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This is a 'list of countries sorted by the number of total troops' within the command of that country, including reserve forces that can aid a depleted active military and/or paramilitary. These numbers are approximations; military forces around the world are constantly changing in manpower.

Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
1		Iran	545,000[1]	350,000[2]	11,390,000[3]	12,285,600	181.51
2		Vietnam	484,000[4]	4,000,000[5]	5,080,000[5]	9,564,000	114.50
3		People's Republic of China ★ ★	2,255,000[7]	800,000[7]	3,969,000[7]	7,024,000	5.3
4		Democratic People's Republic of Korea ★ ★	1,106,000[10]	4,700,000[10]	189,000[10]	5,995,000	259.37
5		Republic of Korea	687,000[13]	4,500,000[13]	22,000[13]	5,209,000	106.28
6		Russia ★ ★	1,037,000[16]	2,400,000[17]	359,100[18]	3,796,100	23.56
7		India ★ ★	1,325,000[19]	1,155,000[19]	1,293,300[19]	3,773,300	3.01
8		United States ★ ★	1,426,713[22]	858,500[23]	53,000[22]	2,338,213	9.46
9		Republic of China	290,000[25]	1,653,500[25]	22,000[25]	1,965,000	86.45
10		Brazil	287,000[28]	1,115,000[28]	285,600[28]	1,687,600	9.50
11		Ukraine	361,000[31]	1,000,000[32]	112,500[33]	1,473,500	34.27
12		Pakistan ★ ★	619,000[34]	528,000[35]	302,000[34]	1,449,000	8.55
13		Cuba	46,000[37]	39,000[37]	1,146,500[37]	1,231,500	112
14		Egypt	450,000[40]	254,000[40]	405,000[42]	1,109,000	14.4
15		Turkey	514,850[43]	380,000[44]	148,700[45]	1,043,550	14.4
16		Indonesia	316,000[46]	400,000[47]	207,000[48]	923,000	4
17		France ★ ★	259,050[49]	419,000[50]	101,400[51]	779,450	12.7
18		Germany	284,500[52]	358,650[53]	40,000[54]	683,150	8.33
19		Thailand	306,600[55]	200,000[56]	113,700[57]	625,300	10.25
20		Israel ★	168,000[58]	408,000[59]	8,050[60]	584,050	83.4
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
21		Spain	177,950[61]	328,500[61]	72,600[63]	579,050	14.48
22		Syria	296,000[64]	132,500[65]	108,000[66]	536,500	30
23		Italy	230,350[67]	65,200[67]	238,800[69]	534,350	9.2
24		Finland	36,700[70]	485,000[70]	3,100[72]	524,800	104.96
25		Mexico	192,770[73]	300,000[73]	25,000[73]	517,770	4.8
26		Myanmar	428,250[76]	0[77]	72,000	500,250	16.67
27		Belarus	79,800[78]	289,500[78]	110,000[78]	479,300	47.93
28		Greece	177,600[81]	291,000[81]	4,000[81]	472,600	46.6
29		Singapore	60,500[84]	312,500[84]	96,300[84]	469,300	117.33
30		Eritrea	202,000[87]	250,000[88]	0[89]	452,000	90
31		United Kingdom ★ ★	187,970[90]	233,860[90]	0[90]	421,830	11
32		Poland	163,000[93]	234,000[93]	21,300[93]	418,300	4.22
33		Philippines	113,500[96]	131,000[96]	158,500[96]	403,000	4.5
34		Serbia	31,000[99]	207,500[100] ||align="right"| 110,000[100] || align="right"|392,500 || align="right"|7.08
35		Azerbaijan	72,100[102]	300,000[102]	15,000[102]	387,100	62.40
36		Bulgaria	51,000[105]	303,000[106]	34,000[106]	385,450	59.26
37		Peru	110,000[108]	188,000[108]	77,000[108]	375,000	12
38		Armenia	60,000[111]	300,000	10,000[112]	370,000	80.16
39		Morocco	196,300[113]	150,000[114]	13,500[114]	359,800	12.23
40		Switzerland	3,600[116]	320,600[116]	23,270[116]	347,470	69.494
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
41		Algeria	127,500[119]	150,000[120]	60,000[121]	337,500	8.88
42		Kazakhstan	65,800[122]	237,000[122]	34,500[122]	337,300	20
43		Lithuania	13,510[125]	309,200[125]	14,390[125]	337,100	112.36
44		Colombia	207,000[128]	0[128]	129,000[128]	336,000	7.3
45		Japan	239,000[131]	57,899[132]	12,250[132]	309,149	2.43
46		Sweden	33,900[134]	262,000[134]	N/A	295,900	34.7
47		Portugal	44,900[136]	210,930[136]	25,600[138]	281,430	28.14
48		Georgia	17,500[139]	250,000[139]	11,700[139]	279,200	55.84
49		Norway	27,600[142]	219,000[142]	29,400	276,000	50
50		Sri Lanka	157,900[144]	5,500[144]	88,600[144]	252,000	12.11
51		Saudi Arabia	199,500[147]	20,000[148]	15,000[149]	234,500	8
