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This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. It includes any government-sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. The term "country" is used in its most common use, in the sense of state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition.

Guide to the list

The list consists of columns that can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title:

• The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags.
• The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity.
• The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary.
• The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces.
• The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.
• The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military (active, reserve, and paramilitary).
• The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only.

As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled.

All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Italy and Japan, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, such as Mauritius and Panama, have no national armies, but only a paramilitary force.

Tooth-to-tail ratio

The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26%^{[citation needed]} (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel). This proportion is referred to as the "tooth-to-tail ratio".

Some countries have a considerably smaller tooth-to-tail ratio: For example, the United States Armed Forces has a tooth-to-tail ratio of 17%, meaning that for every combat unit there are around five support units.^[1]

List by the International Institute for Strategic Studies

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According to International Institute for Strategic Studies

Flag	Country	Active military	Reserve military	Paramilitary	Total	Per 1,000 capita (total)	Per 1,000 capita (active)
	Afghanistan[2]	150,000	0	0	150,000	3.8	3.8
	Albania[3]	8,000	0	0	8,000	2.6	2.6
	Algeria[4]	130,000	150,000	187,200	467,200	11.2	3.1
	Angola[5]	107,000	0	10,000	117,000	3.9	3.5
	Antigua and Barbuda[6]	180	80	0	260	2.7	1.9
	Argentina[6]	72,100	0	31,250	103,350	2.3	1.6
	Armenia[7][Note 1]	44,800	210,000	4,300	259,100	85.3	14.7
	Australia[8]	58,600	30,100	0	88,700	3.8	2.5
	Austria[9]	22,050	125,600	0	147,650	16.8	2.5
	Azerbaijan[10]	126,950	330,000	15,000	471,950	47	12.6
	Bahamas[11]	1,300	0	0	1,300	3.9	3.9
	Bahrain[12]	8,200	0	11,260	19,460	13.5	5.7
	Bangladesh[13]	163,050	0	63,900	226,950	1.4	1
	Barbados[14]	610	430	0	1,040	3.6	2.1
	Belarus[15]	45,350	289,500	110,000	444,850	46.7	4.8
	Belgium[16]	26,300	5,100	0	31,400	2.7	2.3
	Belize[14]	1,500	700	150	2,350	6.1	3.9
	Benin[17]	7,250	0	4,800	12,050	1.1	0.6
	Bolivia[18]	34,100	0	37,100	71,200	6.3	3
	Bosnia and Herzegovina[19]	10,500	0	0	10,500	2.7	2.7
	Botswana[20]	9,000	0	0	9,000	4	4
	Brazil[21]	366,500	1,340,000	395,000	2,101,500	9.6	1.7
	Brunei[22]	7,200	700	450	8,350	18.5	16
	Bulgaria[23]	36,950	3,000	0	39,950	5.7	5.2
	Burkina Faso[24]	11,200	0	250	11,450	0.6	0.6
	Burundi[25]	30,050	0	21,000	51,050	4.3	2.5
	Cambodia[26]	124,300	0	67,000	191,300	11.6	7.6
	Cameroon[27]	25,400	0	9,000	34,400	1.3	1
	Canada[28]	67,400	35,600	4,500	107,500	3	1.9
	Cape Verde[29]	1,200	0	0	1,200	2.1	2.1
	Central African Republic[30]	9,150	0	1,000	10,150	1.8	1.6
	Chad[31]	33,250	0	11,900	45,150	2.9	2.1
	Chile[32]	77,200	40,000	44,700	161,900	9	4.3
	People's Republic of China[33]	2,035,000	510,000	500,000	3,045,000	2.1	1.4
	Colombia[34]	293,200	34,950	187,900	516,050	10.7	6.1
	Costa Rica[35]	0	0	9,800	9,800	2	0
	Côte d'Ivoire[36][Note 2]	27,400	0	0	27,400	1	1
	Croatia[37]	15,200	18,350	3,000	36,550	8.6	3.6
	Cuba[38][Note 3]	49,000	39,000	1,146,500	1,234,500	110.9	4.4
	Cyprus[39]	15,000	50,000	750	65,750	53.1	12.1
	Czech Republic[40]	21,750	0	0	21,750	2	2
	Democratic Republic of the Congo[41]	134,250	0	0	134,250	1.6	1.6