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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 the sense of
state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition.

Countries by number of active soldiers (2009)

Contents
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1 List
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
5 Bibliography
6 Further reading
[edit] List
The list consists of columns which 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 military and paramilitary personnel, and the ratio per
thousand inhabitants.
These numbers are approximations as military forces around the world are constantly
changing in size.
Many of the 178 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; while others, such
as Iceland and Panama, have no national armies, but only a paramilitary force.
This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for
completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Flag

State

Active Reserve Paramilitar

Military Military
y

Afghanistan[1]
Albania[2]
Algeria[3]
Angola[4]
Antigua and
Barbuda[5]
Argentina[6]
Armenia[7]
Australia[8][9]
Austria[10]
Azerbaijan[11]
Bahamas[12]
Bahrain[13]
Bangladesh[14]
Barbados[12]
Belarus[15]
Belgium[16]
Belize[17]
Benin[18]
Bhutan[19][20][note a]
Bolivia[21]
Bosnia and
Herzegovina[22]
Botswana[23]

164,000
0
14,295
0
147,000 150,000
107,000
0

Brazil[24][note b]

327,710

Brunei[25]
Bulgaria[26]
Burkina Faso[27]
Burundi[28]
Cambodia[29]
Cameroon[30]
Canada[31]
Cape Verde[33]
Central African
Republic[34]
Chad[35]
Chile[36]
People's Republic of
China[37]
Colombia[40]

0
500
187,200
10,000

Total
Active
per
per
Total 1000
1000
capit
capita
a
164,000 5.8
5.8
14,795 4.1
3.9
484,200 14.2
4.3
117,000 9.1
8.4

170

75

245

2.9

73,100
46,684
57,500
27,300
66,940
860
8,200
157,053
610
72,940
38,452
1,050
4,750
5,445
46,100

0
210,000
25,000
195,000
300,000
0
0
0
430
289,500
2,040
700
0
0
0

31,240
4,748
0
9,400
15,000
0
11,260
63,900
0
110,000
0
0
2,500
555
37,100

104,340
261,432
82,500
231,700
381,940
860
19,460
220,953
1,040
472,440
40,492
1,750
7,250
6,000
83,200

2.6
88.1
3.9
28.2
46.4
2.8
26.7
1.4
3.7
49
3.9
5.7
0.8
8.5
8.5

1.8
15.7
2.7
3.3
8.1
2.8
11.3
1
2.1
7.6
3.7
3.4
0.5
7.7
4.7

11,099

11,099

2.4

2.4

9,000

1,500

2,250
34,000
250
31,050
67,000
9,000
4,554
0

10,500 5.3
1,667,71
8.4
0
9,950 25.6
371,475 51.6
11,450 0.7
51,050 5.4
191,300 13.2
23,100 1.2
127,954 3.8
1,200 2.8

4.5

7,000
34,975
11,200
20,000
124,300
14,100
68,250
1,200

0
1,340,00
0
700
302,500
0
0
0
0
55,150
0

2,150

1,000

25,350
0
60,560 40,000
2,285,00
800,000
0
285,220 61,900

3,150

0.7

1.6
18
4.9
0.7
2.1
8.6
0.7
2[32]
2.8
0.5

9,500 34,850 3.4

2.5
41,500 142,060 8.6
3.6
4,585,00
1,500,000
3.4 1.7[38][39]
0
144,097 491,217 11.2
6.5

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State

Active Reserve Paramilitar

Military Military
y

Costa Rica[41]
Croatia[42]

0
18,600

Cuba[43][note c]

49,000

Cyprus[44]
Czech Republic[45]
Cte d'Ivoire[46]
Democratic Republic
of the Congo[47]
Denmark[48]
Djibouti[49]
Dominican
Republic[50]
Ecuador[51]

10,050
17,932
17,050

0
21,000
1,159,00
0
50,000
0
10,000

151,251

26,585
12,000

53,507
2,000

0
2,450

49,910

15,000

57,983 118,000

Egypt[52]

468,500 479,000

El Salvador[53]
Equatorial Guinea[54]
Eritrea[55]
Estonia[56]
Ethiopia[57]
Fiji[58]
Finland[59][note d]
France[60][note e]
Gabon[61]
Gambia[62]
Georgia[63]
Germany[64]
Ghana[65]
Greece[66][67]
Guatemala[68]
Guinea[69]
Guinea-Bissau[70]
Guyana[71]
Haiti[72]
Honduras[73]
Hungary[74]
Iceland[75]

