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Active Military Manpower by Country (2023)



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Ranking the total available active military manpower by country, from highest to lowest.



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 2023. Estimates are made when official data is not available.
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Active Forces (TOP 5)
1
China
CHN
2,000,000
2
India
IND
1,450,000
3
United States
USA
1,390,000
4
North Korea
NKO
1,200,000
5
Russia
RUS
830,900
6
Pakistan
PAK
654,000
7
Iran
IRN
575,000
8
South Korea
SKO
555,000
9
Vietnam
VET
470,000
10
Egypt
EGY
440,000
11
Turkiye
TKY
425,000
12
Indonesia
INO
400,000
13
Myanmar
MYA
400,000
14
Colombia
COL
360,000
15
Brazil
BRA
360,000
16
Thailand
THL
350,000
17
Mexico
MEX
250,000
18
Sri Lanka
SRL
250,000
19
Japan
JPN
240,000
20
Saudi Arabia
SAR
225,000
21
France
FRA
205,000
22
Iraq
IRQ
200,000
23
Ukraine
UKR
200,000
24
Morocco
MOR
200,000
25
United Kingdom
UKD
194,000
26
Germany
GER
184,000
27
Eritrea
ERI
175,000
28
South Sudan
SSD
175,000
29
Israel
ISR
173,000
30
Italy
ITA
170,000
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31
Taiwan
TWN
170,000
32
Bangladesh
BNG
165,000
33
Ethiopia
ETH
150,000
34
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
140,000
35
Venezuela
VEN
137,500
36
Nigeria
NGA
135,000
37
Greece
GRE
130,000
38
Algeria
ALG
130,000
39
Spain
SPN
120,000
40
Poland
POL
120,000
41
Angola
ANG
107,000
42
Philippines
PHL
101,000
43
Syria
SYR
100,000
44
Sudan
SDN
100,000
45
Libya
LBY
100,000
46
Cambodia
CMB
100,000
47
Nepal
NEP
95,000
48
Peru
PER
95,000
49
Tunisia
TUN
90,000
50
Jordan
JOR
90,000
51
Malaysia
MLY
85,000
52
Argentina
ARG
83,000
53
Chile
CHI
80,000
54
Lebanon
LEB
80,000
55
Canada
CAN
70,000
56
Ecuador
ECU
70,000
57
Romania
ROM
67,000
58
Qatar
QTR
66,550
59
Azerbaijan
AZR
65,000
60
United Arab Emirates
UAE
65,000
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61
Georgia
GEO
61,200
62
Australia
AUS
60,500
63
Bolivia
BOL
60,000
64
Dominican Republic
DOM
60,000
65
Singapore
SNG
60,000
66
Uzbekistan
UZB
55,000
67
Cuba
CUB
50,000
68
Uganda
UGA
47,000
69
Yemen
YEM
45,000
70
Belarus
BLR
45,000
71
Armenia
ARM
45,000
72
Kazakhstan
KAZ
45,000
73
South Africa
SAF
40,200
74
Oman
OMA
40,000
75
Cameroon
CAM
40,000
76
Chad
CHD
35,000
77
Kenya
KEN
35,000
78
Netherlands
NTH
35,000
79
Mongolia
MGL
35,000
80
Mauritania
MAU
31,500
81
Laos
LAO
30,000
82
Zimbabwe
ZIM
30,000
83
Turkmenistan
TKM
30,000
84
Portugal
POR
27,000
85
Tanzania
TNZ
26,000
86
Czechia
CZC
26,000
87
Belgium
BEL
26,000
88
Ivory Coast
IVC
25,000
89
Bulgaria
BUL
25,000
90
Serbia
SRB
25,000
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91
Switzerland
SWZ
24,000
92
Nicaragua
NIC
24,000
93
Finland
FIN
24,000
94
Hungary
HUN
23,000
95
Austria
AST
23,000
96
Norway
NOR
23,000
97
Uruguay
URU
22,000
98
Guatemala
GUA
21,500
99
El Salvador
ESL
21,000
100
Bahrain
BAH
20,000
101
Paraguay
PAR
20,000
102
Mali
MAL
18,000
103
Somalia
SOM
17,500
104
Kuwait
KUW
17,000
105
Senegal
SEN
17,000
106
Zambia
ZAM
16,500
107
Sweden
SWE
16,000
108
Lithuania
LIT
16,000
109
Honduras
HON
16,000
110
Denmark
DEN
16,000
111
Croatia
CRO
15,000
112
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
15,000
113
Ghana
GHA
14,000
114
Sierra Leone
SLE
13,000
115
Slovakia
SLK
13,000
116
Madagascar
MAD
13,000
117
Namibia
NAM
12,500
118
Mozambique
MOZ
12,000
119
Republic of the Congo
ROC
12,000
120
Burkina Faso
BKF
12,000
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121
Central African Republic
CAR
10,000
122
Niger
NGR
10,000
123
New Zealand
NWZ
9,600
124
Tajikistan
TJK
9,500
125
North Macedonia
MAC
9,000
126
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
9,000
127
Botswana
BOT
9,000
128
Ireland
IRE
8,700
129
Bhutan
BUT
8,000
130
Albania
ALB
8,000
131
Slovenia
SLV
7,000
132
Latvia
LAT
6,500
133
Gabon
GAB
6,500
134
Moldova
MOL
6,000
135
Kosovo
KOS
5,000
136
Benin
BEN
5,000
137
Estonia
EST
4,000
138
Montenegro
MTN
2,500
139
Liberia
LIB
2,000
140
Beliz
BLZ
2,000
141
Suriname
SRN
1,800
142
Luxembourg
LUX
1,000
143
Panama
PAN
0
144
Iceland
ICE
0
145
Afghanistan
AFG
0

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