List of countries by number of active troops

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

Rank	Nation	Active troops (in thousands)
1	People's Republic of China	2250
2	United States	1427
3	India	1325
4	North Korea	1022
5	Russia	960.6
6	South Korea	686
7	Pakistan	620
8	Iran	540
9	Turkey	514.85
10	Myanmar	488
11	Vietnam	484
12	Egypt	450
13	Syria	319
14	Thailand	314.2
15	Indonesia	302
16	Ukraine	295.5
17	Republic of China	290
18	Brazil	287.6
19	Germany	284.5
20	France	259.05
21	Japan	239
22	United Kingdom	212.66
23	Eritrea	202
24	Colombia	200
24	Italy	200
26	Morocco	196
27	Mexico	192.77
28	Greece	177.6
29	Israel	167.6
30	Poland	163
31	Ethiopia	162.5
32	Sri Lanka	152.3
33	Spain	150.7
34	Angola	129–131
35	Algeria	127.5
36	Bangladesh	125.5
37	Cambodia	125
38	Saudi Arabia	124.5
39	Philippines	106
40	Sudan	104.5
41	Malaysia	104
42	Jordan	100.5
43	Peru	100
44	Democratic Republic of the Congo	97.8
45	Romania	97.2
46	Venezuela	82.3
47	Nigeria	78.5
48	Chile	77.3
49	Libya	76
50	Serbia and Montenegro	74.2
51	Belarus	72.94
52	Singapore	72.5
53	Lebanon	72.1
54	Argentina	71.4
55–56	Yemen	66.7
56–57	Azerbaijan	66.49
57–58	Kazakhstan	65.8
55–60	Afghanistan	60–70
58–59	Nepal	63
60	Uganda	60
61	Ecuador	59.5
62	Czech Republic	57.05
63	South Africa	55.75
64–65	Australia	53.65
65–66	Netherlands	53.13
64–71	Uzbekistan	50–55
66–67	Canada	52.3
67–68	Bulgaria	51
67–68	Rwanda	51
69–70	Burundi	50.5
69–70	United Arab Emirates	50.5
72	Cuba	46
73	Portugal	44.9
74	Armenia	44.66
75	Oman	41.7
76	Belgium	40.8
77	Tunisia	35
78	Austria	34.6
79	Hungary	33.4
80	Bolivia	31.5
81	Guatemala	31.4
82	Chad	30.35
83	Laos	29.1
84	Turkmenistan	29
84	Zimbabwe	29
86	Sweden	27.6
87	Finland	27
87	Tanzania	27
89	Norway	26.6
90	Dominican Republic	24.5
91	Kenya	24.12
92	Uruguay	24
93	Cameroon	23.1
94	Denmark	22.88
95	Albania	22
95	Slovakia	22
97	Croatia	20.8
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina	19.8
99	Paraguay	18.6
100	Zambia	18.1
101	Georgia	17.5
102	Côte d'Ivoire	17.05
103	Mauritania	15.75
104	El Salvador	15.5
104	Kuwait	15.5
106–107	Nicaragua	14
107–109	Madagascar	13.5
108–110	Senegal	13.62
106–110	Sierra Leone	13–14
106–115	Liberia	11–15
110–111	Republic of Macedonia	12.85
111–112	Lithuania	12.7
112–113	Qatar	12.4
113–114	Honduras	12
114–115	Bahrain	11.2
116	Kyrgyzstan	10.9
117	Burkina Faso	10.8
118	Ireland	10.46
119	Cyprus	10
119	Republic of the Congo	10
121	Djibouti	9.85
122	Guinea	9.7
123	Guinea-Bissau	9.25
124	Botswana	9
124	Namibia	9
126	New Zealand	8.61
127	Mongolia	8.6
128	Togo	8.55
129	Mozambique	8.2
130	Mali	7.35
131	Brunei Darussalam	7
131	Ghana	7
133	Moldova	6.91
134	Slovenia	6.55
135	Tajikistan	6
136	Estonia	5.51
137	Malawi	5.3
138	Latvia	4.88
139	Gabon	4.7
140	Benin	4.55
141	Niger	4.3
142	Fiji	3.5
143	Switzerland	3.3
144	Papua New Guinea	3.1
145	Jamaica	2.83
146	Trinidad and Tobago	2.7
147	Central African Republic	2.55
148	Malta	2.14
149	Lesotho	2
150	Suriname	1.84
151	Guyana	1.6
152	Equatorial Guinea	1.32
153	Cape Verde	1.2
154	Belize	1.05
155	Luxembourg	0.9
156	Bahamas	0.86
157	The Gambia	0.8
158	Timor-Leste	0.65
159	Barbados	0.61
160	Seychelles	0.45
161	Antigua and Barbuda	0.17

Source: World Almanac, 2005