52		Croatia	51,000[150]	140,000[150]	10,000[152]	201,000	24
53		Bangladesh	137,000[153]	0[153]	63,200[153]	200,200	3.3
54		Sudan	104,500[156]	0[157]	95,000[157]	199,500	4.72
55		Paraguay	18,600[159]	164,500[159]	14,800[159]	197,900	49.47
56		Cambodia	124,300[162]	0[163]	67,000[163]	191,000	14.12
57		Ethiopia	182,500[165]	0[166]	0[166]	182,500	2.44
58		Iraq ★ ★ ★	179,800[168]	0[168]	0[168]	179,800	6.24
59		Ecuador	59,500[171]	100,000[171]	18,000[173]	177,500	13.28
60		Yemen	65,000[174]	40,000[175]	70,000[175]	175,000	13.46
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
61		Romania	93,619[177]	0[178]	79,900[178]	173,519	8
62		Malaysia	110,000[180]	41,600[181]	20,100[181]	171,000	6.17
63		Chile	80,500[183]	50,000[183]	36,800[183]	167,300	15.2
64		Nigeria	78,500[186]	0[186]	82,000[186]	160,500	1.40
65		Mongolia	9,100[189]	137,000[189]	7,200[189]	152,800	50.1
66		Denmark	22,880[192]	64,900[192]	61,500[192]	149,280	6.25
67		Jordan	100,700[195]	35,000[196]	10,000[196]	145,700	25.70
68		Belgium	40,800[198]	100,500[198]	0[198]	141,300	14.13
69		Hungary	33,400[201]	90,300[201]	12,000[203]	135,700	13.31
70		Laos	29,100[204]	0[204]	100,000[204]	129,100	22.68
71		Argentina	71,800[207]	0[207]	47,240[209]	119,040	2.52
72		Libya	76,000[210]	40,000[211]	3,000[211]	119,000	22
73		Venezuela	82,300[213]	8,000[213]	24,000[215]	114,300	4.57
74		Tanzania	27,000[216]	80,000[216]	1,400[216]	108,400	2.93
75		Austria	34,600[219]	72,000[219]	N/A	106,600	10.66
76		Angola	100,000[221]	N/A	N/A	100,000	10.60
77		Canada	62,300[222]	23,900[222]	9,350[224]	95,550	2.96
78		Netherlands	53,130[225]	32,200[225]	3,300[227]	88,630	5.41
79		Guatemala	31,400[228]	35,000[228]	19,000[228]	85,400	5.82
80		Democratic Republic of the Congo	83,800[231]	0[231]	1,400[233]	85,200	1.65
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
81		Lebanon	72,100[234]	0[234]	13,000[236]	85,100	23.37
82		Republic of Macedonia	12,850[237]	60,000[237]	7,600[237]	80,450	39.32
83		Nepal	63,000[240]	0[240]	15,000[240]	78,000	2.82
84		Moldova	7,200[243]	66,000[243]	4,300[243]	77,500	17.64
85		Kyrgyzstan	12,500[246]	57,000[246]	5,000[246]	74,500	18.12
86		Honduras	8,300[249]	60,000[249]	6,000[249]	74,300	15.24
87		Australia	53,572[252]	20,300[253]	0[253]	73,872	6.33
88		Uzbekistan	53,000[255]	0[255]	19,000[255]	72,000	2.66
89		Rwanda	61,000[258]	0[258]	10,000[258]	71,000	7.03
90		Cyprus	10,000[261]	60,000[261]	750[261]	70,750	90.88
91		Afghanistan	70,000[264]	0[264]	0[264]	70,000	2.34
92		Bolivia	31,500[267]	0[267]	37,100[267]	68,600	4.27
93		Uganda	60,000[270]	0[270]	1,800[270]	61,800	2.52
94		Czech Republic	57,050[273]	0[273]	5,600[275]	62,650	6.09
95		South Africa	55,750[276]	N/A	N/A	55,750	1.26
96		Zimbabwe	32,000[277]	0[277]	21,800[277]	53,800	4.28
97		Burkina Faso	6,000[280]	45,000[280]	1,800[282]	52,800	0.78
98		Oman	41,700[283]	0[284]	10,800[284]	52,500	133.85
99		Slovakia	26,200[286]	20,000[286]	4,700[288]	50,900	8.05
100		United Arab Emirates	50,500[289]	0[290]	0[290]	50,500	14.50
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
101		Tunisia	35,000[292]	0[293]	12,000[293]	47,000	4.66
102		Kuwait	15,500[295]	24,000[296]	6,600[297]	46,100	19.75
103		Burundi	40,000[298]	0[298]	5,500[300]	45,500	8.93
104		Dominican Republic	24,500[301]	0[301]	15,000[301]	39,500	4.44
105		El Salvador	16,800[304]	9,900	12,000[304]	38,700	4.61
106		Chad	30,350[306]	0[307]	4,500[307]	34,850	3.55
107		Slovenia	9,000[309]	20,000[309]	4,500[311]	33,500	4.50
108		Estonia	5,510[312]	24,000[312]	2,600[312]	32,110	24.07
109		Cameroon	23,100[315]	0[315]	9,000[315]	32,100	1.96
110		Kenya	24,120[318]	0[318]	5,000[318]	29,120	0.86
111		Turkmenistan	26,000[321]	0[321]	0[321]	26,000	5.86
112		Uruguay	24,000[324]	0[324]	920[324]	24,920	7.05
