World Ranking

🪖 Active Military Personnel

Full-time, active-duty military personnel currently under arms. 174 of 196 countries report a value; every row links to the country's full profile.

🇨🇳 China

#1 · 2,035,000

174

Countries with data

21.2M

World total

28k

Median country

23%

Held by the top 3

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Color reflects active military personnel on a log scale — darker blue is lowest, red is highest. Grey countries have no reported value for this metric.

Lower

Higher No data

Top 10 by active military personnel

Regional Breakdown

Summed across all countries with a reported value; follow a region to browse its countries.

Full Ranking 174 countries

Bars are log-scaled relative to the leader so magnitude gaps stay visible down the long tail.

#	Country	Region	Active Military Personnel
#1	🥇🇨🇳China	Asia	2,035,000
#2	🥈🇮🇳India	Asia	1,431,000
#3	🥉🇺🇸United States	America	1,390,000
#4	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia	1,280,000
#5	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	1,150,000
#6	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	900,000
#7	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia	660,000
#8	🇮🇷Iran	Asia	610,000
#9	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia	555,000
#10	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia	470,000
#11	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	440,000
#12	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia	400,000
#13	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia	400,000
#14	🇧🇷Brazil	America	360,000
#15	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia	360,000
#16	🇹🇷Türkiye	Asia	355,000
#17	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	325,000
#18	🇨🇴Colombia	America	290,000
#19	🇲🇽Mexico	America	260,000
#20	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Asia	250,000
#21	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia	250,000
#22	🇯🇵Japan	Asia	247,000
#23	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	220,000
#24	🇫🇷France	Europe	200,000
#25	🇮🇶Iraq	Asia	200,000
#26	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	200,000
#27	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	200,000
#28	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	185,000
#29	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	183,000
#30	🇮🇱Israel	Asia	170,000
#31	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	165,000
#32	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia	160,000
#33	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	160,000
#34	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia	150,000
#35	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia	147,000
#36	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	140,000
#37	🇸🇾Syria	Asia	140,000
#38	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	130,000
#39	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	120,600
#40	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	120,000
#41	🇻🇪Venezuela	America	120,000
#42	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia	110,000
#43	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	110,000
#44	🇯🇴Jordan	Asia	100,000
#45	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	99,000
#46	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	91,000
#47	🇵🇪Peru	America	90,000
#48	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	86,400
#49	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	80,500
#50	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	80,500
#51	🇦🇷Argentina	America	80,000
#52	🇨🇱Chile	America	80,000
#53	🇱🇧Lebanon	Asia	80,000
#54	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	75,000
#55	🇨🇦Canada	America	70,000
#56	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	70,000
#57	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Asia	65,000
#58	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Asia	65,000
#59	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	64,800
#60	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	61,200
#61	🇦🇺Australia	Oceania	60,000
#62	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia	60,000
#63	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	59,400
#64	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	54,000
#65	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia	54,000
#66	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	50,400
#67	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	50,400
#68	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	50,000
#69	🇨🇺Cuba	America	50,000
#70	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia	50,000
#71	🇦🇲Armenia	Asia	45,000
#72	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	45,000
#73	🇴🇲Oman	Asia	45,000
#74	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia	40,000
#75	🇾🇪Yemen	Asia	40,000
#76	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	38,500
#77	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	37,800
#78	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia	37,000
#79	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	36,000
#80	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	32,400
#81	🇪🇨Ecuador	America	32,400
#82	🇬🇹Guatemala	America	32,400
#83	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	32,400
#84	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia	30,600
#85	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	30,000
#86	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	28,800
#87	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	28,000
#88	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	28,000
#89	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	27,000
#90	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	25,200
#91	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	25,200
#92	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	25,200
#93	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	25,000
#94	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	25,000
#95	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	25,000
#96	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	25,000
#97	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	25,000
#98	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	24,500
#99	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	23,400
#100	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	22,000
#101	🇧🇴Bolivia	America	21,600
#102	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	21,600
#103	🇭🇹Haiti	America	21,060
#104	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	America	20,340
#105	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	20,000
#106	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	20,000
#107	🇨🇫Central African Republic	Africa	19,950
#108	🇭🇳Honduras	America	19,080
#109	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Oceania	18,720
#110	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia	18,540
#111	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17,000
#112	🇰🇼Kuwait	Asia	17,000
#113	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	17,000
#114	🇶🇦Qatar	Asia	17,000
#115	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	16,200
#116	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	15,480
#117	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	15,000
#118	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	15,000
#119	🇱🇦Laos	Asia	13,680
#120	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia	12,600
#121	🇳🇮Nicaragua	America	12,600
#122	🇵🇾Paraguay	America	12,240
#123	🇨🇾Cyprus	Asia	12,000
#124	🇸🇻El Salvador	America	11,340
#125	🇨🇬Congo Republic	Africa	10,800
#126	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	10,000
#127	🇳🇿New Zealand	Oceania	10,000
#128	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	9,720
#129	🇵🇸Palestine	Asia	9,720
#130	🇨🇷Costa Rica	America	9,360
#131	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	8,820
#132	🇵🇦Panama	America	8,100
#133	🇧🇭Bahrain	Asia	8,000
#134	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia	8,000
#135	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	8,000
#136	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	Asia	7,000
#137	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	7,000
#138	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	7,000
#139	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	7,000
#140	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	6,660
#141	🇬🇪Georgia	Asia	6,660
#142	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia	6,300
#143	🇺🇾Uruguay	America	6,120
#144	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	5,760
#145	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	5,040
#146	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	5,040
#147	🇯🇲Jamaica	America	5,040
#148	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4,680
#149	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4,680
#150	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	4,500
#151	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	4,320
#152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4,140
#153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	America	4,000
#154	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3,780
#155	🇫🇯Fiji	Oceania	3,500
#156	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	3,240
#157	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3,000
#158	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia	2,000
#159	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	2,000
#160	🇸🇷Suriname	America	2,000
#161	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	1,700
#162	🇧🇿Belize	America	1,500
#163	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia	1,500
#164	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1,300
#165	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	1,200
#166	🇬🇾Guyana	America	1,100
#167	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	1,000
#168	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	1,000
#169	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	800
#170	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	500
#171	🇹🇴Tonga	Oceania	500
#172	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	300
#173	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	250
#174	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	50

Estimates from open reporting or formula-modeled; countries with no reported value are excluded rather than shown as zero. Not a source of record — cross-check before citing.