| Rank | Country | Manpower fit for military service | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 318,265,016 |  |
| 2 | India | 249,531,562 | |
| 3 | United States | 60,620,143 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 54,264,299 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 38,993,989 | |
| 6 | Pakistan | 37,945,440 | |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 30,486,086 | |
| 8 | Mexico | 23,239,866 | |
| 9 | Japan | 22,390,431 | |
| 10 | Nigeria | 20,839,976 | |
| 11 | Russia | 20,431,035 | |
| 12 | Vietnam | 20,405,847 | |
| 13 | Iran | 20,149,222 | |
| 14 | Philippines | 20,142,940 | |
| 15 | Egypt | 18,060,543 | |
| 16 | Turkey | 17,664,510 | |
| 17 | Germany | 15,027,886 | |
| 18 | Thailand | 13,308,372 | |
| 19 | United Kingdom | 12,255,452 | |
| 20 | France | 12,025,341 | |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 11,868,084 | |
| 22 | Italy | 11,247,446 | |
| 23 | Korea, South | 10,864,566 | |
| 24 | Burma | 10,451,515 | |
| 25 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10,168,258 | |
| 26 | Spain | 9,603,939 | |
| 27 | Colombia | 9,150,400 | |
| 28 | Algeria | 8,622,897 | |
| 29 | Argentina | 8,458,362 | |
| 30 | Poland | 7,817,556 | |
| 31 | South Africa | 7,617,063 | |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia | 7,365,624 | |
| 33 | Morocco | 7,026,016 | |
| 34 | Ukraine | 6,893,551 | |
| 35 | Canada | 6,633,472 | |
| 36 | Iraq | 6,591,185 | |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 6,566,118 | |
| 38 | Sudan | 6,475,530 | |
| 39 | Kenya | 6,361,268 | |
| 40 | Malaysia | 6,247,306 | |
| 41 | Tanzania | 5,860,339 | |
| 42 | Peru | 5,788,629 | |
| 43 | Venezuela | 5,614,743 | |
| 44 | Nepal | 5,260,878 | |
| 45 | Taiwan | 5,074,173 | |
| 46 | Syria | 5,055,510 | |
| 47 | Korea, North | 4,836,567 | |
| 48 | Romania | 4,550,409 | |
| 49 | Australia | 4,411,958 | |
| 50 | Uganda | 4,313,068 | |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 4,177,432 | |
| 52 | Ghana | 4,136,406 | |
| 53 | Yemen | 4,056,944 | |
| 54 | Afghanistan | 4,050,222 | |
| 55 | Chile | 3,621,475 | |
| 56 | Madagascar | 3,390,071 | |
| 57 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,360,087 | |
| 58 | Netherlands | 3,201,328 | |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 2,909,999 | |
| 60 | Ecuador | 2,834,213 | |
| 61 | Cameroon | 2,794,998 | |
| 62 | Mozambique | 2,677,473 | |
| 63 | Cambodia | 2,638,167 | |
| 64 | Guatemala | 2,590,843 | |
| 65 | Cuba | 2,446,131 | |
| 66 | Tunisia | 2,397,716 | |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 2,366,168 | |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 2,229,366 | |
| 69 | Niger | 2,194,570 | |
| 70 | Dominican Republic | 2,188,358 | |
| 71 | Malawi | 2,132,909 | |
| 72 | Portugal | 2,103,080 | |
| 73 | Czech Republic | 2,072,267 | |
| 74 | Greece | 2,032,378 | |
| 75 | Belgium | 1,934,957 | |
| 76 | Hungary | 1,902,639 | |
| 77 | Mali | 1,825,779 | |
| 78 | Senegal | 1,788,493 | |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 1,773,993 | |
| 80 | Bolivia | 1,762,260 | |
| 81 | Zambia | 1,745,656 | |
| 82 | Sweden | 1,709,055 | |
| 83 | Belarus | 1,693,626 | |
| 84 | Rwanda | 1,685,066 | |
| 85 | Haiti | 1,666,324 | |
| 86 | Austria | 1,579,862 | |
| 87 | Angola | 1,546,781 | |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 1,528,166 | |
| 89 | Honduras | 1,525,578 | |
| 90 | Israel | 1,517,510 | |
| 91 | Libya | 1,511,144 | |
| 92 | Guinea | 1,493,991 | |
| 93 | Switzerland | 1,493,509 | |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 1,490,267 | |
| 95 | Jordan | 1,439,192 | |
| 96 | Paraguay | 1,409,859 | |
| 97 | Burundi | 1,398,769 | |
| 98 | Serbia | 1,395,426 | |
| 99 | Hong Kong | 1,387,213 | |
| 100 | Benin | 1,385,065 | |
| 101 | Somalia | 1,331,894 | |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 1,320,955 | |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 1,227,757 | |
| 104 | Chad | 1,183,242 | |
| 105 | Slovakia | 1,156,113 | |
| 106 | Papua New Guinea | 1,130,951 | |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,119,224 | |
| 108 | Laos | 1,111,629 | |
| 109 | Togo | 1,104,536 | |
| 110 | El Salvador | 1,079,038 | |
| 111 | Turkmenistan | 1,066,649 | |
| 112 | Costa Rica | 1,058,419 | |
| 113 | Singapore | 1,018,839 | |
| 114 | Denmark | 1,014,560 | |
