2.7
cells: Botswana[21]
9,000
0
0
9,000
4.1
4.1
cells: Brazil[22]
334,500
1,340,000
395,000
2,069,500
10.1
1.6
cells: Brunei[23]
7,000
700
2,250
9,950
22.8
16
cells: Bulgaria[24]
31,300
3,000
16,000
50,300
7.0
4.4
cells: Burkina Faso[25]
11,200
0
250
11,450
0.6
0.6
cells: Burundi[26]
30,000
0
21,000
51,000
4.6
2.7
cells: Cambodia[27]
124,300
0
67,000
191,300
12.0
7.8
cells: Cameroon[28]
14,400
0
9,000
23,400
1.0
0.6
cells: Canada[29]
63,000
30,000
4,500
97,500
2.8
1.8
cells: Cape Verde[30]
1,200
0
0
1,200
2.2
2.2
cells: Central African Republic[31]
7,150
0
1,000
8,150
1.5
1.3
cells: Chad[32]
30,350
0
9,500
39,850
3.4
2.6
cells: Chile[33]
64,750
40,000
44,700
149,450
8.5
3.7
cells: China[34]
2,183,000
510,000
660,000
3,353,000
2.4
1.6
cells: Colombia[35]
293,200
34,950
187,900
516,050
10.9
6.2
cells: Costa Rica[36]
0
0
9,800
9,800
2.0
0
cells: Côte d'Ivoire[37]
25,400
0
0
25,400
1.1
1.1
cells: Croatia[38]
15,550
0
3,000
18,550
4.3
3.6
cells: Cuba[39][Note 3]
49,000
1,159,000
26,500
1,234,500
110.4
4.4
cells: Cyprus[40]
12,000
75,000
750
87,750
72.8
10
cells: Czech Republic[41]
21,950
0
3,100
25,050
2.3
2.1
cells: Democratic Republic of the Congo[42]
134,250
0
0
134,250
1.7
1.7
cells: Denmark[43]
16,600
45,700
0
62,300
11.1
3
cells: Djibouti[44]
10,450
0
2,500
12,950
15.3
12.3
cells: Dominican Republic[45]
56,050
0
15,000
71,050
6.7
5.3
cells: Ecuador[46]
40,250
118,000
500
158,750
9.9
2.5
cells: Egypt[47]
438,500
479,000
397,000
1,314,500
13.9
4.6
cells: El Salvador[48]
24,500
9,900
17,000
51,400
8.3
4
cells: Equatorial Guinea[49]
1,450
0
0
1,450
1.9
1.9
cells: Eritrea[50]
201,750
120,000
0
321,750
54.8
34.4
cells: Estonia[51]
6,400
12,000
15,800
34,200
27.2
5.1
cells: Ethiopia[52]
138,000
0
0
138,000
1.3
1.3
cells: Fiji[53]
3,500
6,000
0
9,500
10.4
3.8
cells: Finland[54][55][Note 4]
22,200
900,000
2,700
924,900
168.2
4
cells: France[56]
202,950
68,100
103,400
374,450
5.6
3
cells: Gabon[57]
4,700
0
2,000
6,700
3.9
2.7
cells: Gambia[58]
800
0
0
800
0.4
0.4
cells: Georgia[59]
20,650
0
5,400
26,050
5.3
4.2
cells: Germany[60]
176,800
27,600
500
204,900
2.5
2.2
cells: Ghana[61]
15,500
0
0
15,500
0.6
0.6
cells: Greece[62]
142,950
220,500
4,000
367,450
34.1
13.3
cells: Guatemala[63]
18,050
63,850
25,000
106,900
7.0
1.2
cells: Guinea[64]
9,700
0
2,600
12,300
1.0
0.8
cells: Guinea-Bissau[65]
4,450
0
0
4,450
2.5
2.5
cells: Guyana[66]
3,400
670
0
4,070
5.5
4.6
cells: Haiti[67]
70
0
50
120
0.0
0
cells: Honduras[68]
10,700
60,000
8,000
78,700
8.8
1.2
cells: Hungary[69]
26,500
44,000
12,000
82,500
8.4
2.7
cells: Iceland[70]
0
0
250
250
0.7
0
cells: India[71]
1,395,100
2,142,800
1,403,700
4,941,600
3.9
1.1
cells: Indonesia[72]
395,500
400,000
280,000
1,075,500
4.2
1.5
cells: Iran[73][Note 5]
523,000
350,000
40,000
913,000
11.0
6.3
