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Paramilitary Forces Strength by Country (2023)



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Ranking the total available paramilitary force strength by country, from highest to lowest.



Paramilitary forces / organizations are semi-military entities that can strengthen a given nation's fighting capability on the ground. The value is used in the final GFP ranking to further refine a nation's overall military strength. Some nations can field a frontline, reserve, and paramilitary force while others not capable of sustaining reserves make paramilitary forces a vital component to its defense. Others do not officially support a paramilitary force but may still call upon one.

Data presented on this list is through 2023. Estimates are made when official data is not available.
Photograph of an Iraqi paramilitary force on display parade.


Paramilitary Forces (TOP 5)
1
Bangladesh
BNG
6,800,000
2
India
IND
2,527,000
3
Venezuela
VEN
1,600,000
4
Cuba
CUB
1,146,000
5
China
CHN
625,000
6
Pakistan
PAK
500,000
7
Brazil
BRA
400,000
8
Yemen
YEM
375,000
9
Egypt
EGY
300,000
10
Indonesia
INO
280,000
11
Russia
RUS
250,000
12
Algeria
ALG
200,000
13
North Korea
NKO
200,000
14
Colombia
COL
185,000
15
South Africa
SAF
180,000
16
France
FRA
175,000
17
Turkiye
TKY
150,000
18
Iraq
IRQ
130,000
19
Saudi Arabia
SAR
125,000
20
Belarus
BLR
110,000


21
Italy
ITA
107,000
22
Laos
LAO
100,000
23
Malaysia
MLY
100,000
24
Mexico
MEX
100,000
25
Iran
IRN
90,000
26
Nigeria
NGA
80,000
27
Spain
SPN
80,000
28
South Korea
SKO
75,000
29
Afghanistan
AFG
60,000
30
Sudan
SDN
55,000
31
Chile
CHI
50,000
32
Myanmar
MYA
50,000
33
Peru
PER
50,000
34
Philippines
PHL
50,000
35
Syria
SYR
50,000
36
Ukraine
UKR
50,000
37
Norway
NOR
40,000
38
Vietnam
VET
40,000
39
Greece
GRE
35,000
40
Libya
LBY
35,000


41
Poland
POL
32,500
42
Kazakhstan
KAZ
32,000
43
Dominican Republic
DOM
30,000
44
Guatemala
GUA
30,000
45
Panama
PAN
27,000
46
Lebanon
LEB
25,000
47
Morocco
MOR
25,000
48
Portugal
POR
24,700
49
Honduras
HON
23,000
50
Sweden
SWE
22,000
51
Argentina
ARG
20,000
52
Estonia
EST
16,000
53
Azerbaijan
AZR
15,000
54
El Salvador
ESL
15,000
55
Jordan
JOR
15,000
56
Kenya
KEN
15,000
57
Romania
ROM
15,000
58
Finland
FIN
14,000
59
Japan
JPN
14,000
60
Cameroon
CAM
12,500


61
Hungary
HUN
12,000
62
United Arab Emirates
UAE
12,000
63
Taiwan
TWN
11,500
64
Lithuania
LIT
11,000
65
Sri Lanka
SRL
11,000
66
Angola
ANG
10,000
67
Cambodia
CMB
10,000
68
Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRC
10,000
69
Kyrgyzstan
KYR
10,000
70
Madagascar
MAD
10,000
71
Mongolia
MGL
10,000
72
Montenegro
MTN
10,000
73
Nepal
NEP
10,000
74
Paraguay
PAR
10,000
75
Singapore
SNG
10,000
76
Tunisia
TUN
10,000
77
Uzbekistan
UZB
10,000
78
Zimbabwe
ZIM
10,000
79
Latvia
LAT
8,200
80
Israel
ISR
8,000


81
Ivory Coast
IVC
7,000
82
Kuwait
KUW
7,000
83
Oman
OMA
6,000
84
Thailand
THL
6,000
85
Canada
CAN
5,500
86
Tajikistan
TJK
5,500
87
Georgia
GEO
5,400
88
Chad
CHD
5,000
89
Mauritania
MAU
5,000
90
Namibia
NAM
5,000
91
Netherlands
NTH
5,000
92
Qatar
QTR
5,000
93
Serbia
SRB
5,000
94
Slovenia
SLV
5,000
95
Turkmenistan
TKM
5,000
96
Armenia
ARM
4,300
97
North Macedonia
MAC
4,000
98
Bahrain
BAH
3,000
99
Niger
NGR
3,000
100
Croatia
CRO
2,000


101
Gabon
GAB
2,000
102
Mali
MAL
2,000
103
Republic of the Congo
ROC
2,000
104
Uganda
UGA
1,500
105
Uruguay
URU
1,500
106
Central African Republic
CAR
1,000
107
Moldova
MOL
1,000
108
Tanzania
TNZ
1,000
109
Zambia
ZAM
1,000
110
Albania
ALB
500
111
Ecuador
ECU
500
112
Burkina Faso
BKF
250
113
Australia
AUS
0
114
Austria
AST
0
115
Belgium
BEL
0
116
Beliz
BLZ
0
117
Benin
BEN
0
118
Bhutan
BUT
0
119
Bolivia
BOL
0
120
Bosnia and Herzegovina
BOS
0


121
Botswana
BOT
0
122
Bulgaria
BUL
0
123
Czechia
CZC
0
124
Denmark
DEN
0
125
Eritrea
ERI
0
126
Ethiopia
ETH
0
127
Germany
GER
0
128
Ghana
GHA
0
129
Iceland
ICE
0
130
Ireland
IRE
0
131
Kosovo
KOS
0
132
Liberia
LIB
0
133
Luxembourg
LUX
0
134
Mozambique
MOZ
0
135
New Zealand
NWZ
0
136
Nicaragua
NIC
0
137
Senegal
SEN
0
138
Sierra Leone
SLE
0
139
Slovakia
SLK
0
140
Somalia
SOM
0


141
South Sudan
SSD
0
142
Suriname
SRN
0
143
Switzerland
SWZ
0
144
United Kingdom
UKD
0
145
United States
USA
0
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