| 115 | Ireland | 977,631 | |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 968,242 | |
| 117 | Finland | 955,151 | |
| 118 | Lebanon | 920,825 | |
| 119 | Eritrea | 896,096 | |
| 120 | Georgia | 893,003 | |
| 121 | Norway | 888,761 | |
| 122 | Moldova | 875,224 | |
| 123 | New Zealand | 843,526 | |
| 124 | Kuwait | 840,912 | |
| 125 | Oman | 837,886 | |
| 126 | Croatia | 770,710 | |
| 127 | Sierra Leone | 731,898 | |
| 128 | Panama | 731,254 | |
| 129 | Mongolia | 726,199 | |
| 130 | Puerto Rico | 700,443 | |
| 131 | Lithuania | 669,111 | |
| 132 | Central African Republic | 655,875 | |
| 133 | Uruguay | 649,025 | |
| 134 | Armenia | 644,372 | |
| 135 | Albania | 622,379 | |
| 136 | Jamaica | 590,673 | |
| 137 | West Bank | 579,248 | |
| 138 | Congo, Republic of the | 577,944 | |
| 139 | Liberia | 524,243 | |
| 140 | Mauritania | 480,042 | |
| 141 | Macedonia | 443,843 | |
| 142 | Kosovo | 430,926 | |
| 143 | Bahrain | 423,757 | |
| 144 | Latvia | 401,691 |  |
| 145 | Slovenia | 392,075 | |
| 146 | Namibia | 351,431 | |
| 147 | Botswana | 340,949 | |
| 148 | Gaza Strip | 335,820 | |
| 149 | Qatar | 321,974 | |
| 150 | Gambia, The | 315,176 | |
| 151 | Mauritius | 280,596 | |
| 152 | Lesotho | 270,184 | |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 269,824 | |
| 154 | East Timor | 243,120 | |
| 155 | Estonia | 210,854 | |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 205,460 | |
| 157 | Gabon | 202,404 | |
| 158 | Swaziland | 201,853 | |
| 159 | Fiji | 183,730 | |
| 160 | Bhutan | 157,664 | |
| 161 | Montenegro | 149,159 | |
| 162 | Maldives | 135,374 | |
| 163 | Comoros | 134,562 | |
| 164 | Guyana | 133,239 | |
| 165 | Macau | 124,189 | |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 118,921 | |
| 167 | Djibouti | 114,557 | |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 113,277 | |
| 169 | Suriname | 109,445 | |
| 170 | Cape Verde | 106,864 | |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 97,290 | |
| 172 | Brunei | 95,141 | |
| 173 | Malta | 79,645 | |
| 174 | Western Sahara | 79,489 | |
| 175 | French Polynesia | 67,363 | |
| 176 | Bahamas, The | 63,429 | |
| 177 | Iceland | 62,781 | |
| 178 | Belize | 59,431 | |
| 179 | Barbados | 58,125 | |
| 180 | New Caledonia | 56,233 | |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 43,331 | |
| 182 | Guam | 38,358 | |
| 183 | Samoa | 38,260 | |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 32,688 | |
| 185 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27,310 | |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 22,875 | |
| 187 | Grenada | 22,596 | |
| 188 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22,008 | |
| 189 | Tonga | 20,956 | |
| 190 | Aruba | 20,527 | |
| 191 | Seychelles | 20,231 | |
| 192 | Jersey | 18,688 | |
| 193 | Kiribati | 18,364 | |
| 194 | Andorra | 17,977 | |
| 195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 17,676 | |
| 196 | Virgin Islands | 17,542 | |
| 197 | Dominica | 16,035 | |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 15,206 | |
| 199 | American Samoa | 14,562 | |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 13,568 | |
| 201 | Guernsey | 12,493 | |
| 202 | Bermuda | 12,323 | |
| 203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11,842 | |
| 204 | Greenland | 10,765 | |
| 205 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,742 | |
| 206 | Cayman Islands | 9,981 | |
| 207 | Faroe Islands | 9,827 | |
| 208 | Northern Mariana Islands | 8,793 | |
| 209 | Liechtenstein | 6,538 | |
| 210 | Saint Martin | 6,435 | |
| 211 | British Virgin Islands | 6,057 | |
| 212 | Gibraltar | 6,017 | |
| 213 | San Marino | 5,565 | |
| 214 | Palau | 5,272 | |
| 215 | Monaco | 4,629 | |
| 216 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,376 | |
| 217 | Anguilla | 3,009 | |
| 218 | Cook Islands | 2,198 | |
| 219 | Tuvalu | 2,021 | |
| 220 | Nauru | 1,823 | |
| 221 | Saint Helena | 1,565 | |
| 222 | Saint Barthelemy | 1,495 | |
| 223 | Montserrat | 1,135 | |
| 224 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1,064 | |
Definition: This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for the country and who are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons; accounts for the health situation in the country and provides a more realistic estimate of the actual number 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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