Top 50 Comparison of Military Troops in The World

This is the comparison and the list of countries sorted by the number of total military troops within the command of that country, including reserve military 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 from time to time.

Rank	State	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
1	Vietnam People's Army	484,000	4,000,000	5,080,000	9,564,000	114.50
2	People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China)	2,255,000	800,000	3,969,000	7,024,000	5.3
3	Korean People's Army (North Korea)	1,106,000	4,700,000	189,000	5,995,000	259.37
4	Republic of Korea Armed Forces (South Korea)	655,000	4,500,000	25,000	5,180,000	75.79
5	Armed forces of the Russian Federation	1,037,000	2,400,000	359,100	3,796,100	23.56
6	Indian Armed Forces	1,325,000	1,155,000	1,293,300	3,773,300	3.3
7	United States armed forces	1,473,900	1,458,500	453,000	3,385,400	11.07
8	Republic of China Armed Forces(Taiwan)	290,000	1,653,500	22,000	1,965,000	86.45
9	Military of Iran	945,000	350,000	400,000	1,695,000	18.4
10	Brazilian Armed Forces	287,000	1,115,000	285,600	1,687,600	9.50
11	Military of Pakistan	700,000	528,000	302,000	1,530,000	8.55
12	Military of Ukraine	361,000	1,000,000	112,500	1,473,500	34.27
13	Military of Cuba	46,000	39,000	1,146,500	1,231,500	112
14	Military of Egypt	450,000	254,000	405,000	1,109,000	14.4
15	Turkish Armed Forces	514,850	380,000	148,700	1,043,550	14.4
16	Indonesian National Armed Forces	410,000	400,000	207,000	1,017,000	4
17	Military of France	259,050	419,000	101,400	779,450	12.7
18	Israel Defense Forces	176,500	445,000	7,650	621,500	86.31
19	Royal Thai Armed Forces	306,600	200,000	113,700	620,300	9.84
20	Bundeswehr (Germany)	247,712	358,650	0	606,362	7.37
21	Military of Uzbekistan	65,000	500,000	19,000	584,000	2.66
22	Spanish Armed Forces	177,950	328,500	72,600	579,050	14.48
23	Military of Syria	296,000	132,500	108,000	536,500	30
24	Military of Italy	230,350	65,200	238,800	534,350	9.2
25	Finnish Defence Forces	36,700	485,000	3,100	524,800	104.96
26	Mexican Armed Forces	192,770	300,000	25,000	517,770	4.8
27	Myanmar Armed Forces (Burma)	428,250	0	72,000	500,250	16.67
28	Armed Forces of Belarus	79,800	289,500	110,000	479,300	47.93
29	Military of Greece	177,600	291,000	4,000	472,600	46.6
30	Singapore Armed Forces	60,500	312,500	96,300	469,300	117.33
31	Military of Eritrea	202,000	250,000	0	452,000	90
32	British Armed Forces	187,970	233,860	0	421,830	6.9
33	Polish Armed Forces	163,000	234,000	21,300	418,300	4.22
34	Iraqi security forces	180,000	0	227,000	407,000	6.24
35	Armed Forces of the Philippines	113,500	131,000	158,500	403,000	4.5
36	Military of Morocco	196,300	150,000	50,000	396,300	12.23
37	Military of Serbia	38,000	200,000	110,000	392,000	7.08
38	Azerbaijani Armed Forces	72,100	300,000	15,000	387,100	62.40
39	Military of Bulgaria	51,000	303,000	34,000	385,450	59.26
40	Military of Peru	110,000	188,000	77,000	375,000	12
41	Sri Lanka Armed Forces	266,700	10,800	96,600	374,100	7.59
42	Armed Forces of Armenia	60,000	300,000	10,000	370,000	80.16
43	Military of Switzerland	3,600	320,600	23,270	347,470	69.494
44	Military of Algeria	127,500	150,000	60,000	337,500	8.88
45	Military of Kazakhstan	65,800	237,000	34,500	337,300	20
46	Military of Lithuania	13,510	309,200	14,390	337,100	112.36
47	Military of Colombia	207,000	0	129,000	336,000	7.3
48	Japan Self-Defense Forces	239,900	44,400	12,250	296,550	2.33
49	Swedish Armed Forces	33,900	262,000	N/A	295,900	34.7
50	Portuguese Armed Forces	44,900	210,930	25,600	281,430	28.14