Top 10 countries with the highest active military personnel

Feb 28, 2022

By: Vaamanaa Sethi

People’s Republic of China

Active Military: 2,185,000 | With a total 4,015,000 military personnel, China has one of the largest military forces in the world.

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India

Active Military: 1,455,000 | India, with 1.4 million active army force and 5.1 million in total, is reportedly the world’s largest volunteer army.

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United States

Active Military: 1,388,000 | The United States has one of the largest military forces in terms of personnel, reportedly. It has a total of 2.1 million army personnel.

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North Korea

Active Military: 1,280,000 | With 6,00,000 as reserve military force, North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world.

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Russia

Active Military: 1,014,000 | Russia, which is currently in a war-like situation with Ukraine, has 3.5 million as total army personnel.

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Pakistan

Active Military: 6,54,000 | Pakistan, 1.4 million as total army force, is ranked at sixth position in the list.

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Vietnam

Active Military: 4,82,000 | Vietnam had 5,00,000 military forces as reserve between 2019-2021 as per the report.

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Egypt

Active Military: 4,38,500 | The Egyptian army has 4,79,000 military personnel as reserve and 1.3 million in total between 2019-2021.

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Myanmar

Active Military: 4,06,000 | According to the report, Myanmar doesn’t have army personnels as reserve.

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Indonesia

Active Military: 3,95,500 | With 1 million in total and 4,00,000 in reserve, Indonesia has the tenth largest army in the world.

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Active military means the number of military personnel on active duty...

...that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity.

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The above ranking is an excerpt from The Military Balance report edition 2019-21...

...by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Credit: IISS

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