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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

See also: Manpower available for military service map

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