15,500
1,320
201,750
4,750
138,000
3,500
22,600
352,771
4,700
800
21,150
250,613
15,500
177,600
15,212
12,300
4,450
1,100
0
12,000
29,450
0
1,325,00
0
302,000

India[76][note f]
Indonesia[77]

9,900
0
120,000
25,000
0
6,000
361,500
70,300
0
0
0
200,812
0
280,000
63,863
0
0
670
0
60,000
44,000
0
2,142,82
1
400,000

9,800
3,000
26,500
750
10,988
1,500

Total
Active
per
per
Total 1000
1000
capit
capita
a
9,800 2.3
0
42,600 9.5
4.1
1,234,50
107.8
4.3
0
60,800
56
9.3
28,920 2.8
1.8
28,550 1.4
0.8

1,400 152,651

2.2

2.2

80,092 14.6
16,450 18.2

4.8
13.2

64,910

6.7

5.2

400 176,383
1,344,50
397,000
0
17,000 42,400
2,000
3,320
0 321,750
10,766 40,516
0 138,000
0
9,500
7,550 391,650
46,390 469,461
2,000
6,700
0
800
11,700 32,850
0 451,425
0 15,500
4,000 461,600
18,536 97,611
7,000 19,300
2,000
6,450
1,500
3,270
2,000
2,000
8,000 80,000
12,000 85,450
130
130
4,768,40
1,300,586
7
280,000 982,000

12.1

17

5.9

5.9
5.2
57
31.2
1.6
10.1
74.6
7.3
4.4
0.4
7.5
5.5
0.6
43
7.4
1.9
4.2
4.3
0.2
10.2
8.6
0.4

2.2
2.1
35.7
3.7
1.6
3.7
4.3
5.5
3.1
0.4
4.8
3
0.6
16.5
1.1
1.2
2.9
1.5
0
1.5
3
0

3.9

1.1

4.1

1.3

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State

Active Reserve Paramilitar

Military Military
y

Iran[78][79][note g]

523,000

Iraq[80]
Ireland[81]
Israel[82]
Italy[83][note h]
Jamaica[84]
Japan[85]
Jordan[86]
Kazakhstan[87]
Kenya[88]
Kosovo[89][90][91]
Kuwait[92]
Kyrgyzstan[93]
Laos[94]
Latvia[95][note i]
Lebanon[96]
Lesotho[97]
Liberia[98]
Libya[99]
Lithuania[100]
Luxembourg[101]
Madagascar[102]
Malawi[103]
Malaysia[104][note j]
Mali[105]
Malta[106]
Mauritania[107]
Mauritius[108]
Mexico[109]
Moldova[110]
Monaco[111][112][113]
Mongolia[114]
Montenegro[115]
Morocco[116]
Mozambique[117]
Myanmar[118]
Namibia[119]
Nepal[120]
Netherlands[121]
New Zealand[122]

191,957
10,460
176,500
293,202
2,830
230,300
100,500
49,000
24,120
2,800
15,500
10,900
29,100
5,745
59,100
2,000
2,400
76,000
8,850
900
13,500
5,300
109,000
7,350
1,954
15,870
0
267,506
5,998
0
10,000
3,127
195,800
11,200
406,000
9,200
95,753
61,302
9,702

1,800,00
0
0
14,875
565,000
41,867
953
41,800
65,000
0
0
800
23,700
0
0
10,866
232,635
0
0
40,000
6,700
0
0
0
296,300
0
167
0
0
39,899
66,000
0
137,000
0
150,000
0
0
0
0
3,339
2,249

1,510,000
386,312
0
8,050
142,933
0
12,250
10,000
31,500
5,000
0
7,100
9,500
100,000
0
20,000
0
0
0
14,600
612
8,100
1,500
24,600
7,800
0
5,000
2,000
36,500
2,379
255
7,200
10,100
50,000
0
107,250
6,000
62,000
3,000
0

Total
3,833,00
0
578,269
25,335
749,550
478,002
3,783
284,350
175,500
80,500
29,120
3,600
46,300
20,400
129,100
16,611
311,735
2,000
2,400
116,000
30,150
1,512
21,600
6,800
429,900
15,150
2,121
20,870
2,000
343,905
74,377
255
154,200
13,227
395,800
11,200
513,250
15,200
157,753
67,641
11,951

Total
Active
per
per
1000
1000
capit
capita
a
57.7

7.9

20
5.5
103.6
8.2
1.3
2.2
28
5.2
0.7
2.1
17.2
3.8
18.9
7.4
77.6
0.9
0.7
18.3
8.5
3.1
1
0.5
16.7
1.1
5.2
6.7
1.6
3.1
17.2
7.2
50.7
19.7
12.7
0.5
10.7
7.2
5.5
4
2.8

