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"The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected." — Sun Tzu, The Art of War (translated by Lionel Giles)
As of 2025
No data for Andorra, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Libya, Liechtenstein, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, St. Lucia, Syria, Tuvalu, Vatican City and Vanuatu
Costa Rica, Iceland, Mauritius, and Panama do not have militaries
Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies
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Answer
Number of soldiers
China
2,035,000
India
1,475,750
United States
1,315,600
North Korea
1,280,000
Russia
1,134,000
Ukraine
730,000
Pakistan
660,000
Iran
610,000
Ethiopia
503,000
South Korea
500,000
Vietnam
450,000
Egypt
438,000
Indonesia
404,500
Brazil
374,500
Thailand
360,850
Turkey
355,200
Eritrea
301,750
Mexico
287,000
Colombia
269,000
Sri Lanka
262,000
Saudi Arabia
257,000
Japan
247,150
France
202,100
Morocco
195,800
Iraq
193,000
Germany
179,850
Afghanistan
172,000
Bangladesh
171,00
Israel
169,500
Taiwan
169,000
Poland
164,100
Italy
161,850
Philippines
146,250
Nigeria
143,000
United Kingdom
141,000
Algeria
139,000
Myanmar
134,000
Greece
132,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo
128,350
Cambodia
124,300
Venezuela
123,000
Spain
122,200
Malaysia
113,000
Angola
107,000
Sudan
104,300
Jordan
100,500
Nepal
96,600
South Sudan
90,000
Argentina
83,000
Peru
81,000
Romania
69,900
South Africa
69,200
Chile
68,500
Azerbaijan
68,200
United Arab Emirates
63,000
Canada
62,000
Lebanon
60,000
Australia
58,540
Dominican Republic
56,800
Singapore
51,000
Cuba
49,000
Belarus
48,600
Uzbekistan
48,000
Uganda
45,000
Armenia
42,900
Oman
42,600
Yemen
40,000
Ecuador
39,600
Niger
39,100
Kazakhstan
39,000
Bulgaria
36,950
Turkmenistan
36,500
Tunisia
35,800
Bolivia
34,100
Netherlands
33,650
Chad
33,250
Rwanda
33,000
Hungary
32,150
Burundi
30,050
Laos
29,100
Zimbabwe
29,000
Serbia
28,150
Côte d'Ivoire
27,400
Tanzania
27,000
Czech Republic
26,600
Portugal
26,050
Cameroon
25,400
Answer
Number of soldiers
Norway
25,400
Somalia
25,000
Kenya
24,100
Finland
23,850
Belgium
23,500
Austria
22,200
Switzerland
21,300
Uruguay
21,100
Mali
21,000
Georgia
20,650
Ghana
19,000
Guatemala
18,050
Kuwait
17,500
Zambia
17,100
Croatia
16,800
Qatar
16,500
Lithuania
16,100
Bhutan
16,000
Mauritania
15,850
Slovakia
15,850
Honduras
14,950
Sweden
14,850
Paraguay
13,950
Togo
13,750
Senegal
13,600
Madagascar
13,500
Denmark
13,100
Benin
12,300
Cyprus
12,000
Nicaragua
12,000
Namibia
11,600
Mozambique
11,200
Kyrgyzstan
10,900
Malawi
10,700
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10,650
Republic of the Congo
10,000
Guinea
9,700
Mongolia
9,700
Ireland
9,500
Central African Republic
9,150
Botswana
9,000
Tajikistan
8,800
New Zealand
8,700
Sierra Leone
8,500
Djibouti
8,450
Bahrain
8,200
North Macedonia
8,000
Albania
7,500
Brunei
7,200
Estonia
7,100
Burkina Faso
7,000
Latvia
6,600
Slovenia
6,200
Jamaica
5,950
Moldova
5,150
Gabon
4,700
Guinea-Bissau
4,450
Gambia
4,100
Trinidad and Tobago
4,050
Fiji
4,040
Maldives
4,000
Papua New Guinea
4,000
Guyana
3,400
Eswatini
3,000
Kosovo
3,000
Montenegro
2,885
El Salvador
2,600
East Timor
2,250
Liberia
2,010
Belize
2,000
Lesotho
2,000
Suriname
1,840
Equatorial Guinea
1,750
Malta
1,700
Bahamas
1,500
Cabo Verde
1,200
Luxembourg
1,100
Comoros
1,000
Tonga
 
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San Marino
 
Seychelles
 
Saint Kitts and Nevis
 
São Tomé and Príncipe
 
Monaco
 
Antigua and Barbuda
 
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