cells: Iraq[74]
64,000
0
145,000
209,000
5.5
1.7
cells: Ireland[75]
9,100
2,630
0
11,730
2.4
1.8
cells: Israel[76]
176,500
465,000
8,000
649,500
79.5
21.6
cells: Italy[77][Note 6]
174,500
18,300
182,350
375,150
6.1
2.8
cells: Jamaica[78]
3,450
980
0
4,430
1.5
1.2
cells: Japan[79]
247,150
56,000
12,650
315,800
2.5
2
cells: Jordan[80]
100,500
65,000
15,000
180,500
22.1
12.3
cells: Kazakhstan[81]
39,000
0
31,500
70,500
3.8
2.1
cells: Kenya[82]
24,100
0
5,000
29,100
0.6
0.5
cells: Kosovo[83]
2,500
800
0
3,300
1.8
1.3
cells: Kuwait[84]
15,500
23,700
7,100
46,300
16.3
5.5
cells: Kyrgyzstan[85]
10,900
0
9,500
20,400
3.6
1.9
cells: Laos[86]
29,100
0
100,000
129,100
18.4
4.1
cells: Latvia[87]
5,310
7,850
0
13,160
6.7
2.7
cells: Lebanon[88]
60,000
0
20,000
80,000
12.8
9.6
cells: Lesotho[89]
2,000
0
0
2,000
1.0
1
cells: Liberia[90]
2,050
0
0
2,050
0.5
0.5
cells: Libya[91][Note 7]
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
cells: Lithuania[92]
17,030
6,700
11,300
35,030
12.3
6
cells: Luxembourg[93]
900
0
600
1,500
2.6
1.5
cells: Madagascar[94]
13,500
0
8,100
21,600
0.9
0.6
cells: Malawi[95]
5,300
0
1,500
6,800
0.4
0.3
cells: Malaysia[96][Note 8]
109,000
51,600
269,300
429,900
13.9
3.5
cells: Mali[97]
8,000
0
7,800
15,800
0.9
0.5
cells: Malta[98]
1,950
180
0
2,130
5.1
4.7
cells: Mauritania[99]
15,850
0
5,000
20,850
5.7
4.3
cells: Mauritius[100]
0
0
2,550
2,550
1.9
0
cells: Mexico[101]
277,150
81,500
58,900
417,550
3.4
2.3
cells: Moldova[102]
5,150
58,000
2,400
65,550
18.7
1.5
cells: Mongolia[103]
20,000
250,000
15,000
285,000
89.3
6.3
cells: Montenegro[104]
1,950
0
10,100
12,050
18.7
3
cells: Morocco[105]
195,800
150,000
50,000
395,800
11.8
5.8
cells: Mozambique[106]
11,200
0
0
11,200
0.4
0.4
cells: Myanmar[107]
406,000
0
107,250
513,250
9.0
7.1
cells: Namibia[108]
9,900
0
6,000
15,900
6.8
4.2
cells: Nepal[109]
96,600
0
62,000
158,600
5.5
3.3
cells: Netherlands[110]
35,410
4,500
6,060
45,970
2.7
2.1
cells: New Zealand[111]
8,950
2,200
0
11,150
2.5
2
cells: Nicaragua[112]
12,000
0
0
12,000
2.0
2
cells: Niger[113]
5,300
0
5,400
10,700
0.6
0.3
cells: Nigeria[114]
118,000
0
82,000
200,000
1.1
0.6
cells: North Korea[115][Note 9]
1,190,000
6,300,000
189,000
7,679,000
305.7
47.4
cells: Norway[116]
24,950
45,590
0
70,540
13.4
4.7
cells: Oman[117]
42,600
0
4,400
47,000
14.0
12.7
cells: Pakistan[118]
653,800
0
282,000
935,800
4.6
3.2
cells: Palestine[119][Note 10]
0
0.0
cells: Panama[120]
0
0
22,050
22,050
6.0
0
cells: Papua New Guinea[121]
1,900
0
0
1,900
0.3
0.3
cells: Paraguay[122]
10,650
164,500
14,800
189,950
27.7
1.6
cells: Peru[123]
81,000
188,000
77,000
346,000
11.3
2.6
cells: Philippines[124]
125,000
131,000
90,500
346,500
3.4
1.2
cells: Poland[125]
99,300
0
73,400
172,700
4.5
2.6
cells: Portugal[126]
29,600
211,950
44,000
285,550
26.4