6.6
2.3
24.4
5
1
1.8
16
3.2
0.6
1.6
5.8
2
4.3
2.6
14.7
0.9
0.7
12
2.5
1.8
0.7
0.4
4.2
0.5
4.8
5.1
0
2.4
1.4
0
3.3
4.7
6.3
0.5
8.4
4.4
3.4
3.7
2.3

Flag

State
Nicaragua[123]
Niger[124]
Nigeria[125]

Active Reserve Paramilitar

Military Military
y

189,000

Northern Cyprus[127]
Norway[128]
Oman[129]

12,000
0
5,300
0
80,000
0
1,106,00 8,200,00
0
0
5,000 26,000
24,025 45,250
42,600
0

Pakistan[130][131]

617,000 513,000

304,000

Palestine[132][note l]
0
0
[133]
Panama
0
0
Papua New Guinea[134]
3,100
0
[135]
Paraguay
10,650 164,500
[136][note m]
Peru
114,000 195,000
[137][note n]
Philippines
120,000 171,000
[138][139][140]
Poland
99,778 10,000
[141]
Portugal
43,330 210,900
Qatar[142]
11,800
0
Republic of
8,000
4,850
Macedonia[143]
Republic of the
10,000
0
Congo[144]
Romania[145]
73,350 45,000
[146]
Russian Federation
1,027,00
754,000
[note o]
0
Rwanda[147]
33,000
0
Saint Kitts and
70
130
Nevis[148][note p]
Saudi Arabia[149]
233,500
0
[150]
Senegal
13,620
0
[151][152]
Serbia
40,000 50,171
Seychelles[153]
200
0
[154]
Sierra Leone
10,500
0
[155][note q]
Singapore
72,500 356,500
[156]
Slovakia
16,531
0
[157]
Slovenia
7,200
3,800
[158]
Somalia
2,000
0
Somaliland[159]
15,350
0
[160]
South Africa
62,082 15,071
[161]
Republic of Korea
687,000 8,000,00

56,000
12,000
0
14,800
77,000
40,500
28,100
47,700
0

North Korea[126][note k]

0
5,400
82,000

150
0
4,400

Total
Active
per
per
Total 1000
1000
capit
capita
a
12,000
2
2
10,700 0.7
0.3
162,000 1.1
0.5
9,495,00
418.9
48.8
0
31,150 117.5
18.9
69,275 14.9
5.2
47,000 13.8
12.5
1,434,00
8.2
3.5
0
56,000
14
0
12,000 3.6
0
3,100 0.5
0.5
189,950 27.2
1.5
386,000 13.1
3.9
331,500 3.4
1.2
137,878 3.6
2.6
301,930 28.2
4
11,800 13.4
13.4

12,850

6.2

3.9

2,000

12,000

2.5

79,900 198,250 8.9

2,230,00
449,000
15.9
0
2,000 35,000 3.3

3.3

119

319

7.3
3.1

6.2

1.4

15,500 249,000 8.7

5,000 18,620 1.4
0 90,171 12.2
450
650 7.4
0 10,500
2
93,800 522,800 112.2
0 16,531
3
4,500 15,500 7.7
0
2,000 0.2
0 15,350 4.4
12,382 89,535 1.8
4,500 8,691,50 173.6

8.1
1
5.4
2.3
2
15.6
3
3.6
0.2
4.4
1.3
13.7

Flag

State

Active Reserve Paramilitar

Military Military
y

[note r]
[162]

Spain
128,013
[163][note s]
Sri Lanka
160,900
[163][note t]
Sudan
109,300
Suriname[164]
1,840
[165][166][167][note
Swaziland
3,000
u]
Sweden[168][note v]
Switzerland[169]
Syria[170]
Republic of China[171]
Tajikistan[172]
Tanzania[173]
Thailand[174][note w]
Timor Leste[175]
Togo[176]
Trinidad and
Tobago[177]
Tunisia[178]
Turkey[179][180][181]
Turkmenistan[182]
Uganda[183]
Ukraine[184]
United Arab
Emirates[185]
United Kingdom[186]
[187][188]

United States of
America[189][190]
Uruguay[191]
Uzbekistan[192]
Vanuatu[193]
Venezuela[194]
Vietnam[195][note x]
Yemen[196]
Zambia[197]
Zimbabwe[198]

0
319,000
35,900
85,000
0

80,210
62,200
17,500
0

644

13,050 242,000
22,059 174,071
325,000 314,000
1,657,00
290,000
0
8,800
0
27,000 80,000
305,860 245,000
1,332
0
8,550
0

