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Active Military Personnel by Country

Authored By Staff Writer | Last Updated: 12/2012

Active military personnel form the spearhead of any military engagement.

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Active military personnel are those "ready-to-fight" elements. This listing is for the purposes of detailing the total active military manpower available to any one country today - these forces naturally becoming the initial elements that would be committed to combat.


Active Military Personnel data through 2011.
1
2,285,000
2
1,477,896
3
1,325,000
4
1,200,000
5
1,106,000
6
653,000
7
617,000
8
612,900
9
545,000
10
468,500
11
438,410
12
412,000
13
401,000
14
371,199
15
362,485
16
305,860
17
304,000
18
293,202
19
290,000
20
276,600
21
259,770
22
239,430
23
235,538
24
233,500
25
224,500
26
187,000
27
182,500
28
180,000
29
177,600
30
177,000
31
159,000
32
155,000
33
148,996
34
134,886
35
127,000
36
120,000
37
105,500
38
100,700
39
100,000
40
100,000
41
100,000
42
86,000
43
80,000
44
74,000
45
73,350
46
72,000
47
70,000
48
68,250
49
60,000
50
47,135
51
44,900
52
44,500
53
40,000
54
37,000
55
37,000
56
34,700
57
26,200
58
25,450
59
25,000
60
24,120
61
24,000
62
22,000
63
20,000
64
19,000
65
14,500
66
12,000
67
11,800
68
2,875

Sources: US Library of Congress; CIA.gov/CIA World Factbook; EIA.gov; wikipedia.com; energy.eu; SIPRI.org. Some values estimated based on factors available when official sources are lacking.

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