Active Military Personnel
Overview
Active military personnel represent the full-time professional soldiers, sailors, and airmen ready for immediate deployment. Manpower remains a fundamental measure of military strength, though modern warfare increasingly emphasizes quality and technology over raw numbers. This ranking compares nations by their active duty military personnel.
🇨🇳 Ex-USSR
Leading Country
167
Countries Ranked
42.5%
Top 5 Share
| # | Country | Active Troops | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳 Ex-USSR | 4,900,000 | |
| 2 | 🇨🇳 China | 2,035,000 | |
| 3 | 🇮🇳 India | 1,475,750 | |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 1,326,050 | |
| 5 | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 1,280,000 | |
| 6 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 1,100,000 | |
| 7 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1,000,000 | |
| 8 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 660,000 | |
| 9 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 610,000 | |
| 10 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 503,000 | |
| 11 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 500,000 | |
| 12 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 450,000 | |
| 13 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 438,500 | |
| 14 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 404,500 | |
| 15 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 366,500 | |
| 16 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 360,850 | |
| 17 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 355,200 | |
| 18 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 301,750 | |
| 19 | 🇫🇷 France | 270,000 | |
| 20 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 265,900 | |
| 21 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 257,450 | |
| 22 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 257,000 | |
| 23 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 247,000 | |
| 24 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 216,000 | |
| 25 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 201,000 | |
| 26 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 195,800 | |
| 27 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 193,000 | |
| 28 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 185,000 | |
| 29 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 183,500 | |
| 30 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 170,000 | |
| 31 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 169,500 | |
| 32 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 169,000 | |
| 33 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 169,000 | |
| 34 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 165,500 | |
| 35 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 163,050 | |
| 36 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 150,000 | |
| 37 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 144,400 | |
| 38 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 143,000 | |
| 39 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 142,700 | |
| 40 | 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic | 134,250 | |
| 41 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 130,000 | |
| 42 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 124,300 | |
| 43 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 123,000 | |
| 44 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 120,350 | |
| 45 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 114,050 | |
| 46 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 113,000 | |
| 47 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 107,000 | |
| 48 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 104,300 | |
| 49 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 100,500 | |
| 50 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 96,600 | |
| 51 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 81,000 | |
| 52 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 77,200 | |
| 53 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 72,100 | |
| 54 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 69,300 | |
| 55 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 67,400 | |
| 56 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 65,350 | |
| 57 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 64,050 | |
| 58 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 63,000 | |
| 59 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 60,000 | |
| 60 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 58,600 | |
| 61 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 56,050 | |
| 62 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 51,000 | |
| 63 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 49,000 | |
| 64 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 48,000 | |
| 65 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 45,350 | |
| 66 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 45,000 | |
| 67 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 44,800 | |
| 68 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 42,600 | |
| 69 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 40,250 | |
| 70 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 40,000 | |
| 71 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 39,000 | |
| 72 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 36,950 | |
| 73 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 36,500 | |
| 74 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 35,800 | |
| 75 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 35,400 | |
| 76 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 34,100 | |
| 77 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 33,250 | |
| 78 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 33,000 | |
| 79 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 32,000 | |
| 80 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 30,050 | |
| 81 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 29,750 | |
| 82 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 29,100 | |
| 83 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 29,000 | |
| 84 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 28,150 | |
| 85 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 27,800 | |
| 86 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 27,400 | |
| 87 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 27,250 | |
| 88 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 27,000 | |
| 89 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 26,300 | |
| 90 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 25,400 | |
| 91 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 24,500 | |
| 92 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 24,100 | |
| 93 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 23,800 | |
| 94 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 23,250 | |
| 95 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 22,050 | |
| 96 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 21,750 | |
| 97 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 21,000 | |
| 98 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 20,650 | |
| 99 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 19,850 | |
| 100 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 19,800 | |
| 101 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 19,550 | |
| 102 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 18,050 | |
| 103 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 17,500 | |
| 104 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 16,500 | |
| 105 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 15,850 | |
| 106 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 15,850 | |
| 107 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 15,500 | |
| 108 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 15,200 | |
| 109 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 15,100 | |
| 110 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 15,000 | |
| 111 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 14,950 | |
| 112 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 14,500 | |
| 113 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 13,950 | |
| 114 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 13,600 | |
| 115 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 13,500 | |
| 116 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 13,000 | |
| 117 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 12,000 | |
| 118 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 11,200 | |
| 119 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 11,200 | |
| 120 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 10,900 | |
| 121 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 10,700 | |
| 122 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,500 | |
| 123 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 10,450 | |
| 124 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 10,000 | |
| 125 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 9,900 | |
| 126 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 9,700 | |
| 127 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 9,700 | |
| 128 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 9,500 | |
| 129 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 9,150 | |
| 130 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 9,000 | |
| 131 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 9,000 | |
| 132 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 8,800 | |
| 133 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 8,550 | |
| 134 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 8,500 | |
| 135 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 8,500 | |
| 136 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 8,200 | |
| 137 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 8,000 | |
| 138 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 7,250 | |
| 139 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 7,250 | |
| 140 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 7,200 | |
| 141 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 7,100 | |
| 142 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 6,210 | |
| 143 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 5,300 | |
| 144 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 5,150 | |
| 145 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 4,700 | |
| 146 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 4,450 | |
| 147 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 4,050 | |
| 148 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 3,950 | |
| 149 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 3,600 | |
| 150 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 3,500 | |
| 151 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 3,400 | |
| 152 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 2,400 | |
| 153 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 2,350 | |
| 154 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 2,280 | |
| 155 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 2,010 | |
| 156 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2,000 | |
| 157 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 1,950 | |
| 158 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1,840 | |
| 159 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 1,500 | |
| 160 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 1,300 | |
| 161 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 1,200 | |
| 162 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 900 | |
| 163 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 800 | |
| 164 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 700 | |
| 165 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 610 | |
| 166 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 420 | |
| 167 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 240 |