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List of countries by size of armed forces

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Number of active troops per country

This list of countries by size of armed forces displays national troop levels by active troop strength, number of Naval combatants, fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons. The list’s ranking however is based in the number of troops, not in the numbers of tanks, aircraft, ships or power of the armed forces. This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made. For example, "troop strength" in some forces might include administrative or paramilitary functions that in another country might be civilian roles and therefore excluded from the below figures.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.
Rank - Country Active troops
(thousands) Reserve troops
(thousands) Defense budget(US$ BN) TanksACCrDFCoNSSAirNu-- World 17,442 44,925 1,200.00 86,681 24 28 204 319 335 134 259 17,489 26,291 1.People's Republic of China** 2,255[1]800 80.00[2]7,580[2]0 0 28 43 70 10 46 2,079[3]200 [4]-- European Union** 2,155* 2,309* 305.00 7,185* 8* 1* 25* 102* 49* 24* 48* 2,169* 550* 2.United States of America** 1,426[5]1,458 623.00 7,620[2]12[2]22 52 30 46 72[6]5[7]2,604[2]9,200 [8]3.India** 1,325[3]1,155 26.50[9]4,160[2]1 0 8 13 24 0 16 886[3]70-120[10]4.Democratic People's Republic of Korea** 1,106 4,700 5.00 3,500[3]0 0 0 2 0 26 621 1-10 [11]5.Russia** 1,037[2]2,000 65.00[2]> 23,381[2]1 5 17 15 66 28 42 2,118[2]16,000[12]6.Republic of Korea687 4,500 [13]29.53 2,300[3]0 0 12 9 28 2 20 468 [14]0 7.Pakistan** 619 528 4.80 2,461[3]0 0 0 7[3]5 0 5[15][16]327 [17]30-50 [18]8.Iran615[19]350 6.30 3,693[20]1 5 3 4 3 4 13 1500[21]0 9.Myanmar492 - 0.03 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 10.Vietnam484 3,000 1.34 1,829 0 0 0 6 5 0 2 211 0 11.Egypt450 254 3.30 3,680 0 0 0 10 0 0 4 567 0 12.Turkey402[22]378 15.16 4,205 0 0 0 18 6 0 14 424 0 13.Ukraine361 1,000 1.52 889 0 0 0 2 0 0 330 0 14.Indonesia316 400 1.30 365 0 0 0 11 23 0 2 61 0 15.Thailand314 200 1.77 790 1 0 0 10 7 0 0 184 0 16.Syria296 354 0.85 4,000 0 0 0 2 0 0 144 0 17.Republic of China (Taiwan)290 1,657 10.5 926 0 0 4 21 0 4 390 0 18.Brazil287 1,115 24.4 331 1 0 0 11 0 5 180 0 19.Germany285 338 42.80 2,408 0 0 0 15 3 0 12 243 0 20.France** 259 100 58.03 1,021 1 1 12 11 9 10 0 444 350 [23]21.Colombia258 62 3.30 0 0 0 3 12 0 4 30 0 22.Japan239 47 41.75 980[24]0 0 44[25]0[25]0 0 16[25]360[26]23.Poland155 260 10.79 947 0 0 1 2 3 0 5 102 0 24.Italy230 65 32.60 320 2 0 2 12 7 0 8 206 0 25.Eritrea202 250 0.22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 27.Morocco196 150 3.72 744 0 0 0 3[27]3[28]0 156 0 28.United Kingdom** 195 233 60.98[29]543 4 0 8 17 13[30]0 504 [31]200 [32]29.Mexico192 300 6.07 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 107 0 30.Israel# 187 425 9.44 3,650[33]0 0 0 0 3 0 3 416[34]75-200 31.Ethiopia182 0.29 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 32.Spain177 329 12.30 552 1 0 0 11 0 0 4 181 0 33.Greece177 291 7.64 1,552 0 0 0 14 4 0 8 305 0 34.Sri Lanka157 0.60 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 32 0 35.Switzerland140 80 2.54 556 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 36.Bangladesh137 0.83 180[2]0 0 0 5 0 0 125 0 37.Algeria127 2.99 0 0 0 0 0 38.Azerbaijan126 300 2[1]361 0 0 0 85 0 39.Saudi Arabia124 75 27.20 1055[35]0 0 0 7 0 0 291 0 40.Sudan117 0.58 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 41.Philippines113 403 1.34 126 0 0 1 13 0 0 43 0 42.Malaysia110 1.69 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 93 0 43.Peru110 188 0.82 300 0 1 1 8 0 6 0 44.Jordan100 35 1.39 1,179 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 0 45.Angola100 2.00 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 46.Venezuela100 280 4.00 0 0 0 6 0 2 76 0 47.Romania93 2.90 340 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 48 0 48.Nepal90 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49.Democratic Republic of the Congo83 0.103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50.Chile80 50 5.19 320 0 0 0 7 7 0 4 58 0 51.Belarus79 289 0.42 1,608 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 0 52.Nigeria78 0.73 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 53.Libya76 1.30 0 0 0 0 0 53.Serbia75 1.4 243 0 0 0 0 26 0 54.Cambodia124 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 55.Lebanon72 0.54 310 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56.Argentina71 4.30 200 0 0 1 4 9 0 3 66 0 57.Afghanistan70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58.Kazakhstan65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59.Yemen65 1,000 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 109 0 60.Canada62 35 18.00 86 0 0 3 12 0 4 119 0 61.Rwanda61 62.Armenia[36]60 32 0.135 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 63.South Africa60 3.70 168 0 0 0 4 0 2 43 0 64.Singapore60 312 100 0 0 0 6 6 0 4 119 0 65.Uganda60 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66.Ecuador59 100 0.91 140 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 0 67.Czech Republic57 2.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 0 68.Australia54 20 23.18 210 0 0 0 13 0 0 6 160 0 69.Netherlands53 32 10.8 88 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 90 0 70.Uzbekistan53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71.=Bulgaria51 0 0 0 0 34 0 71.=Croatia51 200 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 24 0 73.United Arab Emirates50 436 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 74.Cuba46 12 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 0 75.Portugal45 100 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 40 0 76.Oman42 35 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 77.Belgium41 4.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 68 0 78.Burundi40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79.Finland37 485 9.80 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63 0 80.Tunisia35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 0 81.Austria34 233 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 82.Sweden34 262 6.70 160 0 0 0 0 11 0 5 138 0 83.Hungary33 1.35 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 84.Zimbabwe32 0 0 0 0 0 0 85.Bolivia32 40 0.147 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 86.Guatemala31 35 0.12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 87.Chad30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 88.Laos29 0 0 0 0 0 0 89.Norway28 219 3.10 136 0 0 0 3 0 6 57 0 90.Tanzania27 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 91.Slovakia26 487 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92.Turkmenistan26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93.Dominican Republic24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94.Kenya24 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 95.Uruguay24 0.25 85 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 28 0 96.Cameroon23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97.Denmark23 65 2.50 57 0 0 2 4 3 0 48 0 98.Zambia22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99.Albania20 0 0.056 435 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100.Paraguay19 15 0.125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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See also

