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TOTAL AVAILABLE MILITARY PERSONNEL
(Active, Reserves and Units Ready for Mobilization)

Wikipedia 2008

China 2,255,000

United States of America 1,426,026

India 1,325,000

North Korea 1,106,000

Russia 1,037,000

Iran 745,000

South Korea 687,000

Pakistan 619,000

Turkey 514,850

Egypt 450,000

France 361,085

Ukraine 361,000

Thailand 306,600

Indonesia 302,000

Syria 296,000

Taiwan 290,000

Brazil 287,000

Germany 284,500

Japan 239,000

Saudi Arabia 199,500

Mexico 192,770

United Kingdom 187,970

Iraq 179,800

Spain 177,950

Greece 177,600

Italy 169,000

Israel 168,000

Poland 163,000

Philippines 113,500

Venezuela 82,300

Libya 76,000

Lebanon 72,100

Argentina 71,800

Afghanistan 70,000

Nepal 63,000

Canada 62,300

Australia 53,572

Sweden 33,900

Norway 27,600

GFP Ranking 1 United States 2 Russia 3 China 4 India 5 Germany 6 France 7 Japan 8 Turkey 9 Brazil 10 Great Britain 11 Italy 12 South Korea 13 Indonesia 14 Mexico 15 Canada 16 Iran 17 Egypt 18 North Korea 19 Spain 20 Pakistan 21 Australia 22 Saudi Arabia 23 Thailand 24 Argentina 25 Sweden 26 Israel 27 Greece 28 Taiwan 29 Syria 30 Philippines 31 Poland 32 Ukraine 33 Norway 34 Iraq 35 Libya 36 Venezuela 37 Lebanon 38 Nepal 39 Afghanistan Nuclear weapons, past and present military experience, training and equipment quality are not taken into account.

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