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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   China: 2,810,000 
#2   Russia: 1,520,000 
#3   United States: 1,366,000 
#4   India: 1,303,000 
#5   Korea, South: 683,000 
#6   Pakistan: 612,000 
#7   Turkey: 610,000 
#8   Iran: 513,000 
#9   Vietnam: 484,000 
#10   Egypt: 448,000 
#11   Ethiopia: 352,000 
#12   Burma: 344,000 
#13   Syria: 316,000 
#14   Ukraine: 304,000 
#15   Thailand: 301,000 
#16   Indonesia: 297,000 
#17   France: 294,000 
#18   Brazil: 288,000 
#19   Italy: 251,000 
#20   Japan: 237,000 
#21   Germany: 221,000 
#22   Poland: 217,000 
#23   United Kingdom: 212,000 
#24   Romania: 207,000 
#25   Saudi Arabia: 202,000 
#26   Eritrea: 200,000 
#27   Morocco: 198,000 
#28   Mexico: 193,000 
#29   Israel: 172,000 
#30   Spain: 166,000 
#31   Greece: 159,000 
#32   Colombia: 152,000 
#33   Cambodia: 140,000 
#34   Bangladesh: 137,000 
#35   Algeria: 124,000 
#36   Peru: 115,000 
#37   Sri Lanka: 115,000 
#38   Angola: 108,000 
#39   Philippines: 106,000 
#40   Jordan: 104,000 
#41   Sudan: 104,000 
#42   Malaysia: 96,000 
#43   Chile: 87,000 
#44   Belarus: 83,000 
#45   Bulgaria: 80,000 
#46   Nigeria: 76,000 
#47   Libya: 76,000 
#48   Azerbaijan: 72,000 
#49   Argentina: 71,000 
#50   Rwanda: 70,000 
#51   Yemen: 66,000 
#52   United Arab Emirates: 65,000 
#53   Kazakhstan: 64,000 
#54   Lebanon: 64,000 
#55   South Africa: 63,000 
#56   Croatia: 61,000 
#57   Singapore: 60,000 
#58   Uzbekistan: 59,000 
#59   Canada: 59,000 
#60   Ecuador: 58,000 
#61   Czech Republic: 58,000 
#62   Cuba: 58,000 
#63   Venezuela: 56,000 
#64   Albania: 54,000 
#65   Sweden: 53,000 
#66   Netherlands: 52,000 
#67   Australia: 51,000 
#68   Uganda: 50,000 
#69   Nepal: 50,000 
#70   Portugal: 45,000 
#71   Hungary: 44,000 
#72   Oman: 44,000 
#73   Armenia: 41,000 
#74   Burundi: 40,000 
#75   Austria: 40,000 
#76   Zimbabwe: 40,000 
#77   Belgium: 39,000 
#78   Slovakia: 39,000 
#79   Tunisia: 35,000 
#80   Bolivia: 32,000 
#81   Finland: 32,000 
#82   Guatemala: 31,000 
#83   Chad: 30,000 
#84   Laos: 29,000 
#85   Switzerland: 28,000 
#86   Georgia: 27,000 
#87   Norway: 27,000 
#88   Dominican Republic: 24,000 
#89   Uruguay: 24,000 
#90   Denmark: 22,000 
#91   Kenya: 22,000 
#92   Zambia: 22,000 
#93   Madagascar: 21,000 
#94   Paraguay: 20,000 
#95   El Salvador: 17,000 
#96   Nicaragua: 16,000 
#97   Mauritania: 16,000 
#98   Kuwait: 15,000 
#99   Turkmenistan: 14,000 
#100   Lithuania: 13,000 
#101   Cameroon: 13,000 
#102   Ireland: 12,000 
#103   Qatar: 12,000 
#104   Bahrain: 11,000 
#105   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 10,000 
#106   Guinea: 10,000 
#107   Cyprus: 10,000 
#108   Botswana: 9,000 
#109   Mongolia: 9,000 
#110   Kyrgyzstan: 9,000 
#111   New Zealand: 9,000 
#112   Slovenia: 9,000 
#113   Senegal: 9,000 
#114   Namibia: 9,000 
#115   Honduras: 8,000 
#116   Djibouti: 8,000 
#117   Cote d'Ivoire: 8,000 
#118   Mali: 7,000 
#119   Guinea-Bissau: 7,000 
#120   Burkina Faso: 7,000 
#121   Togo: 7,000 
#122   Ghana: 7,000 
#123   Tajikistan: 6,000 
#124   Bhutan: 6,000 
#125   Mozambique: 6,000 
#126   Niger: 5,000 
#127   Estonia: 5,000 
#128   Malawi: 5,000 
#129   Latvia: 5,000 
#130   Benin: 5,000 
#131   Gabon: 5,000 
#132   Fiji: 4,000 
#133   Papua New Guinea: 4,000 
#134   Central African Republic: 3,000 
#135   Jamaica: 3,000 
#136   Sierra Leone: 3,000 
#137   Trinidad and Tobago: 3,000 
#138   Lesotho: 2,000 
#139   Guyana: 2,000 
#140   Suriname: 2,000 
#141   Malta: 2,000 
#142   Belize: 1,000 
#143   Cape Verde: 1,000 
#144   Gambia, The: 1,000 
#145   Equatorial Guinea: 1,000 
#146   Bahamas, The: 1,000 
#147   Barbados: 1,000 
#148   Luxembourg: 1,000 
#149   Sao Tome and Principe: 0 
#150   Comoros: 0 
#151   Costa Rica: 0 
#152   Saint Lucia: 0 
#153   Maldives: 0 
#154   Mauritius: 0 
#155   Seychelles: 0 
#156   Solomon Islands: 0 
#157   Grenada: 0 
#158   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 0 
#159   Vanuatu: 0 
#160   Dominica: 0 
#161   Iceland: 0 
#162   Antigua and Barbuda: 0 
#163   Panama: 0 
#164   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 
#165   Haiti: 0 
#166   Swaziland: 0 
Total: 19,669,000  
Weighted average: 118,488.0  


DEFINITION: Total armed forces (2000)

SOURCE: IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press

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COMMENTARY     

Bulgarian
19th June 2005 		In fact there only 40 000 people in the army and the plan is to reduce it to 35 000.
Scott (USA)
6th December 2006 		North Korea isn't even on this list. They should be at #5. They have a 923,000 man army and an 85,000 man air force. They also have a navy.
Yong Sung Bae (Republic of Korea)
8th June 2007 		According to Korean Ministry of National Defense, North Korea'S(Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea) armed forces personnel is 1,170,000.
Garrett (NJ)
23rd December 2007 		Russia has far less personell than shown here. China is first with 2.5 million men including reserves, USA second with about 2.3 million including reserves and India is third with about 2 million.
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