Note

  • * - Estimated combined number
  • ** - Declared nuclear weapon state.
  • # - Neither confirms nor denies possession of nuclear weapons.
  • AC/LPH - Aircraft Carriers/Landing Platform Helicopter
  • Cr - Cruisers
  • D - Destroyers
  • F - Frigates
  • Co - Corvettes
  • NS - Nuclear submarines
  • S - Conventional submarines

References

  1. ^ China: National Security
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 Retrieved on 03-27-08
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 II Retrieved on 03-27-08
  4. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: P.R. China, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  5. ^ http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/rg0708.pdf
  6. ^ Nuclear Submarines Worldwide: Current force structure and future developments - Bellona.org
  7. ^ http://www.hazegray.org/worldnav/ Hazegray.org]
  8. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: United States, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  9. ^ India's defence budget rises, but problems remain | Business | Reuters
  10. ^ NationMaster - Indian Military statistics
  11. ^ NationMaster - Korean Military statistics
  12. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: USSR/Russia, warheads, various estimates
  13. ^ South Korea: NATIONAL SECURITY
  14. ^ ROK Air Force Equipment
  15. ^ Pakistan Current Capabilities
  16. ^ Last of three Agosta 90B submarines for Pakistan, launched[August 10 2006]
  17. ^ Pakistan
  18. ^ NationMaster - Pakistani Military statistics
  19. ^ CSIS - Iran
  20. ^ Iranian Ground Forces Equipment
  21. ^ Air Force Equipment
  22. ^ Turkey: National Security
  23. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: United Kingdom and France, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  24. ^ Ground Self-Defense Forces
  25. ^ a b c Japanese Warships
  26. ^ Aircraft of the Japan Air Self Defence Force
  27. ^ Haze Gray & Underway: World Navies Today
  28. ^ Le Maroc opte pour des corvettes néerlandaises
  29. ^ Ministry of Defence | About Defence | Organisation | Key Facts about Defence | Defence Spending
  30. ^ http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2419
  31. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_Kingdom_military_aircraft
  32. ^ Nuclear Stockpiles: United Kingdom and France, warheads and megatonnage, various estimates
  33. ^ Army Equipment - Israel
  34. ^ IAF Equipment - Israel
  35. ^ Saudi Arabia: NATIONAL SECURITY
  36. ^ Nagorno-Karabakh Defense Army - Active personnel: 18,500-20,000. The Karabakh army's heavy military hardware includes: 316 tanks, 324 armored vehicles, 322 artillery pieces of calibers over 122 mm, 44 multiple rocket launchers, and a new anti-aircraft defense system

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