Active Personnel
| Country | Recorded quantity |
|---|
| China | 2035000 |
| India | 1460350 |
| United States | 1347000 |
| North Korea | 1190000 |
| Russia | 831000 |
| Pakistan | 653800 |
| South Korea | 555000 |
| Iran | 523000 |
| Algeria | 520000 |
| Vietnam | 482000 |
| Egypt | 454000 |
| Indonesia | 395500 |
| Brazil | 366500 |
| Thailand | 360000 |
| Myanmar | 356000 |
| Turkey | 355200 |
| Japan | 247150 |
| Saudi Arabia | 227000 |
| Iraq | 193000 |
| France | 190250 |
| Ukraine | 190000 |
| Germany | 181670 |
| Israel | 176500 |
| Morocco | 175000 |
| Taiwan (ROC) | 169000 |
| Bangladesh | 163000 |
| Ethiopia | 160000 |
| Italy | 159000 |
| United Kingdom | 152300 |
| Syria | 150000 |
| Greece | 143000 |
| Venezuela | 124000 |
| Spain | 123000 |
| Sudan | 110000 |
| Malaysia | 109000 |
| Jordan | 100000 |
| Poland | 97300 |
| Angola | 90000 |
| Singapore | 72500 |
| Argentina | 72000 |
| UAE | 68000 |
| Chile | 68000 |
| South Africa | 67000 |
| Canada | 63000 |
| Australia | 57800 |
| Cuba | 49000 |
| Uzbekistan | 48000 |
| Belarus | 48000 |
| Eritrea | 45750 |
| Uganda | 45000 |
| Kazakhstan | 39000 |
| Netherlands | 32000 |
| Sweden | 29750 |
| Serbia | 28000 |
| Norway | 25000 |
| Belgium | 24000 |
| Switzerland | 20950 |
| Mongolia | 20000 |
| Denmark | 15400 |
| Qatar | 11000 |