| Rank | Country | Manpower available for military service | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 385,821,101 |  |
| 2 | India | 319,129,420 | |
| 3 | United States | 73,270,043 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 65,847,171 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 53,350,703 | |
| 6 | Pakistan | 48,453,305 | |
| 7 | Nigeria | 37,087,711 | |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 36,520,491 | |
| 9 | Russia | 34,132,156 | |
| 10 | Mexico | 28,815,506 | |
| 11 | Japan | 27,301,443 | |
| 12 | Vietnam | 25,649,738 | |
| 13 | Philippines | 25,614,135 | |
| 14 | Iran | 23,619,215 | |
| 15 | Turkey | 21,079,077 | |
| 16 | Egypt | 21,012,199 | |
| 17 | Ethiopia | 19,067,499 | |
| 18 | Germany | 18,529,299 | |
| 19 | Thailand | 17,689,921 | |
| 20 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 15,980,106 | |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 14,856,917 | |
| 22 | Burma | 14,747,845 | |
| 23 | France | 14,563,662 | |
| 24 | Italy | 13,865,688 | |
| 25 | South Africa | 13,439,781 | |
| 26 | Korea, South | 13,185,794 | |
| 27 | Spain | 11,759,557 | |
| 28 | Colombia | 11,692,647 | |
| 29 | Ukraine | 10,984,394 | |
| 30 | Sudan | 10,433,973 | |
| 31 | Algeria | 10,273,129 |  |
| 32 | Argentina | 10,038,967 | |
| 33 | Tanzania | 9,985,445 | |
| 34 | Kenya | 9,768,140 | |
| 35 | Poland | 9,531,855 | |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 8,644,522 | |
| 37 | Morocco | 8,252,682 | |
| 38 | Canada | 8,031,266 | |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 7,887,292 | |
| 40 | Iraq | 7,767,329 | |
| 41 | Malaysia | 7,501,518 | |
| 42 | Peru | 7,385,588 | |
| 43 | Uganda | 7,249,271 | |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 7,056,339 | |
| 45 | Venezuela | 7,013,854 | |
| 46 | Nepal | 6,941,152 | |
| 47 | Korea, North | 6,515,279 | |
| 48 | Ghana | 6,268,191 | |
| 49 | Taiwan | 6,183,567 | |
| 50 | Syria | 5,889,837 | |
| 51 | Yemen | 5,652,256 | |
| 52 | Romania | 5,601,234 | |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 5,342,147 | |
| 54 | Australia | 5,316,464 | |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,247,522 | |
| 56 | Madagascar | 4,900,729 | |
| 57 | Cameroon | 4,667,251 | |
| 58 | Mozambique | 4,613,367 | |
| 59 | Chile | 4,324,732 | |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 4,163,629 | |
| 61 | Netherlands | 3,911,098 | |
| 62 | Cambodia | 3,883,724 | |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 3,735,735 | |
| 64 | Ecuador | 3,728,906 | |
| 65 | Malawi | 3,514,809 | |
| 66 | Niger | 3,329,184 | |
| 67 | Guatemala | 3,165,870 | |
| 68 | Angola | 3,062,438 | |
| 69 | Zambia | 3,041,069 | |
| 70 | Cuba | 2,998,201 | |
| 71 | Mali | 2,848,412 | |
| 72 | Tunisia | 2,846,572 | |
| 73 | Senegal | 2,699,196 | |
| 74 | United Arab Emirates | 2,676,928 | |
| 75 | Rwanda | 2,625,917 | |
| 76 | Zimbabwe | 2,616,051 | |
| 77 | Dominican Republic | 2,580,083 | |
| 78 | Portugal | 2,566,264 | |
| 79 | Czech Republic | 2,506,826 | |
| 80 | Greece | 2,485,389 | |
| 81 | Bolivia | 2,472,490 | |
| 82 | Belarus | 2,401,785 | |
| 83 | Haiti | 2,398,804 | |
| 84 | Belgium | 2,359,232 | |
| 85 | Guinea | 2,359,203 | |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 2,354,249 | |
| 87 | Hungary | 2,349,948 | |
| 88 | Somalia | 2,260,175 | |
| 89 | Burundi | 2,182,327 | |
| 90 | Benin | 2,095,373 | |
| 91 | Chad | 2,090,244 | |
| 92 | Sweden | 2,065,691 | |
| 93 | Honduras | 2,045,914 | |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 2,012,790 | |
| 95 | Austria | 1,941,110 | |
| 96 | Switzerland | 1,828,043 | |
| 97 | Israel | 1,797,960 | |
| 98 | Libya | 1,775,078 | |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 1,704,090 | |
| 100 | Paraguay | 1,678,335 | |
| 101 | Jordan | 1,674,260 | |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 1,637,470 | |
| 103 | Togo | 1,577,572 | |
