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Population Fit-for-Service by Country (2023)



MILITARY | PERSONNEL

Ranking the total available population fit for military service by country, from highest to lowest.



Victory in war ultimately comes down to available manpower that is Fit for Military Service, a crucial factor in the GFP ranking as it represents the portion of a given population that is (theoretically) available to assist in a war effort. This assumes able-bodied persons suitable for the fighting and material production involved in waging a long-running campaign. Manpower Fit-for-Military-Service is used by the GFP final ranking to further refine a nation's overall military strength. Those nations with inherently large overall populations will, rather appropriately, be capable of offering more personnel that are fit for military service.

Data presented on this list is through 2023. Estimates are made when official data is not available.
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Reaching Mil.Age Yrly (TOP 5)
1
China
CHN
624,869,113
2
India
IND
515,555,492
3
United States
USA
123,129,813
4
Indonesia
INO
112,872,969
5
Brazil
BRA
87,547,744
6
Nigeria
NGA
85,981,356
7
Pakistan
PAK
82,594,107
8
Bangladesh
BNG
64,934,986
9
Mexico
MEX
49,206,520
10
Russia
RUS
46,583,210
11
Vietnam
VET
44,222,344
12
Japan
JPN
43,226,739
13
Iran
IRN
40,776,403
14
Philippines
PHL
40,452,822
15
Egypt
EGY
37,073,060
16
Turkiye
TKY
35,627,466
17
Ethiopia
ETH
33,869,666
18
Germany
GER
31,028,517
19
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
29,486,900
20
Thailand
THL
27,859,247


21
United Kingdom
UKD
24,947,235
22
France
FRA
23,770,192
23
Italy
ITA
22,238,781
24
Myanmar
MYA
21,975,104
25
South Korea
SKO
21,256,382
26
Colombia
COL
18,985,919
27
Algeria
ALG
18,024,985
28
Spain
SPN
17,591,955
29
Argentina
ARG
17,295,880
30
Saudi Arabia
SAR
16,899,394
31
Sudan
SDN
16,258,052
32
Ukraine
UKR
15,539,545
33
Poland
POL
15,313,427
34
Morocco
MOR
14,989,197
35
South Africa
SAF
14,264,133
36
Iraq
IRQ
13,757,318
37
Uzbekistan
UZB
13,592,857
38
Kenya
KEN
13,463,382
39
Canada
CAN
13,304,942
40
Malaysia
MLY
13,209,858


41
Peru
PER
12,555,261
42
Venezuela
VEN
12,213,789
43
Syria
SYR
11,967,909
44
Nepal
NEP
11,561,307
45
Ghana
GHA
9,534,895
46
Uganda
UGA
9,287,384
47
Sri Lanka
SRL
9,019,944
48
Australia
AUS
8,992,631
49
Yemen
YEM
8,706,698
50
Afghanistan
AFG
8,436,278
51
Romania
ROM
7,889,477
52
Madagascar
MAD
7,606,565
53
Ivory Coast
IVC
7,522,917
54
Chile
CHI
7,427,454
55
Mozambique
MOZ
7,384,525
56
Kazakhstan
KAZ
6,634,229
57
Ecuador
ECU
6,362,556
58
Netherlands
NTH
6,351,301
59
Tanzania
TNZ
6,321,436
60
Guatemala
GUA
6,089,897


61
Cameroon
CAM
5,893,649
62
Burkina Faso
BKF
5,769,007
63
Cambodia
CMB
5,615,573
64
North Korea
NKO
5,242,938
65
Tunisia
TUN
5,115,697
66
Niger
NGR
4,921,402
67
United Arab Emirates
UAE
4,888,491
68
Cuba
CUB
4,755,504
69
Czechia
CZC
4,078,751
70
Mali
MAL
4,044,645
71
Bolivia
BOL
4,026,163
72
Greece
GRE
4,013,405
73
Dominican Republic
DOM
3,989,123
74
Portugal
POR
3,985,536
75
Zambia
ZAM
3,908,782
76
Senegal
SEN
3,889,299
77
Belgium
BEL
3,838,538
78
Azerbaijan
AZR
3,799,660
79
Hungary
HUN
3,734,337
80
South Sudan
SSD
3,694,370


81
Belarus
BLR
3,690,094
82
Chad
CHD
3,628,569
83
Austria
AST
3,609,801
84
Sweden
SWE
3,522,505
85
Angola
ANG
3,479,529
86
Tajikistan
TJK
3,310,323
87
Zimbabwe
ZIM
3,281,258
88
Libya
LBY
3,190,655
89
Honduras
HON
3,121,615
90
Israel
ISR
3,111,295
91
Switzerland
SWZ
3,037,605
92
Benin
BEN
2,984,767
93
Jordan
JOR
2,936,608
94
Paraguay
PAR
2,935,207
95
Bulgaria
BUL
2,646,202
96
Nicaragua
NIC
2,621,582
97
Serbia
SRB
2,608,175
98
Singapore
SNG
2,581,657
99
El Salvador
ESL
2,489,554
100
Laos
LAO
2,456,622


101
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
2,446,915
102
Slovakia
SLK
2,297,420
103
Georgia
GEO
2,240,725
104
Turkmenistan
TKM
2,203,680
105
Denmark
DEN
2,107,793
106
Ireland
IRE
2,015,052
107
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
1,965,476
108
Finland
FIN
1,904,526
109
Liberia
LIB
1,886,186
110
Norway
NOR
1,821,660
111
Lebanon
LEB
1,753,245
112
New Zealand
NWZ
1,738,233
113
Somalia
SOM
1,709,302
114
Moldova
MOL
1,637,088
115
Croatia
CRO
1,579,198
116
Eritrea
ERI
1,564,734
117
Mongolia
MGL
1,526,779
118
Kuwait
KUW
1,417,488
119
Armenia
ARM
1,377,347
120
Lithuania
LIT
1,360,558


121
Uruguay
URU
1,315,184
122
Albania
ALB
1,287,663
123
Oman
OMA
1,245,999
124
Republic of the Congo
ROC
1,231,280
125
Central African Republic
CAR
1,210,906
126
Panama
PAN
1,171,197
127
Sierra Leone
SLE
1,147,424
128
Mauritania
MAU
1,136,206
129
Taiwan
TWN
1,061,132
130
Slovenia
SLV
827,876
131
North Macedonia
MAC
782,054
132
Kosovo
KOS
734,216
133
Bahrain
BAH
708,657
134
Latvia
LAT
663,201
135
Botswana
BOT
600,830
136
Gabon
GAB
507,913
137
Qatar
QTR
481,571
138
Estonia
EST
462,802
139
Namibia
NAM
390,019
140
Bhutan
BUT
119,753


141
Luxembourg
LUX
89,750
142
Beliz
BLZ
89,488
143
Montenegro
MTN
85,905
144
Suriname
SRN
82,243
145
Iceland
ICE
49,349
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