Largest Armies in the World 2026 by Active Personnel

Counting active-duty soldiers only; reserves and paramilitary forces are listed on each country page.

Other rankings: Defense budget (US$) ยท Main battle tanks ยท Combat aircraft ยท Fleet strength score ยท Estimated nuclear warheads

#CountryActive military personnel
1๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China2,035,000
2๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia1,632,000
3๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India1,500,700
4๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States1,340,150
5๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea1,280,000
6๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia1,264,000
7๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine677,000
8๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan660,000
9๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran610,000
10๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia503,000
11๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea450,000
12๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam450,000
13๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt438,500
14๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil374,500
15๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand360,850
16๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey355,200
17๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea301,750
18๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico301,000
19๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia285,000
20๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka260,450
21๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia257,000
22๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan247,150
23๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France203,900
24๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco195,800
25๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq193,000
26๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany179,850
27๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland173,000
28๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan172,000
29๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh171,250
30๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan170,600
31๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel169,500
32๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines162,450
33๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy160,400
34๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria143,000
35๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom141,100
36๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria139,000
37๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar134,000
38๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece131,650
39๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ DR Congo128,350
40๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia124,300
41๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela123,000
42๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain122,200
43๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia113,000
44๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola107,000
45๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan104,300
46๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan100,500
47๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal96,600
48๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan90,000
49๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina83,000
50๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru81,000
51๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania69,900
52๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa69,200
53๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile68,500
54๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan68,200
55๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates63,000
56๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada62,300
57๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon60,000
58๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia58,540
59๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic56,800
60๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore51,000
61๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba49,000
62๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus48,600
63๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan48,000
64๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda45,000
65๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia42,900
66๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman42,600
67๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen40,000
68๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador39,600
69๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger39,100
70๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan39,000
71๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria36,950
72๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan36,500
73๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia35,800
74๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia34,100
75๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands33,650
76๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad33,250
77๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda33,000
78๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary32,150
79๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi30,050
80๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos29,100
81๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe29,000
82๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia28,150
83๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast27,400
84๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania27,000
85๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia26,600
86๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal26,050
87๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway25,400
88๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon25,400
89๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia25,000
90๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya24,100
91๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland23,850
92๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium23,500
93๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria22,200
94๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland21,300
95๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay21,100
96๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali21,000
97๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia20,650
98๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana19,000
99๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala18,050
100๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait17,500
101๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia17,100
102๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia16,800
103๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar16,500
104๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania16,100
105๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan16,000
106๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia15,850
107๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania15,850
108๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras14,950
109๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden14,850
110๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay13,950
111๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo13,750
112๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal13,600
113๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar13,500
114๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark13,100
115๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin12,300
116๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus12,000
117๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua12,000
118๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia11,600
119๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique11,200
120๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan10,900
121๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi10,700
122๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina10,650
123๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Republic of the Congo10,000
124๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia9,700
125๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea9,700
126๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland9,500
127๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic9,150
128๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana9,000
129๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan8,800
130๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand8,700
131๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone8,500
132๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti8,450
133๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain8,200
134๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia8,000
135๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania7,500
136๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei7,200
137๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia7,100
138๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso7,000
139๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia6,600
140๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia6,200
141๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica5,950
142๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova5,150
143๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon4,700
144๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau4,450
145๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia4,100
146๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago4,050
147๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji4,040
148๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea4,000
149๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives4,000
150๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana3,400
151๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo3,000
152๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini3,000
153๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro2,885
154๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador2,600
155๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste2,250
156๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia2,010
157๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho2,000
158๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize2,000
159๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname1,840
160๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea1,750
161๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta1,700
162๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas1,500
163๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cape Verde1,200
164๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg1,100
165๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros1,000
166๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga750
167๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti700
168๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados610
169๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino445
170๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles420
171๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis300
172๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sรฃo Tomรฉ and Prรญncipe300
173๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco250
174๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda200

Sources and index weights: methodology.