List of countries by number of active troops

This is a list of countries ranked in order of active troops in each state.

Rank	Nation	Active troops	Active troops per thousand citizens
1	People's Republic of China	2,250,000	1.72
2	United States	1,427,000	4.79
3	India	1,325,000	1.20
4	Russia	1,130,000	7.88
5	North Korea	1,022,000	44.6
6	South Korea	686,000	14.2
7	Turkey	679,734	9.18
8	Pakistan	620,000	3.82
9	Iran	540,000	7.94
10	Myanmar	488,000	11.4
11	Vietnam	484,000	5.79
12	Egypt	450,000	5.81
13	Syria	319,000	17.3
14	Thailand	314,200	4.80
15	Indonesia	302,000	1.25
16	Ukraine	295,500	6.23
17	Republic of China(Taiwan)	290,000	12.7
18	Brazil	287,600	1.55
19	Germany	284,500	3.45
20	France	259,050	4.27
21	Japan	239,000	1.88
22	United Kingdom	212,660	3.52
23	Eritrea	202,000	44.3
24	Colombia	200,000	4.66
24	Italy	200,000	3.42
26	Morocco	196,000	5.99
27	Mexico	192,770	1.82
28	Israel	167,600	24.3
29	Poland	163,000	4.22
30	Ethiopia	162,500	2.22
31	Sri Lanka	152,300	7.59
32	Spain	150,700	3.49
33	Angola	129,000 - 131,000	11.5 - 11.7
34	Algeria	127,500	3.92
35	Bangladesh	125,500	0.870
36	Cambodia	125,000	9.19
37	Saudi Arabia	124,500	4.71
38	Philippines	106,000	1.21
39	Sudan	104,500	2.60
40	Malaysia	104,000	3.97
41	Jordan	100,500	17.4
42	Peru	100,000	3.58
43	Democratic Republic of the Congo	97,800	1.63
44	Romania	97,200	4.35
45	Venezuela	82,300	3.24
46	Nigeria	78,500	0.610
47	Chile	77,300	4.75
48	Libya	76,000	13.2
49	Serbia and Montenegro	74,200	6.85
50	Belarus	72,940	7.08
51	Singapore	72,500	16.4
52	Lebanon	72,100	18.8
53	Argentina	71,400	1.81
54-55	Yemen	66,700	3.22
55-56	Azerbaijan	66,490	8.40
56-57	Kazakhstan	65,800	4.33
66-67	Canada	62,300	1.61
57-58	Afghanistan	60,000 - 70,000	2.00 - 2.34
59-60	Nepal	63,000	2.28
59	Uganda	60,000	2.20
60	Ecuador	59,500	4.45
61	Greece	58,399	5,47
62	Czech Republic	57,050	5.57
63	South Africa	55,750	1.26
64-65	Australia	53,650	2.64
65-66	Netherlands	53,130	3.24
64-71	Uzbekistan	50,000 - 55,000	1.86 - 2.05
67-68	Bulgaria	51,000	6.85
67-68	Rwanda	51,000	6.04
69-70	Burundi	50,500	7.93
69-70	United Arab Emirates	50,500	19.7
72	Cuba	46,000	4.05
73	Portugal	44,900	4.25
74	Armenia	44,660	15.0
75	Oman	41,700	13.9
76	Belgium	40,800	3.94
77	Tunisia	35,000	3.47
78	Austria	34,600	4.23
79	Hungary	33,400	3.31
80	Bolivia	31,500	3.56
81	Guatemala	31,400	2.14
82	Chad	30,350	3.09
83	Laos	29,100	4.68
84	Turkmenistan	29,000	5.86
84	Zimbabwe	29,000	2.28
86	Sweden	27,600	3.07
87	Finland	27,000	5.17
87	Tanzania	27,000	0.734
89	Norway	26,600	5.79
90	Dominican Republic	24,500	2.74
91	Kenya	24,120	0.713
92	Uruguay	24,000	7.03
93	Cameroon	23,100	1.41
94	Denmark	22,880	4.21
95	Albania	22,000	6.17
95	Slovakia	22,000	4.05
97	Croatia	20,800	4.63
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19,800	4.92
99	Paraguay	18,600	2.93
100	Zambia	18,100	1.61
101	Georgia	17,500	3.74
102	Côte d'Ivoire	17,050	0.99
103	Mauritania	15,750	5.10
104	El Salvador	15,500	2.31
104	Kuwait	15,500	6.64
106-107	Nicaragua	14,000	2.56
107-109	Senegal	13,620	1.22
108-110	Madagascar	13,500	0.748
106-110	Sierra Leone	13,000 - 14,000	2.16 - 2.33
106-115	Liberia	11,000 - 15,000	3.16 - 4.31
110-111	Republic of Macedonia	12,850	6.28
111-112	Lithuania	12,700	3.53
112-113	Qatar	12,400	14.4
113-114	Honduras	12,000	1.72
114-115	Bahrain	11,200	16.3
116	Kyrgyzstan	10,900	2.12
117	Burkina Faso	10,800	0.776
118	Ireland	10,460	2.53
119	Republic of the Congo	10,000	3.29
120	Djibouti	9,850	20.7
121	Guinea	9,700	1.02
122	Guinea-Bissau	9,250	6.53
123	Botswana	9,000	5.49
124	Namibia	9,000	4.43
125	New Zealand	8,610	2.10
126	Mongolia	8,600	3.08
127	Togo	8,550	1.50
128	Mozambique	8,200	0.423
129	Mali	7,350	0.598
130	Brunei	7,000	18.8
131	Ghana	7,000	0.333
132	Moldova	6,910	1.55
133	Cyprus	6,578	8.33
134	Slovenia	6,550	1.21
135	Tajikistan	6,000	0.838
136	Estonia	5,510	4.13
137	Malawi	5,300	0.436
138	Latvia	4,880	2.13
139	Gabon	4,700	3.38
140	Benin	4,550	0.610
141	Niger	4,300	0.369
142	Fiji	3,500	3.92
143	Switzerland	3,300	0.441
144	Papua New Guinea	3,100	0.559
145	Jamaica	2,830	1.04
146	Trinidad and Tobago	2,700	2.48
147	Central African Republic	2,550	0.671
148	Malta	2,140	5.37
149	Lesotho	2,000	1.07
150	Suriname	1,840	4.20
151	Guyana	1,600	2.09
152	Equatorial Guinea	1,320	2.46
153	Cape Verde	1,200	2.87
154	Belize	1,050	3.76
155	Luxembourg	900	1.92
156	Bahamas	860	2.85
157	Gambia	800	0.502
158	Timor-Leste	650	0.624
159	Barbados	610	2.18
160	Seychelles	450	5.54
161	Antigua and Barbuda	170	2.47