2026 Largest Army Rankings

Countries ranked by total active military personnel. This table includes 145 countries with available data. Ranked by personnel — higher is better.

1
China flag

China

2,035,000

Personnel

2
India flag

India

1,431,000

Personnel

3
United States flag

United States

1,333,030

Personnel

1China flagChina2,035,0002India flagIndia1,431,0003United States flagUnited States1,333,0304Russia flagRussia1,320,0005North Korea flagNorth Korea1,320,0006Ukraine flagUkraine900,0007Pakistan flagPakistan660,0008Iran flagIran610,0009Ethiopia flagEthiopia503,00010Turkey flagTurkey481,00011South Korea flagSouth Korea450,00012Vietnam flagVietnam450,00013Egypt flagEgypt438,50014Colombia flagColombia429,00015Indonesia flagIndonesia404,50016Morocco flagMorocco400,00017Mexico flagMexico387,00018Brazil flagBrazil376,00019Thailand flagThailand360,85020Eritrea flagEritrea350,00021Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka346,00022Sudan flagSudan300,00023France flagFrance264,00024Japan flagJapan251,50025Poland flagPoland250,00026Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia247,00027Taiwan flagTaiwan230,00028Nigeria flagNigeria230,00029Myanmar flagMyanmar228,00030Bangladesh flagBangladesh204,00031Iraq flagIraq193,00032South Sudan flagSouth Sudan185,00033Germany flagGermany184,32434Israel flagIsrael169,50035DR Congo flagDR Congo166,58036Italy flagItaly165,50037Philippines flagPhilippines160,00038Tajikistan flagTajikistan150,00039Switzerland flagSwitzerland147,17840Greece flagGreece142,70041United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom141,33042Algeria flagAlgeria130,00043Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan128,00044Cambodia flagCambodia124,30045Spain flagSpain121,80246Peru flagPeru120,00047Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan120,00048Jordan flagJordan114,50049Malaysia flagMalaysia113,00050Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan110,00051Venezuela flagVenezuela109,00052Argentina flagArgentina108,00053Angola flagAngola107,00054Guatemala flagGuatemala106,11455Oman flagOman100,00056Syria flagSyria100,00057Laos flagLaos100,00058Nepal flagNepal98,50059Romania flagRomania90,00060Tunisia flagTunisia89,80061Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic89,00062Chile flagChile80,00063Lebanon flagLebanon80,00064Kuwait flagKuwait78,00065Afghanistan flagAfghanistan75,00066South Africa flagSouth Africa68,73167United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates65,00068Armenia flagArmenia65,00069Canada flagCanada63,50070Belarus flagBelarus63,00071Australia flagAustralia58,91072Honduras flagHonduras52,22573Singapore flagSingapore51,00074Cuba flagCuba50,00075Kenya flagKenya50,00076Nicaragua flagNicaragua45,00077Uganda flagUganda45,00078Netherlands flagNetherlands44,24579Hungary flagHungary41,60080Ecuador flagEcuador41,25081Mali flagMali40,00082Bolivia flagBolivia40,00083Cameroon flagCameroon38,00084Chad flagChad37,75085Georgia flagGeorgia37,00086Bulgaria flagBulgaria36,95087Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan36,50088Mongolia flagMongolia35,00089Norway flagNorway33,44090Yemen flagYemen33,35091Libya flagLibya32,00092Mauritania flagMauritania31,54093Czech Republic flagCzech Republic30,33494Somalia flagSomalia30,00095Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic30,00096Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe29,00097Qatar flagQatar26,55098Belgium flagBelgium26,39099Sweden flagSweden25,600100Portugal flagPortugal25,000101Austria flagAustria25,000102Tanzania flagTanzania25,000103El Salvador flagEl Salvador25,000104Niger flagNiger25,000105Finland flagFinland24,000106Uruguay flagUruguay24,000107Lithuania flagLithuania23,000108Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan23,000109Serbia flagSerbia22,500110Ivory Coast flagIvory Coast22,000111Denmark flagDenmark21,000112Slovakia flagSlovakia20,982113Bahrain flagBahrain18,400114Bosnia and Herzegovina flagBosnia and Herzegovina18,000115Latvia flagLatvia17,870116Namibia flagNamibia17,567117Senegal flagSenegal17,000118Panama flagPanama16,300119Bhutan flagBhutan16,000120Paraguay flagParaguay15,650121Ghana flagGhana15,500122Zambia flagZambia15,150123Croatia flagCroatia14,325124Madagascar flagMadagascar13,500125Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone13,000126Botswana flagBotswana12,000127Mozambique flagMozambique11,200128New Zealand flagNew Zealand10,050129North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia10,010130Republic of the Congo flagRepublic of the Congo10,000131Estonia flagEstonia7,700132Ireland flagIreland7,557133Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso7,500134Albania flagAlbania7,500135Slovenia flagSlovenia7,000136Moldova flagMoldova6,500137Gabon flagGabon5,000138Benin flagBenin4,750139Kosovo flagKosovo4,000140Suriname flagSuriname2,500141Montenegro flagMontenegro2,350142Liberia flagLiberia2,100143Belize flagBelize2,000144Luxembourg flagLuxembourg1,200145Iceland flagIceland0

How this largest army ranking works

Countries are sorted by the reported personnel value in the MilitaryDex 2026 dataset. Ties preserve the dataset order. Missing values are excluded.

Read rankings with context

Quantity is not the same as readiness or operational effectiveness. Definitions and reporting dates can vary between countries. Review the sources, MSS formula and limitations before comparing capabilities.

OTHER RANKINGS
Strongest MilitaryLargest NavyStrongest Air ForceMilitary BudgetNuclear ArsenalTank StrengthAircraft CarriersSubmarine FleetDefense Budget Per Capita