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Countries by number of active soldiers (2015)

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.

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.

All of the 172 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.

Tooth-to-tail ratio

The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26%[citation needed] (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel). This proportion is referred to as the "tooth-to-tail ratio".

Some countries have a considerably smaller tooth-to-tail ratio: For example, the United States Armed Forces has a tooth-to-tail ratio of 17%, meaning that for every combat unit there are around five support units.[1]

Military personnel per capita

List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies

According to International Institute for Strategic Studies
Country Active
military 		Reserve
military 		Paramilitary Total Per 1,000
capita
(total) 		Per 1,000
capita
(active) 		Ref
Afghanistan Afghanistan 172,000 0 0 172,000 4.3 4.3 [2]
Albania Albania 8,500 2,100 0 10,600 3.5 2.8 [3]
Algeria Algeria 130,000 150,000 187,200 467,200 11.2 3.1 [4]
Angola Angola 107,000 0 10,000 117,000 3.9 3.5 [5]
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 240 75 0 315 3.3 2.5 [6]
Argentina Argentina 72,100 0 31,250 103,350 2.3 1.6 [6]
Armenia Armenia 44,800 210,000 4,300 259,100 85.3 14.7 [7][a]
Australia Australia 58,600 30,100 0 88,700 3.8 2.5 [8]
Austria Austria 22,050 125,600 0 147,650 16.8 2.5 [9]
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 68,200 300,000 15,000 383,200 36 6.4 [10]
The Bahamas Bahamas 1,500 0 0 1,500 3.7 3.7 [11]
Bahrain Bahrain 8,200 0 11,260 19,460 12.4 5.2 [12]
Bangladesh Bangladesh 163,050 0 63,900 226,950 1.4 1 [13]
Barbados Barbados 610 430 0 1,040 3.4 2 [14]
Belarus Belarus 45,350 289,500 110,000 444,850 46.7 4.8 [15]
Belgium Belgium 23,500 5,900 0 29,400 2.5 2 [16]
Belize Belize 1,500 700 150 2,350 6.1 3.9 [14]
Benin Benin 12,300 0 4,800 17,100 1.2 0.8 [17]
Bolivia Bolivia 34,100 0 37,100 71,200 5.8 2.8 [18]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 10,650 6,000 0 16,650 4.4 2.8 [19]
Botswana Botswana 9,000 0 0 9,000 3.7 3.7 [20]
Brazil Brazil 374,500 1,415,000 395,000 2,184,500 9.9 1.7 [21]
Brunei Brunei 7,200 700 450 8,350 18.5 16 [22]
Bulgaria Bulgaria 36,950 3,000 0 39,950 5.9 5.4 [23]
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 11,200 0 250 11,450 0.6 0.6 [24]
Burundi Burundi 30,050 0 1,000 31,050 2.3 2.2 [25]
Cambodia Cambodia 124,300 0 67,000 191,300 11.6 7.6 [26]
Cameroon Cameroon 25,400 0 9,000 34,400 1.3 1 [27]
Canada Canada 62,300 29,100 5,800 97,200 2.5 1.6 [28]
Cape Verde Cape Verde 1,200 0 0 1,200 2 2 [29]
Central African Republic Central African Republic 9,150 0 1,000 10,150 1.8 1.6 [30]
Chad Chad 33,250 0 11,900 45,150 2.9 2.1 [31]
Chile Chile 68,500 19,100 44,700 132,300 7.1 3.7 [32]
China People's Republic of China 2,035,000 510,000 500,000 3,045,000 2.1 1.4 [33]
Colombia Colombia 269,000 34,950 165,050 469,000 9.5 5.4 [34]
Costa Rica Costa Rica 0 0 9,950 9,950 1.9 0 [35]
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 27,400 0 0 27,400 0.9 0.9 [36][b]