113		Albania	20,000[327]	0[327]	5,000 [329]	25,000	7.71
114		Côte d'Ivoire	17,050[330]	0[330]	7,000[330]	24,050	1.41
115		Zambia	21,600[333]	0[333]	1,400[333]	23,000	1.71
116		Latvia	5,500[336]	14,050[336]	3,200[336]	22,750	8.81
117		Madagascar	13,500[339]	0[339]	8,100[341]	21,600	1.2
118		Transnistria	4,500[342]	15,000[343]	2,000[343]	21,500	185.04
119		Bahrain	11,200[345]	0[346]	10,160[346]	21,360	29.37
120		Mauritania	15,750[348]	N/A	4,500[349]	20,250	6.56
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
121		Nagorno-Karabakh	20,000[350]	0[351]	0[352]	20,000	7.9
122		Guinea	9,700[353]	0[353]	9,600[353]	19,300	2.02
123		Senegal	9,400[356]	0[356]	5,800[356]	15,200	1.65
124		Namibia	9,000[359]	0[359]	6,000[359]	15,000	7.38
125		Nicaragua	14,000[362]	0[362]	0[362]	14,000	2.56
126		Sierra Leone	13,000[365]	0[365]	0[365]	13,000	1.33
127		Liberia	13,000[368]	0[368]	0[368]	13,000	3.90
128		Qatar	12,400[371]	0[372]	0[372]	12,400	14.40
129		Mali	7,350[374]	0[374]	4,800[374]	12,150	1.00
130		Republic of the Congo	10,000[377]	0[377]	2,000[377]	12,000	4.00
131		New Zealand	8,949[380]	2,228[380]	0[380]	11,117	2.69
132		Djibouti	9,850[383]	0[384]	1,400[384]	11,250	20.70
133		Guinea-Bissau	9,250[386]	0[386]	2,000[386]	11,250	33.53
134		Brunei	7,000[389]	0[389]	3,750[389]	10,750	26.48
135		Niger	5,300[392]	0[392]	5,400[392]	10,700	0.75
136		Botswana	9,000[395]	0[395]	1,500[395]	10,500	6.36
137		Togo	9,450[398]	0[398]	750[398]	10,200	1.75
138		Mozambique	10,000[401]	0[401]	0[401]	10,000	0.42
139		Fiji	3,500[404]	6,000[404]	0[404]	9,500	10.64
140		Bosnia and Herzegovina	9,200[407]	0[407]	0[407]	9,200	3.92
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
141		Benin	4,550[410]	0[410]	3,000[412]	7,550	1.012
142		Tajikistan	6,000[413]	0[413]	1,200[413]	7,200	1.00
143		Ghana	7,000[416]	0[416]	0[416]	7,000	0.33
144		Malawi	5,300[419]	0[419]	1,500[421]	6,800	0.56
145		Montenegro	6,500	0	0	6,500
146		Gabon	4,700[422]	0[422]	1,500[424]	6,200	4.46
147		Jamaica	2,830[425]	953[425]	0[425]	3,783	1.39
148		Equatorial Guinea	1,320[428]	0[428]	2,000[430]	3,320	6.19
149		Papua New Guinea	3,100[431]	0[431]	0[431]	3,100	0.56
150		Guyana	1,600[434]	1,500[434]	0[434]	3,100	4.05
151		Timor-Leste	1,500[437]	1,500[437]	0[437]	3,000	1.24
152		Trinidad and Tobago	2,700[440]	0[440]	0[440]	2,700	2.48
153		Central African Republic	1,400[443]	0[443]	1,000[443]	2,400	1.15
154		Malta	2,140[446]	0[446]	0[446]	2,140	5.37
155		Lesotho	2,000[449]	0[449]	0[449]	2,000	1.07
156		Suriname	1,840[452]	0[452]	0[452]	1,840	4.20
157		Belize	1,050[455]	700[455]	0[455]	1,750	6.26
158		Luxembourg	900[458]	0[458]	612[458]	1,512	3.23
159		Cape Verde	1,200[461]	0[461]	0[461]	1,200	2.87
Rank		Nation	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total	Active troops per thousand citizens
160		Barbados	610[464]	430[464]	0[464]	1,040	3.71
161		Bahamas	860[467]	0[467]	0[467]	860	2.85
162		Gambia	800[470]	0[470]	0[470]	800	0.50
163		Seychelles	450[473]	0[473]	250[473]	700	8.62
164		Antigua and Barbuda	170[476]	75[476]	0[476]	245	3.56

★ Nuclear weapons undeclared status (Israel)


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★ Iraq under Saddam Hussein had up to 400,000 total troops.

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1. Iranian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 32)
2. Iranian Armed Forces, JCSS
3. Iranian paramilitary forces globalsecurity
4. Vietnam's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)
5. Vietnam's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)
6. Vietnam's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)
7. China's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)
8. China's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)
9. China's Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 24)