Top 20 Countries with Largest Militaries

Wikipedia is like quicksand, I swear. You get sucked into one article and follow some links and you never stop finding interesting random information… and you can never escape. Check out these interesting stats, though.

Rank	Flag	State	Active Troops	Reserve Force	Paramilitary	Total Troops	Per 1000 Citizens
1		Iran	545,000[1]	350,000[2]	11,390,000[3]	12,285,000	172.27
2		Vietnam	484,000[4]	4,000,000[5]	5,080,000[5]	9,564,000	114.50
3		People’s Republic of China**	2,255,000[6]	800,000[6]	3,969,000[6]	7,024,000	5.3
4		North Korea**	1,106,000[7]	4,700,000[7]	189,000[7]	5,995,000	259.37
5		Russia**	1,037,000[8]	2,400,000[9]	359,100[10]	3,796,100	23.56
6		India**	1,325,000[11]	1,155,000[11]	1,293,300[11]	3,773,300	3.3
7		South Korea	655,000[12]	3,040,000[12]	22,000[12]	3,717,000	75.79
8		United States**	1,473,900[13]	1,458,500[13]	453,000[13]	3,385,400	11.07
9		Republic of China (Taiwan)	290,000[14]	1,653,500[14]	22,000[14]	1,965,000	86.45
10		Brazil	287,000[15]	1,115,000[15]	285,600[15]	1,687,600	9.50
11		Pakistan**	650,000[16]	528,000[17]	302,000[17]	1,480,000	8.55
12		Ukraine	361,000[18]	1,000,000[19]	112,500[20]	1,473,500	34.27
13		Cuba	46,000[21]	39,000[21]	1,146,500[21]	1,231,500	112
14		Egypt	450,000[22]	254,000[22]	405,000[23]	1,109,000	14.4
15		Turkey	514,850[24]	380,000[25]	148,700[26]	1,043,550	14.4
16		Indonesia	410,000[27]	400,000[27]	207,000[28]	1,017,000	4
17		France**	259,050[29]	419,000[30]	101,400[31]	779,450	12.7
18		Thailand	306,600[32]	200,000[33]	113,700[34]	620,300	9.84
19		Germany	247,712[35]	358,650[36]	0	606,362	7.37
20		Israel*	177,000[37]	408,000[38]	8,050[39]	584,050	83.4

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