Table 2.5 Armed Forces Personnel 2018 Rank Region Country ARMY Source 1 CPA China 2,995,000 18(IISS) 2 SAS India 2,981,050 18(IISS) 3 CPA Korea, North 1,469,000 18(IISS) 4 USR Russia 1,454,000 18(IISS) 5 DME United States 1,348,400 18(IISS) 6 SAS Pakistan 935,800 18(IISS) 7 MEA Egypt 835,500 18(IISS) 8 LAM Brazil 729,500 18(IISS) 9 SEA Indonesia 675,500 18(IISS) 10 SEA Korea, South 634,000 18(IISS) 11 MEA Iran 563,000 18(IISS) 12 CPA Vietnam 522,000 18(IISS) 13 CPA Myanmar 513,250 18(IISS) 14 MEA Turkiye 512,000 18(IISS) 15 LAM Colombia 481,100 18(IISS) 16 SEA Thailand 454,550 18(IISS) 17 DME Italy 356,850 18(IISS) 18 LAM Venezuela 343,000 18(IISS) 19 LAM Mexico 336,050 18(IISS) 20 SAS Afghanistan 323,000 18(IISS) 21 MEA Algeria 317,200 18(IISS) 22 DME France 306,100 18(IISS) 23 SAS Sri Lanka 305,200 18(IISS) 24 USR Ukraine 297,000 18(IISS) 25 MEA Syria 292,500 18(IISS) 26 DME Japan 260,890 18(IISS) 27 MEA Saudi Arabia 251,500 18(IISS) 28 MEA Morocco 245,800 18(IISS) 29 SEA Taiwan 226,450 18(IISS) 30 SAS Bangladesh 220,950 18(IISS) 31 MEA Iraq 209,000 18(IISS) 32 AFR Eritrea 201,750 18(IISS) 33 AFR Nigeria 200,000 18(IISS) 34 DME Spain 197,950 18(IISS) 35 CPA Cambodia 191,300 18(IISS) 36 AFR South Sudan 185,000 18(IISS) 37 DME Israel 184,500 18(IISS) 38 DME Germany 179,100 18(IISS) 39 EEU Poland 178,400 18(IISS) 40 SEA Philippines 165,500 18(IISS) 41 SAS Nepal 158,600 18(IISS) 42 LAM Peru 158,000 18(IISS) 43 USR Belarus 155,350 18(IISS) 44 DME United Kingdom 150,250 18(IISS) 45 EEU Romania 149,200 18(IISS) 46 DME Greece 145,350 18(IISS) 47 AFR Ethiopia 138,000 18(IISS) 48 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 134,250 18(IISS) 49 SEA Malaysia 133,600 18(IISS) 50 CPA Laos 129,100 18(IISS) 51 AFR Sudan 124,300 18(IISS) 52 LAM Chile 121,900 18(IISS) 53 AFR Angola 117,000 18(IISS) 54 MEA Jordan 115,500 18(IISS) 55 LAM Argentina 105,450 18(IISS) 56 SEA Singapore 92,400 18(IISS) 57 USR Azerbaijan 81,950 18(IISS) 58 MEA Lebanon 80,000 18(IISS) 59 LAM Cuba 75,500 18(IISS) 60 DME Portugal 74,500 18(IISS) 61 LAM Bolivia 71,200 18(IISS) 62 LAM Dominican Republic 71,050 18(IISS) 63 USR Kazakhstan 70,500 18(IISS) 64 USR Uzbekistan 68,000 18(IISS) 65 DME Canada 67,500 18(IISS) 66 AFR South Africa 65,350 18(IISS) 67 MEA United Arab Emirates 63,000 18(IISS) 68 MEA Gaza Strip 58,000 18(WIKI) 69 DME Australia 57,800 18(IISS) 70 MEA West Bank 56,000 12(WB) 71 AFR Burundi 51,050 18(IISS) 72 DME Sweden 50,950 18(IISS) 73 AFR Zimbabwe 50,800 18(IISS) 74 USR Armenia 49,100 18(IISS) 75 MEA Tunisia 47,800 18(IISS) 76 MEA Oman 47,000 18(IISS) 77 AFR Uganda 46,400 18(IISS) 78 LAM Guatemala 43,050 18(IISS) 79.5 LAM El Salvador 41,500 18(IISS) 79.5 USR Turkmenistan 41,500 18(IISS) 81 DME Netherlands 41,310 18(IISS) 82 LAM Ecuador 40,750 18(IISS) 83 MEA Yemen 40,000 17(IISS) 84 AFR Chad 39,850 18(IISS) 85 EEU Hungary 39,800 18(IISS) 86 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 36,000 18(WIKI) 87 AFR Rwanda 35,000 18(IISS) 88 EEU Serbia 31,850 18(IISS) 89 EEU Bulgaria 31,300 18(IISS) 90 USR Lithuania 29,650 18(IISS) 91 AFR Kenya 29,100 18(IISS) 92 DME Belgium 28,800 18(IISS) 93 AFR Tanzania 28,400 18(IISS) 94 USR Georgia 26,050 18(IISS) 95.5 LAM Paraguay 25,450 18(IISS) 95.5 LAM Uruguay 25,450 18(IISS) 97 AFR Cote d'Ivore 25,400 18(IISS) 98 DME Finland 24,200 18(IISS) 99 USR Donetsk People's Rep 24,000 18(WIKI) 100 DME Norway 23,950 18(IISS) 101 AFR Cameroon 23,400 18(IISS) 102 EEU Czechia 23,200 18(IISS) 103 LAM Honduras 22,950 18(IISS) 104 MEA Kuwait 22,600 18(IISS) 105.5 DME Austria 22,400 18(IISS) 105.5 USR Estonia 22,400 18(IISS) 107 LAM Panama 22,050 18(IISS) 108 AFR Madagascar 21,600 18(IISS) 109 DME Switzerland 20,950 18(IISS) 110 AFR