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 |