Croatia Croatia 16,800 2,100 0 18,900 4.6 4 [37]
Cuba Cuba 49,000 39,000 1,146,500 1,234,500 110.9 4.4 [38][c]
Cyprus Cyprus 15,000 50,000 750 65,750 53.1 12.1 [39]
Czech Republic Czech Republic 26,600 0 0 26,600 2.5 2.5 [40]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 128,350 0 0 128,350 1.1 1.1 [41]
Denmark Denmark 13,100 44,200 0 57,300 9.6 2.2 [42]
Djibouti Djibouti 10,450 0 2,650 13,100 14.8 11.8 [43]
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 56,800 0 15,000 71,800 6.6 5.3 [44]
Timor-Leste East Timor 2,250 0 0 2,250 1.5 1.5 [45]
Ecuador Ecuador 39,600 118,000 500 158,100 8.6 2.2 [46]
Egypt Egypt 438,500 479,000 397,000 1,314,500 11.8 3.9 [47]
El Salvador El Salvador 2,600 9,900 2,600 15,100 2.3 0.4 [48]
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 1,750 0 0 1,750 1 1 [49][d]
Eritrea Eritrea 301,750 0 0 301,750 47.6 47.6 [50][e]
Estonia Estonia 7,100 41,200 21,200 69,500 58.2 5.9 [51]
Ethiopia Ethiopia 503,000 0 0 503,000 4.2 4.2 [52]
Fiji Fiji 4,040 6,000 0 10,040 10.6 4.2 [53]
Finland Finland 23,850 233,000 12,000 268,850 47.8 4.2 [54]
France France 202,000 38,500 95,100 335,600 4.9 3 [55]
Gabon Gabon 4,700 0 2,000 6,700 2.7 1.9 [56]
The Gambia Gambia 4,100 0 0 4,100 1.6 1.6 [57]
Georgia (country) Georgia 20,650 0 5,400 26,050 5.3 4.2 [58]
Germany Germany 179,850 34,100 0 213,950 2.5 2.1 [59]
Ghana Ghana 19,000 0 0 19,000 0.5 0.5 [60]
Greece Greece 132,000 289,000 7,400 428,400 41 12.6 [61]
Guatemala Guatemala 18,050 63,850 25,000 106,900 5.9 1 [62]
Guinea Guinea 9,700 0 2,600 12,300 0.9 0.7 [63]
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 4,450 0 0 4,450 2.1 2.1 [64]
Guyana Guyana 3,400 670 0 4,070 5.1 4.3 [65]
Haiti Haiti 700 0 9,000 9,700 0.8 0.1 [66]
Honduras Honduras 14,950 60,000 8,000 82,950 8.7 1.6 [67]
Hungary Hungary 32,150 20,000 0 52,150 5.3 3.3 [68]
Iceland Iceland 0 0 250 250 0.7 0 [69]
India India 1,475,750 1,155,000 1,616,050 4,246,800 3 1 [70]
Indonesia Indonesia 404,500 400,000 290,250 1,094,750 3.9 1.4 [71]
Iran Iran 610,000 350,000 40,000 1,000,000 11.3 6.9 [72][f]
Iraq Iraq 193,000 0 230,000 423,000 9.3 4.3 [73]
Republic of Ireland Ireland 9,500 4,050 0 13,550 2.7 1.9 [69]
Israel Israel 169,500 465,000 8,000 642,500 76.3 20.1 [74]
Italy Italy 161,850 14,500 178,600 354,950 5.8 2.7 [75][g]
Jamaica Jamaica 5,950 2,580 0 8,530 3 2.1 [76]
Japan Japan 247,150 55,900 14,800 317,850 2.6 2 [77]
Jordan Jordan 100,500 65,000 15,000 180,500 17.3 9.6 [78]
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 39,000 0 31,500 70,500 3.5 1.9 [79]
Kenya Kenya 24,100 0 5,000 29,100 0.5 0.4 [80]
Kosovo Kosovo 3,000 0 0 3,000 1.5 1.5 [81]
Kuwait Kuwait 17,500 23,700 7,100 48,300 15.4 5.6 [82]
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 10,900 0 9,500 20,400 3.3 1.8 [83]
Laos Laos 29,100 0 100,000 129,100 17.8 4 [84]
Latvia Latvia 6,600 16,000 0 22,600 12.5 3.7 [85]
Lebanon Lebanon 60,000 0 20,000 80,000 13.1 9.8 [86]
Lesotho Lesotho 2,000 0 0 2,000 0.9 0.9 [87]
Liberia Liberia 2,010 0 0 2,010 0.4 0.4 [88]
Libya Libya 0 0 0 0 0 0 [89][h]
Lithuania Lithuania 16,100 12,950 18,400 47,450 18.1 6.1 [90]
Luxembourg Luxembourg 900 0 600 1,500 2.2 1.3 [91]
