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Active Military Manpower (2020)



Total available active military manpower by nation.



Each participant in the Global Firepower ranking retains some form of active service personnel. Active Military Manpower tracks all those personnel considered under 'active service status', these being 'ready-to-fight' elements available to a nation at any given moment. Data presented on this list is through 2019. Estimates are made when official data is not available.
1
China
CHN
2,183,000
2
India
IND
1,444,000
3
United States
USA
1,400,000
4
North Korea
NKO
1,280,000
5
Russia
RUS
1,013,628
6
Pakistan
PAK
654,000
7
South Korea
SKO
580,000
8
Iran
IRN
523,000
9
Vietnam
VTN
482,000
10
Saudi Arabia
SAR
478,000
11
Egypt
EGY
440,000
12
Myanmar
MYA
406,000
13
Indonesia
INO
400,000
14
Thailand
THA
360,850
15
Turkey
TUR
355,000
16
Venezuela
VEN
343,000
17
Brazil
BRA
334,500
18
Morocco
MOR
310,000
19
Colombia
COL
295,000
20
Mexico
MEX
277,000
21
France
FRA
268,000
22
Ukraine
UKR
255,000
23
Japan
JPN
247,160
24
Sri Lanka
SRL
245,000
25
Greece
GRE
200,000
26
South Sudan
SSU
197,500
27
United Kingdom
UKD
192,660
28
Germany
GER
182,650
29
Italy
ITA
175,000
30
Afghanistan
AFG
175,000
31
Israel
ISR
170,000
32
Iraq
IRQ
165,000
33
Taiwan
TAI
165,000
34
Ethiopia
ETH
162,000
35
Bangladesh
BAN
160,000
36
Syria
SYR
142,000
37
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
134,000
38
Kazakhstan
KAZ
132,000
39
Algeria
ALG
130,000
40
Azerbaijan
AZR
126,000
41
Philippines
PHI
125,000
42
Cambodia
CMB
125,000
43
Spain
SPA
124,000
44
Nigeria
NGA
120,000
45
Poland
POL
118,000
46
Malaysia
MLY
110,000
47
Angola
ANG
107,000
48
Sudan
SUD
104,000
49
Jordan
JOR
100,000
50
Nepal
NEP
95,000
51
Peru
PER
90,000
52
Argentina
ARG
83,515
53
Chile
CHI
77,000
54
Lebanon
LEB
75,000
55
Singapore
SIN
72,500
56
Canada
CAN
71,500
57
Romania
ROM
70,000
58
South Africa
SAF
66,300
59
United Arab Emirates
UAE
64,000
60
Australia
AUS
60,000
61
Dominican Republic
DOM
55,000
62
Uzbekistan
UZB
50,000
63
Cuba
CUB
50,000
64
Belarus
BLR
45,500
65
Uganda
UGA
45,000
66
Armenia
ARM
45,000
67
Yemen
YEM
43,500
68
Oman
OMA
42,500
69
Ecuador
ECU
40,000
70
Tunisia
TUN
36,000
71
Netherlands
NET
35,500
72
Bolivia
BOL
35,000
73
Chad
CHD
30,500
74
Portugal
POR
30,500
75
Serbia
SER
30,000
76
Laos
LAO
30,000
77
Bulgaria
BUL
30,000
78
Belgium
BEL
30,000
79
Libya
LBY
30,000
80
Tanzania
TAN
30,000
81
Zimbabwe
ZIM
30,000
82
Sweden
SWE
30,000
83
Ivory Coast
IVC
25,500
84
Czechia
CZC
25,000
85
El Salvador
ESL
25,000
86
Hungary
HUN
25,000
87
Uruguay
URU
25,000
88
Kenya
KEN
24,150
89
Norway
NOR
24,000
90
Austria
AST
22,500
91
Turkmenistan
TKM
22,000
92
Finland
FIN
21,500
93
Switzerland
SWI
21,000
94
Guatemala
GUA
20,000
95
Somalia
SOM
20,000
96
Georgia
GEO
20,000
97
Lithuania
LIT
18,500
98
Denmark
DEN
16,000
99
Mauritania
MAU
16,000
100
Slovakia
SLK
16,000
101
Croatia
CRO
15,500
102
Ghana
GHA
15,500
103
Kuwait
KUW
15,500
104
Zambia
ZAM
15,100
105
Honduras
HON
15,000
106
Cameroon
CAM
14,500
107
Madagascar
MAD
13,500
108
Nicaragua
NIC
12,000
109
Qatar
QTR
12,000
110
Burkina Faso
BKF
11,200
111
Mozambique
MOZ
11,200
112
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
11,000
113
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
10,500
114
Paraguay
PAR
10,500
115
Namibia
NAM
10,000
116
Republic of the Congo
ROC
10,000
117
Panama
PAN
10,000
118
Mongolia
MON
10,000
119
Albania
ALB
10,000
120
Mali
MAL
10,000
121
Botswana
BOT
9,000
122
Ireland
IRE
9,000
123
Tajikistan
TAJ
9,000
124
New Zealand
NWZ
9,000
125
Sierra Leone
SIE
8,500
126
Bahrain
BAH
8,200
127
North Macedonia
MAC
8,000
128
Slovenia
SLV
7,300
129
Central African Republic
CAR
7,150
130
Bhutan
BUT
7,000
131
Estonia
EST
6,500
132
Niger
NGR
5,300
133
Latvia
LAT
5,300
134
Moldova
MOL
5,100
135
Gabon
GAB
5,000
136
Liberia
LIB
2,100
137
Montenegro
MTN
2,000
138
Suriname
SUR
1,850

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