800 255,850 28.2

80,000 276,130 36.3
108,000 747,000 34.3
1,964,00
17,000
85.5
0
7,500 16,300 2.2
1,400 108,400 2.6
113,700 664,560 10.1
0
1,332 1.3
750
9,300 1.5

1.4
2.9
14.9

35,800

12,000

666,576 378,700

152,200

51,000

197,780 212,400
1,458,21 1,458,50
9
0
24,621
0
67,000
0
0
0
115,000
8,000
5,000,00
455,000
0
66,700
0
15,100
3,000
29,000
0

0
1,800
84,900
0

3,644

3.2
7.5
2.7
3.8
2.5

0
0
1,000,00
129,925
0

0
527,223
13
259,000 12.1
211,800 5.2
1,840 3.8
3.1

4,063

22,000
45,000

Total

Total
Active
per
per
1000
1000
capit
capita
a

4,063

920
20,000
300
0
40,000
71,200
1,400
21,800

1.2
0.7
4.6
1.3
1.4

3.3

3.3

47,800 4.6
1,197,47
15.6
6
22,000 4.5
46,800 1.4
1,214,82
26.6
5

3.4

51,000 10.6

10.6

0 410,180
11,035

12.6

2,927,75
4
25,541
87,000
300
123,000
5,495,00
0
137,900
19,500
50,800

8.7
4.5
1.4
2.8

6.7

3.2

9.3

4.7

7.3
3.2
1.3
4.6

7
2.4
0
4.3

62

5.1

6
1.6
4.5

2.9
1.3
2.5

Not included in list are the militaries of Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, San Marino,
and South Ossetia.
[edit] See also
List of militaries by country
List of militaries that recruit foreigners
List of countries without armed forces
List of countries by level of military equipment
List of countries by military expenditures
List of countries by military expenditures per capita
List of countries by Global Militarization Index
Military budget
[edit] Notes
1. ^ The paramilitary personnel of Bhutan includes 555 officers from Royal
Bhutan Police.
2. ^ Paramilitary activities in Brazil are forbidden by the Brazilian Federal
Constitution.[199]
3. ^ The reserve personnel of Cuba includes 1,120,000 paramilitary from Youth
Labour Army, Civil Defence and Territorial Troops Militia.
4. ^ The reserve personnel of Finland includes 11,500 paramilitary from Finnish
Border Guard.
5. ^ The active personnel of France includes National Gendarmerie, a military
institution part of French Armed Forces.
6. ^ The reserve personnel of India includes 987,821 paramilitary from Indian
Home Guard and Civil Defence.
7. ^ The reserve personnel of Iran includes 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.
8. ^ The active personnel of Italy includes Carabinieri, a military institution part
of Italian Armed Forces.
9. ^ The reserve personnel of Latvia includes 10,866 paramilitary from Latvian
National Guard.
10. ^ The reserve personnel of Malaysia includes 244,700 paramilitary from
People's Volunteer Corps.
11. ^ The reserve personnel of North Korea includes 3,500,000 paramilitary from
Worker-Peasant Red Guard.
12. ^ The personnel of Palestinian National Authority includes only organisations
under the Directorate of Police Force; personnel strength figures for the
various Palestinian groups in Gaza Strip, such as Hamas, are not known.
13. ^ The reserve personnel of Peru includes 7,000 paramilitary from Ronda
Campesina.
14. ^ The reserve personnel of Philippines includes 40,000 paramilitary from
Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit.
15. ^ The potential reserve personnel of Russia may be as high as 20 million,
depending on how the figures are counted.

16. ^ The paramilitary personnel of Saint Kitts and Nevis includes 119 members
of the Cadet Corps.
17. ^ The reserve personnel of Singapore includes 44,000 paramilitary from
Singapore Police Force and Civil Defence Force.
18. ^ The reserve personnel of South Korea includes 3,500,000 paramilitary from
Homeland Reserve Forces.
19. ^ The reserve personnel of Sri Lanka includes 30,400 paramilitary from Sri
Lanka Police Service.
20. ^ The reserve personnel of Sudan includes 85,000 paramilitary from Popular
Defence Force.
21. ^ The paramilitary personnel of Swaziland includes 644 offices from Royal
Swaziland Police.
22. ^ The reserve personnel of Sweden includes 42,000 paramilitary from the
Home Guard.
23. ^ The reserve personnel of Thailand includes 45,000 paramilitary from
National Security Volunteer Corps.
24. ^ The reserve personnel of Vietnam includes 5,000,000 paramilitary from
People's Public Security and Civil Defense.
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