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RANKING · METHODOLOGY VERSION 1
Full-time active military personnel. Definitions and dates may differ between publications.
| Rank | Country | Active personnel | Effective date | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2,000,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 2 | India | 1,500,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 3 | United States | 1,321,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 4 | North Korea | 1,280,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 5 | Russia | 1,264,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 6 | Ukraine | 677,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 7 | Pakistan | 660,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 8 | Iran | 610,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 503,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 10 | Egypt | 450,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 10 | South Korea | 450,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 10 | Vietnam | 450,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 13 | Indonesia | 400,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 14 | Türkiye | 395,800 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 15 | Thailand | 360,850 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 16 | Brazil | 339,781 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 17 | Eritrea | 301,750 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 18 | Mexico | 301,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 19 | Colombia | 285,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 20 | Poland | 263,600 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 260,450 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 22 | Saudi Arabia | 250,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 23 | Japan | 217,701 | 31 Mar 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 24 | France | 202,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 25 | Morocco | 195,800 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 26 | Iraq | 193,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 27 | Italy | 191,600 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 28 | Germany | 183,200 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 173,650 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 30 | Israel | 170,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 30 | Taiwan | 170,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 32 | Philippines | 162,450 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 33 | South Sudan | 153,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 150,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 35 | Nigeria | 148,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 145,300 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 37 | Algeria | 139,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 38 | Myanmar | 134,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 39 | United Kingdom | 125,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 40 | Cambodia | 124,300 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 41 | Venezuela | 123,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 42 | Yemen | 122,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 43 | Spain | 119,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 44 | Greece | 113,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 45 | Malaysia | 113,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 46 | Angola | 107,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 47 | Sudan | 104,300 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 48 | Jordan | 100,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 49 | Nepal | 96,600 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 50 | Peru | 81,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 51 | Romania | 80,300 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 52 | Argentina | 72,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 53 | South Africa | 69,900 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 54 | Canada | 68,714 | 31 Aug 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 55 | Chile | 68,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 68,200 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 65,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 58 | Lebanon | 60,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 59 | Australia | 58,900 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 56,800 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 61 | Singapore | 51,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 62 | Cuba | 49,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 63 | Belarus | 48,600 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 64 | Uzbekistan | 48,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 65 | Netherlands | 47,300 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 66 | Uganda | 45,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 67 | Cameroon | 43,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 68 | Armenia | 42,900 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 69 | Oman | 42,600 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 70 | Ecuador | 40,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 71 | Niger | 39,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 39,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 36,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 74 | Tunisia | 35,800 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 75 | Bolivia | 34,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 76 | Chad | 33,250 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 77 | Rwanda | 33,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 78 | Czechia | 32,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 79 | Portugal | 30,500 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 80 | Burundi | 30,050 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 81 | Laos | 29,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 29,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 83 | Serbia | 28,150 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 84 | Finland | 28,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 85 | Norway | 28,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 86 | Ivory Coast | 27,400 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 27,300 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 88 | Tanzania | 27,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 89 | Sweden | 26,800 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 90 | El Salvador | 26,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 91 | Kenya | 24,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 92 | Austria | 23,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 93 | Belgium | 22,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 94 | Switzerland | 22,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 95 | Uruguay | 21,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 96 | Mali | 21,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 97 | Georgia | 20,650 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 20,600 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 98 | Hungary | 20,600 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 100 | Lithuania | 20,200 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 101 | Ghana | 19,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 101 | Somalia | 19,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 103 | Denmark | 18,500 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 104 | Guatemala | 18,050 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 105 | Zambia | 17,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 106 | Kuwait | 17,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 107 | Qatar | 16,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 108 | Mauritania | 15,850 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 109 | Honduras | 14,950 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 110 | Croatia | 14,300 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 111 | Central African Republic | 14,150 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 111 | Senegal | 14,150 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 113 | Slovakia | 14,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 114 | Paraguay | 13,950 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 115 | Togo | 13,750 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 116 | Madagascar | 13,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 117 | Benin | 12,300 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 118 | Mozambique | 12,050 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 119 | Cyprus | 12,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 12,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 121 | Namibia | 11,600 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 10,900 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 123 | Malawi | 10,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10,650 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 125 | Republic of the Congo | 10,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 126 | Guinea | 9,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 126 | Mongolia | 9,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 128 | Botswana | 9,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 129 | New Zealand | 8,900 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 130 | Tajikistan | 8,800 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 131 | Sierra Leone | 8,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 132 | Djibouti | 8,450 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 133 | Latvia | 8,300 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 134 | Bahrain | 8,200 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 135 | Ireland | 7,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 136 | Brunei | 7,200 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 137 | Albania | 6,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 6,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 139 | Jamaica | 5,950 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 140 | Slovenia | 5,900 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 141 | Moldova | 5,150 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 142 | Estonia | 5,100 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 143 | Gabon | 4,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,650 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 145 | Guinea-Bissau | 4,450 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 146 | The Gambia | 4,100 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 147 | Fiji | 4,040 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 148 | Maldives | 4,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 4,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 150 | Guyana | 3,400 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 151 | Kosovo | 3,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 152 | East Timor | 2,250 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 153 | Liberia | 2,010 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 154 | Haiti | 2,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 154 | Lesotho | 2,000 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 154 | Montenegro | 2,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 157 | Suriname | 1,840 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,750 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 159 | Malta | 1,700 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 160 | Belize | 1,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 160 | The Bahamas | 1,500 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 162 | Cape Verde | 1,200 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 1,000 | 1 Jan 2026 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 164 | Barbados | 610 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 165 | Tonga | 600 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 166 | Seychelles | 420 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 200 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 168 | Vatican City | 135 | 1 Jan 2024 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 169 | Costa Rica | 0 | 1 Jan 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 169 | Iceland | 0 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 169 | Mauritius | 0 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 169 | Palestine | 0 | 1 Nov 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
| 169 | Panama | 0 | 1 Jan 2025 | medium | Claim record ↗ |
Each snapshot preserves the values, source-claim IDs and methodology version used at publication.