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Total Available Manpower by Country

Sometimes simple sheer numbers of participants allow for an acceptable battlefield outcome.

Total Available Manpower by Country

Sometimes simple sheer numbers of participants allow for an acceptable battlefield outcome.

OVERVIEW



Total available manpower proves critical in a drawn out conflict. For the purposes of the GFP ranking, a nation showcasing an inherently large population (as in China or India) has the theoretical benefit of committing more souls to the fighting.

The data presented below is through 2019.

1
China
CHN
752,855,402
2
India
IND
622,480,340
3
United States
USA
144,872,845
4
Indonesia
INO
130,868,127
5
Brazil
BRA
107,764,996
6
Pakistan
PAK
96,344,277
7
Bangladesh
BAN
78,913,289
8
Nigeria
NIG
77,108,499
9
Russia
RUS
69,640,160
10
Mexico
MEX
60,460,418
11
Japan
JPN
53,873,803
12
Philippines
PHI
51,887,757
13
Vietnam
VTN
51,043,216
14
Iran
IRN
47,324,105
15
Egypt
EGP
42,946,553
16
Turkey
TUR
41,847,478
17
Ethiopia
ETH
41,143,474
18
Germany
GER
37,010,559
19
Thailand
THA
35,543,014
20
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
34,112,410
21
Myanmar
MYA
30,258,643
22
France
FRA
30,111,868
23
United Kingdom
UKD
29,948,413
24
Italy
ITA
28,011,003
25
South Africa
SAF
26,250,220
26
South Korea
SKO
25,709,049
27
Colombia
COL
24,084,498
28
Sudan
SUD
24,061,430
29
Spain
SPA
23,136,275
30
Ukraine
UKR
22,195,911
31
Algeria
ALG
20,741,263
32
Argentina
ARG
20,179,430
33
Kenya
KEN
19,600,998
34
Poland
POL
18,826,137
35
Saudi Arabia
SAR
17,703,745
36
Morocco
MOR
17,157,065
37
Iraq
IRQ
16,399,240
38
Canada
CAN
16,110,865
39
Uzbekistan
UZB
15,912,566
40
Peru
PER
15,352,302
41
Malaysia
MLY
15,201,837
42
Nepal
NEP
14,739,923
43
Uganda
UGA
14,707,350
44
Afghanistan
AFG
14,325,743
45
Venezuela
VEN
14,260,129
46
North Korea
NKO
13,045,878
47
Ghana
GHA
12,561,805
48
Syria
SYR
12,450,728
49
Taiwan
TAI
12,196,809
50
Yemen
YEM
11,266,221
51
Ivory Coast
IVC
11,160,747
52
Romania
ROM
11,007,501
53
Sri Lanka
SRL
10,927,071
54
Australia
AUS
10,808,002
55
Tanzania
TAN
10,258,498
56
Madagascar
MAD
10,145,026
57
Cameroon
CAM
9,487,157
58
Chile
CHI
8,657,902
59
Kazakhstan
KAZ
8,585,003
60
Cambodia
CMB
8,120,963
61
Netherlands
NET
7,820,960
62
Ecuador
ECU
7,696,551
63
Guatemala
GUA
7,063,622
64
Niger
NGR
6,754,519
65
Angola
ANG
6,244,205
66
Zambia
ZAM
6,166,905
67
Chad
CHD
6,030,834
68
Mali
MAL
5,991,557
69
Cuba
CUB
5,980,621
70
Tunisia
TUN
5,850,224
71
United Arab Emirates
UAE
5,820,789
72
Zimbabwe
ZIM
5,584,086
73
South Sudan
SSU
5,245,155
74
Bolivia
BOL
5,075,416
75
Azerbaijan
AZR
5,042,346
76
Czechia
CZC
5,011,174
77
Greece
GRE
4,993,347
78
Belarus
BLR
4,982,905
79
Belgium
BEL
4,833,107
80
Dominican Republic
DOM
4,819,818
81
Portugal
POR
4,804,949
82
Mozambique
MOZ
4,629,744
83
Hungary
HUN
4,618,081
84
Sweden
SWE
4,116,808
85
Honduras
HON
4,104,696
86
Tajikistan
TAJ
4,095,924
87
Austria
AST
4,017,691
88
Singapore
SIN
4,017,314
89
Israel
ISR
3,647,983
90
Switzerland
SWI
3,632,250
91
Libya
LBY
3,552,871
92
Serbia
SER
3,468,274
93
Paraguay
PAR
3,372,366
94
Jordan
JOR
3,346,692
95
Bulgaria
BUL
3,278,916
96
Laos
LAO
3,248,143
97
El Salvador
ESL
3,106,010
98
Nicaragua
NIC
3,030,436
99
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
3,029,935
100
Turkmenistan
TKM
2,797,493
101
Slovakia
SLK
2,776,970
102
Somalia
SOM
2,702,167
103
Denmark
DEN
2,590,457
104
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
2,394,632
105
Ireland
IRE
2,366,779
106
Central African Republic
CAR
2,348,581
107
Finland
FIN
2,307,420
108
Georgia
GEO
2,249,744
109
Liberia
LIB
2,226,923
110
Norway
NOR
2,170,365
111
Lebanon
LEB
2,135,026
112
New Zealand
NWZ
2,115,989
113
Croatia
CRO
2,088,265
114
Moldova
MOL
2,014,503
115
Republic of the Congo
ROC
1,938,754
116
Mongolia
MON
1,818,609
117
Lithuania
LIT
1,779,322
118
Oman
OMA
1,764,529
119
Panama
PAN
1,759,698
120
Armenia
ARM
1,696,085
121
Kuwait
KUW
1,641,971
122
Mauritania
MAU
1,555,374
123
Uruguay
URU
1,549,878
124
Albania
ALB
1,519,438
125
Sierra Leone
SIE
1,432,872
126
Macedonia
MAC
1,053,116
127
Slovenia
SLV
1,002,714
128
Botswana
BOT
962,617
129
Gabon
GAB
842,741
130
Latvia
LAT
840,595
131
Bahrain
BAH
806,505
132
Qatar
QTR
612,164
133
Estonia
EST
596,014
134
Namibia
NAM
582,642
135
Bhutan
BUT
176,808
136
Montenegro
MTN
146,191
137
Suriname
SUR
132,740