Mauritania 20,850 18(IISS) 111 USR Kyrgyzstan 20,400 18(IISS) 112.5 USR Luhansk People's Rep 20,000 18(WIKI) 112.5 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 20,000 18(WIKI) 114 AFR Somalia 19,800 18(IISS) 115 MEA Bahrain 19,460 18(IISS) 116 EEU Croatia 18,650 18(IISS) 117 AFR Senegal 18,600 18(IISS) 118 AFR Mali 17,800 18(IISS) 119 CPA Mongolia 17,200 18(IISS) 120 MEA Qatar 16,800 18(IISS) 121 AFR Zambia 16,500 18(IISS) 122 USR Tajikistan 16,300 18(IISS) 123 DME Denmark 16,100 18(IISS) 124 AFR Namibia 15,900 18(IISS) 125 EEU Slovakia 15,850 18(IISS) 126 MEA Cyprus 15,750 18(IISS) 127 EEU North Macedonia 15,600 18(IISS) 128 AFR Ghana 15,500 18(IISS) 129 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 15,000 18(WIKI) 130 AFR Malawi 14,900 18(IISS) 131 EEU Slovenia 13,200 18(IISS) 132 AFR Djibouti 13,100 18(IISS) 133 AFR Guinea 12,300 18(IISS) 134 SEA Brunei 12,100 18(IISS) 135 EEU Montenegro 12,050 18(IISS) 136.5 AFR Congo, Republic 12,000 18(IISS) 136.5 LAM Nicaragua 12,000 18(IISS) 138 AFR Burkina Faso 11,450 18(IISS) 139 AFR Mozambique 11,200 18(IISS) 140 AFR Niger 10,700 18(IISS) 141 EEU Bosnia 10,500 18(IISS) 142 LAM Costa Rica 9,800 18(IISS) 143 AFR Benin 9,750 18(IISS) 144 AFR Togo 9,300 18(IISS) 145 DME Ireland 9,100 18(IISS) 146.5 AFR Botswana 9,000 18(IISS) 146.5 DME New Zealand 9,000 18(IISS) 148.5 EEU Albania 8,500 18(IISS) 148.5 AFR Sierra Leone 8,500 18(IISS) 150 AFR Central African Rep 8,150 18(IISS) 151.5 SAS Bhutan 8,000 18(WIKI) 151.5 SAS Maldives 8,000 18(WIKI) 153 USR Moldova 7,550 18(IISS) 154 MEA Libya 7,000 15(IISS) 155 AFR Gabon 6,700 18(IISS) 156 USR Transnistria 5,500 18(WIKI) 157 USR Latvia 5,310 18(IISS) 158 USR Abkhazia 5,000 18(WIKI) 159 AFR Guinea-Bissau 4,450 18(IISS) 160 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 4,050 18(IISS) 161 LAM Jamaica 3,950 18(IISS) 162 SEA Papua New Guinea 3,600 18(IISS) 163 SEA Fiji 3,500 18(IISS) 164 LAM Guyana 3,400 18(IISS) 165 AFR Eswatini 3,000 18(WIKI) 166 AFR Mauritius 2,550 18(IISS) 167.5 EEU Kosovo 2,500 18(IISS) 167.5 USR South Ossetia 2,500 18(WIKI) 169 AFR Liberia 2,100 18(IISS) 170 AFR Lesotho 2,000 18(IISS) 171 DME Malta 1,950 18(IISS) 172 LAM Suriname 1,940 18(IISS) 173 LAM Belize 1,650 18(IISS) 174 DME Luxembourg 1,500 18(IISS) 175 AFR Equatorial Guinea 1,450 18(IISS) 176 SEA Timor-Leste 1,330 18(IISS) 177 LAM Bahamas 1,300 18(IISS) 178 AFR Cabo Verde 1,200 18(IISS) 179 AFR Comoros 1,100 09(E) 180 SEA Samoa 900 18(WIKI) 181 AFR Gambia 800 18(IISS) 182 LAM Barbados 610 18(IISS) 183.5 SEA Solomon Islands 500 18(WIKI) 183.5 SEA Tonga 500 18(WIKI) 185 AFR Seychelles 420 18(IISS) 187 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 300 18(WIKI) 187 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 300 09(WIKI) 187 SEA Vanuatu 300 18(WIKI) 189.5 DME Iceland 250 18(IISS) 189.5 DME Monaco 250 18(WIKI) 191 LAM Haiti 200 18(IISS) 192 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 180 18(IISS) 193 DME Holy See 134 18(WIKI) 194 LAM Saint Lucia 116 18(WIKI) 195 LAM Saint Vincent 94 18(WIKI) 196 DME San Marino 85 18(WIKI) 197 LAM Grenada 60 18(WIKI) 198 DME Liechtenstein 38 18(WIKI) 199 SEA Palau 30 18(WIKI) 200 SEA Marshall Islands 17 12(E) 201 DME Andorra 12 18(WIKI) 259 AFR Agalega (Mau Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 MEA Akrotiri & Dhekl (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Alaska (US Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Alboran I (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Aldabra Is (Sey Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Alhucemas (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Alphonse (Sey Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Amirantes (Sey Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Argentine Antar (Arg) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Aruba (Neth) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Austral Antarct (Aus) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Azores (Port Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR BIOT (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Barbuda (Antig Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Bermuda (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Bouvet I (Norw) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA British Antarct (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Carriacou (Gren Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Chafarinas (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Chilean Antarc (Chil) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Coral Sea Is (Aus) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Curacao (Neth) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Dominica 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME FSAL (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Faroe Is (Den) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Farquhar (Sey Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Gibraltar (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Greenland (Den) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Guam (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Guernsey (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 0 18(CIA) 259 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Isle of Man (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Jan Mayen (Norw) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Jersey (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Kiribati 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Los Roqs (Venez Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Los Test (Venez Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Macao (Ch) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Madeira (Port Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Micronesia (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Midway Is (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Nauru 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Niue (NZ) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Palmyra Atoll (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Paracel Is (Ch) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Penon de Ve (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Quebec (Can Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Queen Maud Lnd (Norw) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR Rodrigues (Mau Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Ross Dependency (NZ) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR SCG (Sey Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME SGSSI (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM San Andres (Col Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Scotland (UK Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME South US (US Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR St Brandon (Mau Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR St Helena (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Svalbard (Norw) 0 18(CIA) 259 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Trento (It Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Tuvalu 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 0 18(CIA) 259 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Wake Is (US) 0 18(CIA) 259 DME Wales (UK Home) 0 18(CIA) 259 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0 18(CIA)