The army size of the world’s countries
● The list of countries by the military forces size (A-Z)
● Top-25 countries with the maximum size of the army
***Below there’s the data about the number of the armed forces in the world’s countries as of 2025. The data takes into account the number of soldiers and officers at active military service, as well as the potential army size, i.e. with the account of the reservists and the personnel which doesn’t formally belong to paramilitary formation.
Source: Globalfirepower.com
| The country | The army size (in 2025) | The number of the armed forces with the account of the military formations and reservists |
| Afghanistan | 80 000 | |
| Albania | 6600 | 8600 |
| Algeria | 325 000 | 610 000 |
| Angola | 107 000 | 117 000 |
| Argentina | 108 000 | 128 000 |
| Armenia | 57 500 | 272 500 |
| Australia | 57 350 | 89 400 |
| Austria | 16 000 | 141 600 |
| Azerbaijan | 126 400 | 441 400 |
| Bahrain | 18400 | 129 900 |
| Bangladesh | 163 000 | 6 963 000 |
| Belarus | 63 000 | 263 000 |
| Belgium | 25000 | 31400 |
| Belize | 1650 | 2500 |
| Benin | 4750 | 4750 |
| Bhutan | 7500 | 7500 |
| Bolivia | 40 000 | 80000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 770 | 18770 |
| Botswana | 21 000 | 21000 |
| Brazil | 360 000 | 900 000 |
| Bulgaria | 37 000 | 40 000 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 000 | 16500 |
| Cambodia | 221 000 | 231 000 |
| Cameroon | 40 000 | 52 500 |
| Canada | 68 000 | 100 500 |
| CAR | 10 000 | 11 000 |
| Chad | 33 250 | 38 250 |
| Chile | 80 000 | 170 000 |
| China | 2035000 | 3 170 000 |
| Colombia | 293 200 | 478 200 |
| Congo | 8500 | 11 000 |
| Croatia | 14325 | 36 425 |
| Cuba | 45 500 | 1 230 500 |
| Czech Republic | 28 000 | 32 200 |
| Denmark | 20 000 | 83 000 |
| Dominican Republic | 50 000 | 80000 |
| DPRK | 1 320 000 | 1 980 000 |
| DRC | 167 000 | 208 000 |
| Ecuador | 41 250 | 160 750 |
| Egypt | 440 000 | 1 220 000 |
| El Salvador | 25 000 | 50000 |
| Eritrea | 120 000 | 250 000 |
| Estonia | 7700 | 96 500 |
| Ethiopia | 162 000 | 162 000 |
| Finland | 24 000 | 947 800 |
| France | 200 000 | 376 000 |
| Gabon | 4800 | 7300 |
| Georgia | 55 000 | 207 500 |
| Germany | 181 600 | 215 600 |
| Ghana | 15 500 | 15500 |
| Greece | 142 700 | 419 050 |
| Guatemala | 106 000 | 231000 |
| Honduras | 52 200 | 135200 |
| Hungary | 41 600 | 76 600 |
| India | 1 455 550 | 5 137 550 |
| Indonesia | 400 000 | 1 050 000 |
| Iran | 610 000 | 1 180 000 |
| Iraq | 193 000 | 293 000 |
| Ireland | 7765 | 9465 |
| Israel | 170 000 | 670 000 |
| Italy | 165 500 | 289 000 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 000 | 27 500 |
| Japan | 247 150 | 328 150 |
| Jordan | 100 500 | 200 500 |
| Kazakhstan | 110 000 | 300 000 |
| Kenya | 50 000 | 75 000 |
| Kosovo | 10000 | 15000 |
| Kuwait | 72 000 | 103 500 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23000 | 378 000 |
| Laos | 100 000 | 250 000 |
| Latvia | 17 250 | 65 750 |
| Lebanon | 60 000 | 160 000 |
| Liberia | 1500 | 7000 |
| Libya | 32 000 | 132 000 |
| Lithuania | 23 000 | 141 150 |
| Luxembourg | 1000 | 1000 |
| Madagascar | 13 500 | 21 600 |