| 104 | Laos | 1,574,362 | |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 1,568,210 | |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,456,881 | |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 1,452,107 | |
| 108 | El Salvador | 1,449,214 | |
| 109 | Slovakia | 1,405,310 | |
| 110 | Turkmenistan | 1,380,794 | |
| 111 | Eritrea | 1,350,446 | |
| 112 | Singapore | 1,255,902 | |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 1,255,798 | |
| 114 | Denmark | 1,236,337 | |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 1,183,093 | |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,180,829 | |
| 117 | Ireland | 1,179,125 | |
| 118 | Finland | 1,155,368 | |
| 119 | Central African Republic | 1,149,856 | |
| 120 | Moldova | 1,143,440 | |
| 121 | Lebanon | 1,081,016 | |
| 122 | Georgia | 1,080,840 | |
| 123 | Norway | 1,079,043 | |
| 124 | New Zealand | 1,019,798 | |
| 125 | Croatia | 1,016,234 | |
| 126 | Kuwait | 1,002,480 | |
| 127 | Oman | 985,957 | |
| 128 | Congo, Republic of the | 928,664 | |
| 129 | Mongolia | 898,546 | |
| 130 | Lithuania | 890,074 | |
| 131 | Panama | 890,006 | |
| 132 | Liberia | 815,826 | |
| 133 | Armenia | 805,847 | |
| 134 | Uruguay | 771,159 | |
| 135 | Albania | 731,111 | |
| 136 | Jamaica | 726,263 | |
| 137 | Mauritania | 718,713 | |
| 138 | Namibia | 568,231 | |
| 139 | Botswana | 557,647 | |
| 140 | Latvia | 546,090 | |
| 141 | Macedonia | 532,196 | |
| 142 | Bahrain | 508,863 | |
| 143 | Slovenia | 477,592 | |
| 144 | Lesotho | 472,456 | |
| 145 | Gambia, The | 423,306 | |
| 146 | Qatar | 389,487 | |
| 147 | Gaza Strip | 385,961 | |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 370,790 | |
| 149 | Gabon | 350,640 | |
| 150 | Swaziland | 344,038 | |
| 151 | Mauritius | 343,628 | |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 341,764 | |
| 153 | East Timor | 305,643 | |
| 154 | Estonia | 291,801 | |
| 155 | Fiji | 233,240 | |
| 156 | Bhutan | 202,407 | |
| 157 | Guyana | 189,840 | |
| 158 | Comoros | 184,236 | |
| 159 | Djibouti | 170,386 | |
| 160 | Maldives | 156,319 | |
| 161 | Equatorial Guinea | 151,147 | |
| 162 | Macau | 150,780 | |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 142,913 | |
| 164 | Suriname | 134,218 | |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 132,087 | |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 118,665 | |
| 167 | Brunei | 112,688 | |
| 168 | Malta | 95,499 | |
| 169 | Bahamas, The | 85,568 | |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 82,722 | |
| 171 | Belize | 81,284 | |
| 172 | Iceland | 75,337 | |
| 173 | Barbados | 73,820 | |
| 174 | New Caledonia | 68,219 | |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 62,216 | |
| 176 | Samoa | 47,906 | |
| 177 | Saint Lucia | 41,414 | |
| 178 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39,182 | |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27,809 | |
| 180 | Grenada | 27,468 | |
| 181 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 26,712 | |
| 182 | Seychelles | 26,257 | |
| 183 | Kiribati | 25,190 | |
| 184 | Aruba | 24,891 | |
| 185 | Tonga | 24,460 | |
| 186 | Andorra | 22,390 | |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 21,141 | |
| 188 | Dominica | 19,075 | |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 16,446 | |
| 190 | Greenland | 15,280 | |
| 191 | Bermuda | 15,081 | |
| 192 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13,506 | |
| 193 | Cayman Islands | 12,238 | |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 11,831 | |
| 195 | Liechtenstein | 8,009 | |
| 196 | British Virgin Islands | 7,266 | |
| 197 | Gibraltar | 7,037 | |
| 198 | Palau | 6,987 | |
| 199 | San Marino | 6,892 | |
| 200 | Monaco | 5,749 | |
| 201 | Anguilla | 3,641 | |
| 202 | Nauru | 2,542 | |
| 203 | Montserrat | 1,353 | |
Definition: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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