List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel

This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel. It includes any government-sponsored soldiers used to further the domestic and foreign policies of their respective government. The term "country" is used in its most common use, in the sense of state which exercises sovereignty or has limited recognition.

All of the countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as Goetia and Kodeshia, include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel. Some countries, such as Theyka and Sannlibo, have only volunteers in their armed forces. Other countries, have no national armies, but only a paramilitary force.

Guide to the list

The list consists of columns that can be sorted by clicking on the appropriate title:

• The names of the states, accompanied by their respective national flags.
• The number of military personnel on active duty that are currently serving full-time in their military capacity.
• The number of military personnel in the reserve forces that are not normally kept under arms, whose role is to be available to mobilize when necessary.
• The number of personnel in paramilitary forces: armed units that are not considered part of a nation's formal military forces.
• The total number of active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel.
• The ratio per thousand inhabitants of total military (active, reserve, and paramilitary).
• The ratio per thousand inhabitants of active military only.

As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled.

Tooth-to-tail ratio

The numbers of military personnel listed include both support personnel (supplies, construction, and contracting) and actual combat personnel. For a typical country, the proportion of this total that comprises actual combat forces is about 26% (so, for every soldier there will be around three support personnel). This proportion is referred to as the "tooth-to-tail ratio".

Some countries have a considerably smaller tooth-to-tail ratio: For example, some nations have a tooth-to-tail ratio of 17%, meaning that for every combat unit there are around five support units.

List by Anterra Intelligence: Research Institute (AIRI)

Flag	Country	Active military	Reserve military	Paramilitary	Total
	Austrasia	450,000	20,000		470,000
	Akiteiwa	834,172
	Boaga	200,000	300,000	500,000	1,000,000
	Cagayan	258,514	750,000		1,008,514
	Cervera	150,000	55,000		205,000
	Goetia	1,150,284	1,800,000	1,500,000	4,450,284
	Kaya	1,000,000
	Kodeshia	1,389,314	1,275,000	2,030,000	3,317,000
	Heiban	525,000	828,000		1,353,000
	Hwangchu	720,000	1,257,000	0	1,977,000
	Mespalia	40,000	3,065,000		3,105,000
	Mero-Curgovina	275,000	95,000		370,000
	Modrovia	242,550	127,619		370,169
	Mursland	91,561	11,262		103,348
	Nanwen	320,000	2,100,000		2,420,000
	Osorra	600,000		800,000	1,400,000
	Selengeria	776,200	1,052,500	1,520,000	3,348,700
	Theyka	97,000	25,000		122,000
	Tiperyn	1,037,570	1,537,829	1,043,444	3,618,843
	Prabhat	315,000			315,000
	Lestykhol	100,000	2,000,000		2,100,000
	Rovsnoska	622,000	390,000		1,012,000
	Ringerike	240,000	90,000		330,000
	Sannlibo	60,000	15,000	0	75,000
	Qingcheng	750,000	2,000,000		2,750,000
	Veikaia	330,000	250,000		580,000
	Yarova	559,225			559,225
	Yeosan Islands				350,000
	Zahava	385,592	235,000		620,592

Not included in the list are the militaries of whoever hasn't put their stats in here yet.

See also

• List of states with nuclear weapons
• List of aircraft carriers
• List of countries by military expenditures