| Malaysia | 113 000 | 264 600 |
| Mali | 40 000 | 44 800 |
| Mauritania | 31 540 | 102 540 |
| Mexico | 412 000 | 630 655 |
| Moldova | 8500 | 77 500 |
| Mongolia | 35 000 | 220 000 |
| Montenegro | 2350 | 7850 |
| Morocco | 195 800 | 395 800 |
| Mozambique | 11 200 | 14 200 |
| Myanmar | 150 000 | 225 000 |
| Namibia | 13 000 | 18 000 |
| Nepal | 95 000 | 110 000 |
| Netherlands | 41 380 | 53 145 |
| New Zealand | 8670 | 11 920 |
| Nicaragua | 45 000 | 50 500 |
| Niger | 25 000 | 30 000 |
| Nigeria | 230 000 | 280 000 |
| North Macedonia | 9000 | 72 500 |
| Norway | 23 250 | 63 250 |
| Oman | 42 600 | 152 600 |
| Pakistan | 654 000 | 1704000 |
| Panama | 80000 | |
| Paraguay | 15 650 | 199 150 |
| Peru | 120 000 | 565 000 |
| Philippines | 150 000 | 1 385 000 |
| Poland | 202 100 | 602 100 |
| Portugal | 24000 | 260 400 |
| Qatar | 66 550 | 87 050 |
| Romania | 81 300 | 151 300 |
| Russia | 1 320 000 | 3 570 000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 257 000 | 407 000 |
| Senegal | 17 000 | 17000 |
| Serbia | 25000 | 627 000 |
| Sierra Leone | 13 000 | 13 000 |
| Singapore | 51 000 | 315500 |
| Slovakia | 19 500 | 19 500 |
| Slovenia | 7300 | 38 300 |
| South Africa | 71 200 | 150 585 |
| South Korea | 600 000 | 3 820 000 |
| South Sudan | 185 000 | 185 000 |
| Spain | 133 300 | 226 900 |
| Sri Lanka | 346 000 | 436 000 |
| Sudan | 92 000 | 194 500 |
| Suriname | 2000 | 2000 |
| Sweden | 24 400 | 82 300 |
| Switzerland | 101 600 | 156 300 |
| Taiwan | 215 000 | 2 580 000 |
| Tajikistan | 9500 | 629 500 |
| Tanzania | 27 000 | 113 500 |
| Thailand | 360 850 | 585 850 |
| Tunisia | 89 800 | 101 800 |
| Turkey | 355 200 | 883 900 |
| Turkmenistan | 36 500 | 40 000 |
| UAE | 65 000 | 207 000 |
| Uganda | 45 000 | 55 000 |
| Ukraine | 900 000 | 2 200 000 |
| United Kingdom | 185 000 | 1 108 860 |
| Uruguay | 25 000 | 30000 |
| USA | 1 328 000 | 2 127 500 |
| Uzbekistan | 48 000 | 68 000 |
| Venezuela | 109 000 | 337 000 |
| Vietnam | 600 000 | 5 850 000 |
| Yemen | 66 700 | 86 700 |
| Zambia | 15 150 | 16 350 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 000 | 50 800 |
Top-25 countries with the maximum size of the army up↑
| № | The country | The army size (in 2025) |
| 1 | China | 2 035 000 |
| 2 | India | 1 455 550 |
| 3 | USA | 1 328 000 |
| 4 | DPRK | 1 320 000 |
| 5 | Russia | 1 320 000 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 900 000 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 654 000 |
| 8 | Iran | 610 000 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 600 000 |
| 10 | South Korea | 600 000 |
| 11 | Egypt | 440 000 |
| 12 | Mexico | 412 000 |
| 13 | Indonesia | 400 000 |
| 14 | Thailand | 360 850 |
| 15 | Brazil | 360 000 |
| 16 | Turkey | 355 200 |
| 17 | Sri Lanka | 346 000 |
| 18 | Algeria | 325 000 |
| 19 | Colombia | 293 200 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 257 000 |
| 21 | Japan | 247 150 |
| 22 | Nigeria | 230 000 |
| 23 | Cambodia | 221 000 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 215 000 |
| 25 | Poland | 202 100 |
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