Total Combat Personnel
| Country | Recorded quantity |
|---|
| North Korea | 7860000 |
| Vietnam | 5536000 |
| India | 4241500 |
| South Korea | 3680500 |
| Russia | 3508000 |
| China | 3078000 |
| United States | 2280000 |
| Brazil | 2105000 |
| Taiwan (ROC) | 1846400 |
| Egypt | 1734500 |
| Cuba | 1235200 |
| Ukraine | 1191000 |
| Indonesia | 1087500 |
| Algeria | 985400 |
| Iran | 967000 |
| Pakistan | 964000 |
| Turkey | 896300 |
| Thailand | 665000 |
| Israel | 651700 |
| Singapore | 505900 |
| Belarus | 503750 |
| Myanmar | 459400 |
| Syria | 448000 |
| Malaysia | 412000 |
| Morocco | 378800 |
| Greece | 368600 |
| Italy | 354250 |
| Venezuela | 353550 |
| France | 344800 |
| Iraq | 339800 |
| Japan | 318000 |
| Eritrea | 297350 |
| Mongolia | 285000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 251300 |
| Ethiopia | 242600 |
| Switzerland | 242020 |
| United Kingdom | 238300 |
| Bangladesh | 228800 |
| Sudan | 214700 |
| Germany | 213570 |
| Spain | 209650 |
| Poland | 187000 |
| Jordan | 182000 |
| Chile | 132500 |
| Angola | 121800 |
| Argentina | 103800 |
| Canada | 97900 |
| South Africa | 83700 |
| Serbia | 82580 |
| Australia | 79500 |
| Kazakhstan | 70750 |
| UAE | 69000 |
| Uzbekistan | 68600 |
| Norway | 65550 |
| Denmark | 59600 |
| Uganda | 57600 |
| Sweden | 52150 |
| Netherlands | 45040 |
| Belgium | 30250 |
| Qatar | 11440 |