2.7
cells: Qatar[127]
11,800
0
0
11,800
5.2
5.2
cells: Republic of Macedonia[128]
8,000
4,850
0
12,850
6.1
3.8
cells: Republic of the Congo[129]
10,000
0
2,000
12,000
2.5
2.1
cells: Romania[130]
70,500
50,000
79,900
200,400
9.3
3.3
cells: Russia[131][Note 11]
1,013,000
2,500,000
710,000
4,223,000
29.7
7.1
cells: Rwanda[132]
33,000
0
2,000
35,000
2.7
2.5
cells: Saudi Arabia[133]
227,000
0
24,500
251,500
8.9
8.1
cells: Senegal[134]
13,600
0
5,000
18,600
1.3
0.9
cells: Serbia[135]
28,150
50,150
0
78,300
11.0
3.9
cells: Seychelles[136]
420
0
0
420
4.5
4.5
cells: Sierra Leone[137]
8,500
0
0
8,500
1.4
1.4
cells: Singapore[138]
72,500
312,500
119,100
504,100
87.2
12.5
cells: Slovakia[139]
15,850
0
0
15,850
2.9
2.9
cells: Slovenia[140]
7,250
1,760
5,950
14,960
7.6
3.7
cells: Somalia[141]
19,800
0
0
19,800
1.8
1.8
cells: South Africa[142]
67,100
15,050
0
82,150
1.5
1.2
cells: South Korea[143]
630,000
7,500,000
4,500
8,134,500
159.7
12.4
cells: Spain[144]
123,200
8,200
76,750
208,150
4.3
2.5
cells: Sri Lanka[145]
243,000
35,900
62,200
341,100
15.3
10.9
cells: South Sudan[146]
185,000
0
0
185,000
14.8
14.8
cells: Sudan[147]
244,300
85,000
20,000
349,300
9.5
6.7
cells: Suriname[148]
1,840
0
100
1,940
3.3
3.1
cells: Sweden[149]
29,750
0
21,950
51,700
5.2
3
cells: Switzerland[150]
20,950
144,270
74,000
239,220
29.2
2.6
cells: Syria[151]
127,500
0
150,000
277,500
16.1
7.4
cells: Taiwan[152]
215,000
1,657,000
17,000
1,889,000
80.5
9.2
cells: Tajikistan[153]
8,800
0
7,500
16,300
2.0
1.1
cells: Tanzania[154]
27,000
80,000
1,400
108,400
2.1
0.5
cells: Thailand[155]
360,850
245,000
93,700
699,550
10.3
5.3
cells: Timor Leste[156]
1,330
0
0
1,330
1.1
1.1
cells: Togo[157]
8,550
0
750
9,300
1.2
1.1
cells: Trinidad and Tobago[158]
4,050
0
0
4,050
3.3
3.3
cells: Tunisia[159]
35,800
0
12,000
47,800
4.3
3.2
cells: Turkey[160]
355,200
378,700
156,800
890,700
11.1
4.4
cells: Turkmenistan[161]
36,500
0
0
36,500
6.9
6.9
cells: Uganda[162]
45,000
10,000
1,400
56,400
1.5
1.2
cells: Ukraine[163]
204,000
900,000
88,000
1,192,000
27.0
4.6
cells: United Arab Emirates[164]
63,000
0
0
63,000
10.6
10.6
cells: United Kingdom[165]
152,350
81,350
0
233,700
3.6
2.4
cells: United States[166]
1,347,300
865,050
14,850
2,227,200
6.9
4.2
cells: Uruguay[167]
24,650
0
800
25,450
7.6
7.4
cells: Uzbekistan[168]
48,000
0
20,000
68,000
2.3
1.6
cells: Venezuela[169]
115,000
8,000
0
123,000
4.0
3.7
cells: Vietnam[170]
482,000
5,000,000
40,000
5,522,000
58.0
5.1
cells: Yemen[171]
20,000
0
0
20,000
0.7
0.7
cells: Zambia[172]
15,100
3,000
1,400
19,500
1.3
1
cells: Zimbabwe[173]
29,000
0
21,800
50,800
3.5
2

Questions about this table:
originalText: who has the world's largest standing army
answer: answerTexts: China
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: South Korea