TOP 100

Rank	Country	Manpower available for military service
1	China	385,821,088
2	India	319,129,408
3	United States	73,270,040
4	Indonesia	65,847,172
5	Brazil	53,350,704
6	Pakistan	48,453,304
7	Nigeria	37,087,712
8	Bangladesh	36,520,492
9	Russia	34,765,736
10	Mexico	28,815,506
11	Japan	27,301,444
12	Vietnam	25,649,738
13	Philippines	25,614,136
14	Iran	23,619,216
15	Turkey	21,079,076
16	Egypt	21,012,200
17	Ethiopia	19,067,500
18	Germany	18,529,300
19	Thailand	17,689,920
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	Cambodia	3,883,724
62	Burkina Faso	3,735,735
63	Netherlands	3,734,610
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

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, 2020

See also: Manpower available for military service map