Madagascar Madagascar 13,500 0 8,100 21,600 0.7 0.5 [92]
Malawi Malawi 10,700 0 4,200 14,900 0.8 0.5 [92]
Malaysia Malaysia 113,000 51,600 267,200 431,800 13.6 3.6 [93][i]
Mali Mali 13,000 0 7,800 20,800 1.1 0.7 [94]
Malta Malta 1,700 260 0 1,960 4.2 3.6 [95]
Mauritania Mauritania 15,850 0 5,000 20,850 4.8 3.7 [96]
Mauritius Mauritius 0 0 2,550 2,550 1.9 0 [97]
Mexico Mexico 287,000 81,500 136,900 505,400 3.9 2.2 [98]
Moldova Moldova 5,150 58,000 900 64,050 17.8 1.4 [99]
Mongolia Mongolia 9,700 137,000 7,500 154,200 49.7 3.1 [100]
Montenegro Montenegro 2,350 0 10,100 12,450 20.3 3.8 [101]
Morocco Morocco 195,800 150,000 50,000 395,800 11.5 5.7 [102]
Mozambique Mozambique 11,200 0 0 11,200 0.4 0.4 [97]
Myanmar Myanmar 134,000 0 70,000 204,000 3.5 2.3 [103]
Namibia Namibia 11,600 0 6,000 17,600 6.3 4.1 [104]
Nepal Nepal 96,600 0 15,000 111,600 3.6 3.1 [105]
Netherlands Netherlands 33,650 6,350 6,800 46,800 2.6 1.9 [106]
New Zealand New Zealand 8,700 3,270 0 11,970 2.3 1.7 [107]
Nicaragua Nicaragua 12,000 0 0 12,000 1.8 1.8 [108]
Niger Niger 39,100 0 48,000 87,100 3.3 1.5 [109]
Nigeria Nigeria 143,000 0 80,000 223,000 1.1 0.7 [110]
North Korea North Korea 1,280,000 600,000 5,700,000 7,580,000 288.2 48.7 [111][j]
North Macedonia North Macedonia 8,000 4,850 7,600 20,450 9.6 3.7 [112]
Norway Norway 25,400 40,000 0 65,400 11.9 4.6 [113]
Oman Oman 42,600 0 4,400 47,000 13.5 12.2 [114]
Pakistan Pakistan 660,000 550,000 291,000 1,501,000 5.9 2.6 [115]
Palestine Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 [116][k]
Panama Panama 0 0 27,700 27,700 6.2 0 [117]
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 4,000 0 0 4,000 0.4 0.4 [118]
Paraguay Paraguay 13,950 164,500 14,800 193,250 27.5 2 [119]
Peru Peru 81,000 188,000 77,000 346,000 11 2.6 [120]
Philippines Philippines 146,250 131,000 80,700 357,950 3 1.2 [121]
Poland Poland 164,100 37,500 14,300 215,900 5.6 4.2 [122]
Portugal Portugal 27,250 211,700 24,700 263,650 25.5 2.6 [123]
Qatar Qatar 16,500 0 5,000 21,500 8.4 6.5 [124]
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo 10,000 0 3,500 13,500 2.7 2 [125]
Romania Romania 69,900 55,000 57,000 181,900 10 3.9 [126]
Russia Russia 1,134,000 1,500,000 569,000 3,203,000 22.7 8.1 [127]
Rwanda Rwanda 33,000 0 2,000 35,000 2.6 2.4 [128]
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia 257,000 0 24,500 281,500 7.7 7 [129]
Senegal Senegal 13,600 0 5,000 18,600 1.2 0.9 [130]
Serbia Serbia 28,150 50,150 3,700 82,000 12.3 4.2 [131]
Seychelles Seychelles 420 0 0 420 4.3 4.3 [132]
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 8,500 0 0 8,500 1.3 1.3 [132]
Singapore Singapore 51,000 252,500 7,400 310,900 51.9 8.5 [133]
Slovakia Slovakia 15,850 0 0 15,850 2.9 2.9 [81]
Slovenia Slovenia 6,200 950 0 7,150 3.4 3 [134]
Somalia Somalia 19,800 0 0 19,800 1.8 1.8 [135]
South Africa South Africa 69,200 15,050 0 84,250 1.4 1.1 [136]
South Korea South Korea 500,000 3,100,000 3,013,500 6,613,500 127 9.6 [137]
South Sudan South Sudan 185,000 0 0 185,000 18.1 18.1 [138]
Spain Spain 122,200 13,800 87,450 223,450 4.7 2.6 [139]
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 262,500 5,500 94,050 362,050 16.5 11.9 [140]
Sudan Sudan 104,300 0 60,000 164,300 3.3 2.1 [141]
