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 | 75 000 | 80 000 |
| Albania | 7 500 | 8 600 |
| Algeria | 130 000 | 610 000 |
| Angola | 107 000 | 117 000 |
| Argentina | 108 000 | 128 000 |
| Armenia | 65 000 | 272 500 |
| Australia | 58 900 | 89 400 |
| Austria | 25 000 | 141 600 |
| Azerbaijan | 128 000 | 441 400 |
| Bahrain | 18 400 | 129 900 |
| Bangladesh | 204 000 | 6 963 000 |
| Belarus | 63 000 | 263 000 |
| Belgium | 26 400 | 31 400 |
| Belize | 2 000 | 2 500 |
| Benin | 4 750 | 4 750 |
| Bhutan | 16 000 | 16 000 |
| Bolivia | 40 000 | 80 000 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18 000 | 18 770 |
| Botswana | 12 000 | 21 000 |
| Brazil | 376 000 | 900 000 |
| Bulgaria | 37 000 | 40 000 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 500 | 16 500 |
| Cambodia | 124 300 | 231 000 |
| Cameroon | 38 000 | 52 500 |
| Canada | 63 500 | 100 500 |
| CAR | 30 000 | 30 000 |
| Chad | 37 800 | 38 250 |
| Chile | 80 000 | 170 000 |
| China | 2 035 000 | 3 170 000 |
| Colombia | 429 000 | 478 200 |
| Congo | 10 000 | 11 000 |
| Croatia | 14 300 | 36 425 |
| Cuba | 50 000 | 1 230 500 |
| Czech Republic | 30 300 | 32 200 |
| Denmark | 21 000 | 83 000 |
| Dominican Republic | 89 000 | 89 000 |
| DPRK | 1 320 000 | 1 980 000 |
| DRC | 166 600 | 208 000 |
| Ecuador | 41 300 | 160 750 |
| Egypt | 438 500 | 1 220 000 |
| El Salvador | 25 000 | 50 000 |
| Eritrea | 350 000 | 350 000 |
| Estonia | 7 700 | 96 500 |
| Ethiopia | 503 000 | 503 000 |
| Finland | 24 000 | 947 800 |
| France | 264 000 | 376 000 |
| Gabon | 5 000 | 7 300 |
| Georgia | 37 000 | 207 500 |
| Germany | 184 300 | 215 600 |
| Ghana | 15 500 | 15 500 |
| Greece | 142 700 | 419 050 |
| Guatemala | 106 100 | 231 000 |
| Honduras | 52 200 | 135 200 |
| Hungary | 41 600 | 76 600 |
| India | 1 431 000 | 5 137 550 |
| Indonesia | 404 500 | 1 050 000 |
| Iran | 610 000 | 1180 000 |
| Iraq | 193 000 | 293 000 |
| Ireland | 7 600 | 9 465 |
| Israel | 169 500 | 670 000 |
| Italy | 165 500 | 289 000 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 000 | 27 500 |
| Japan | 251 500 | 328 150 |
| Jordan | 114 500 | 200 500 |
| Kazakhstan | 110 000 | 300 000 |
| Kenya | 50 000 | 75 000 |
| Kosovo | 4 000 | 15 000 |
| Kuwait | 78 000 | 103 500 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 23 000 | 378 000 |
| Laos | 100 000 | 250 000 |
| Latvia | 17 900 | 65 750 |
| Lebanon | 80 000 | 160 000 |
| Liberia | 2 100 | 7 000 |
| Libya | 32 000 | 132 000 |
| Lithuania | 23 000 | 141 150 |
| Luxembourg | 1 200 | 1 200 |
| Madagascar | 13 500 | 21 600 |
| Malaysia | 113 000 | 264 600 |
| Mali | 40 000 | 44 800 |
| Mauritania | 31 500 | 102 540 |
| Mexico | 387 000 | 630 655 |
| Moldova | 6 500 | 77 500 |
| Mongolia | 35 000 | 220 000 |
| Montenegro | 2 350 | 7 850 |
| Morocco | 400 000 | 400 000 |
| Mozambique | 11 200 | 14 200 |
| Myanmar | 228 000 | 228 000 |
| Namibia | 17 600 | 18 000 |
| Nepal | 98 500 | 110 000 |
| Netherlands | 44 200 | 53 145 |
| New Zealand | 10 000 | 11 920 |
| Nicaragua | 45 000 | 50 500 |
| Niger | 25 000 | 30 000 |
| Nigeria | 230 000 | 280 000 |
| North Macedonia | 10 000 | 72 500 |
| Norway | 33 400 | 63 250 |
| Oman | 100 000 | 152 600 |
| Pakistan | 660 000 | 1 704 000 |
| Panama | 16 300 | 80 000 |
| Paraguay | 15 650 | 199 150 |
| Peru | 120 000 | 565 000 |
| Philippines | 160 000 | 1385 000 |
| Poland | 250 000 | 602 100 |
| Portugal | 25 000 | 260 400 |
| Qatar | 26 600 | 87 050 |
| Romania | 90 000 | 151 300 |
| Russia | 1 550 500 | 3 570 000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 247 000 | 407 000 |
| Senegal | 17 000 | 17 000 |
| Serbia | 22 500 | 627 000 |
| Sierra Leone | 13 000 | 13 000 |
| Singapore | 51 000 | 315 500 |
| Slovakia | 21 000 | 21 000 |
| Slovenia | 7 000 | 38 300 |
| South Africa | 68 700 | 150 585 |
| South Korea | 450 000 | 3 820 000 |
| South Sudan | 185 000 | 185 000 |
| Spain | 121 800 | 226 900 |
| Sri Lanka | 346 000 | 436 000 |
| Sudan | 300 000 | 300 000 |
| Suriname | 2 500 | 2 500 |
| Sweden | 25 600 | 82 300 |
| Switzerland | 147 200 | 156 300 |
| Taiwan | 230 000 | 2 580 000 |
| Tajikistan | 150 000 | 629 500 |
| Tanzania | 25 000 | 113 500 |
| Thailand | 360 850 | 585 850 |
| Tunisia | 89 800 | 101 800 |
| Turkey | 481 000 | 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 | 141 300 | 1 108 860 |
| Uruguay | 24 000 | 30 000 |
| USA | 1 333 030 | 2 127 500 |
| Uzbekistan | 120 000 | 120 000 |
| Venezuela | 109 000 | 337 000 |
| Vietnam | 450 000 | 5 850 000 |
| Yemen | 33 400 | 86 700 |
| Zambia | 15 200 | 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 | Russia | 1 550 500 |
| 3 | India | 1 431 000 |
| 4 | USA | 1 333 030 |
| 5 | DPRK | 1 320 000 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 900 000 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 660 000 |
| 8 | Iran | 610 000 |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 503 000 |
| 10 | Turkey | 481 000 |
| 11 | Vietnam | 450 000 |
| 12 | South Korea | 450 000 |
| 13 | Egypt | 438 500 |
| 14 | Colombia | 429 000 |
| 15 | Indonesia | 404 500 |
| 16 | Morocco | 400 000 |
| 17 | Mexico | 387 000 |
| 18 | Brazil | 376 000 |
| 19 | Thailand | 360 850 |
| 20 | Eritrea | 350 000 |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 346 000 |
| 22 | Sudan | 300 000 |
| 23 | France | 264 000 |
| 24 | Japan | 251 500 |
| 25 | Poland | 250 000 |
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