Suriname Suriname 1,840 0 0 1,840 2.8 2.8 [142]
Sweden Sweden 14,850 21,500 21,500 57,850 5.5 1.4 [143]
Switzerland Switzerland 19,550 196,450 0 216,000 26 2.4 [144]
Syria Syria 0 0 0 0 0 0 [145][l]
Taiwan Taiwan (Republic of China) 169,000 1,657,000 11,800 1,837,800 77.9 7.2 [146]
Tajikistan Tajikistan 8,800 20,000 7,500 36,300 3.5 0.8 [147]
Tanzania Tanzania 27,000 80,000 1,400 108,400 1.6 0.4 [148]
Thailand Thailand 360,850 200,000 138,700 699,550 10 5.2 [149]
Togo Togo 13,750 0 5,000 18,750 2.1 1.5 [150]
Transnistria Transnistria 4,500 15,000 0 19,500 53.4 12.3 [151][152]
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 4,050 0 0 4,050 3.3 3.3 [142]
Tunisia Tunisia 35,800 0 12,000 47,800 4.2 3.1 [153]
Turkey Turkey 355,200 378,700 160,800 894,700 10.6 4.2 [154]
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 36,500 0 20,000 56,500 9.8 6.4 [155]
Uganda Uganda 45,000 10,000 1,400 56,400 1.1 0.9 [156]
Ukraine Ukraine 730,000 0 260,000 990,000 27.8 20.5 [157]
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 63,000 0 0 63,000 6.3 6.3 [158]
United Kingdom United Kingdom 141,100 70,450 0 211,550 3.1 2.1 [159]
United States United States 1,315,600 797,200 0 2,112,800 6.2 3.8 [160]
Uruguay Uruguay 21,100 0 1,400 22,500 6.6 6.2 [161]
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 48,000 0 20,000 68,000 1.9 1.3 [162]
Vanuatu Vanuatu 0 0 300 300 0.9 0 [163][164]
Vatican City Vatican City 0 135 0 135 259.6 0 [165]
Venezuela Venezuela 123,000 8,000 220,000 351,000 11.1 3.9 [166]
Vietnam Vietnam 450,000 5,000,000 40,000 5,490,000 51.9 4.3 [167]
Yemen Yemen 40,000 0 0 40,000 1.4 1.4 [168]
Zambia Zambia 17,100 3,000 1,400 21,500 1 0.8 [169]
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 29,000 0 21,800 50,800 3 1.7 [170]

Not included in the list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Andorra, Bhutan, Comoros, Eswatini, Maldives, Monaco, Northern Cyprus, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Somaliland, South Ossetia, and Tonga.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The reserve military of Armenia consists mostly of ex-conscripts who have seen service within the last 15 years.
  2. ^ Size of paramilitary is not known
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Size of paramilitary is not known
  5. ^ Personnel-strength figures for the Eritrean reserve forces are not known.
  6. ^ The Basij, a paramilitary militia with claimed membership of 12.6 million (including women and children), can after mobilization reach about 600,000 people able to fight.
  7. ^ The paramilitary forces of Italy consists of the Carabinieri and the Guardia di Finanza.
  8. ^ No data due to the ongoing civil war.
  9. ^ The paramilitary forces of Malaysia includes 240,000 reservists from the People's Volunteer Corps.
  10. ^ The Worker-Peasant Red Guards count 5,700,000 units and are used as a reserve paramilitary.
  11. ^ Precise personnel-strength figures for the various Palestinian groups are not known.
  12. ^ No data due to the civil war.

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Further reading

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