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$1,097,115,610,000: 19,954,934: THE SIZE OF THE WORLD'S ACTIVE MILITARY FORCES
The Guardian - United Kingdom
May 25, 2006
And The Terror Groups They Are Fighting: World's Active Soldiers:
World's Defence Budget: 46% The Increase In US Combat Power By 2008
North America
60 Canada 62,100 108,850 10.9
2 US 1,546,372 2,502,574 561
Caribbean and Latin America
162 Antigua and Barbuda 170 245 0
53 Argentina 71,400 102,640 1.9
158 Bahamas 860 860 0
160 Barbados 610 1,040 0
156 Belize 1,050 1,750 0
78 Bolivia 33,000 70,100 0.1
17 Brazil 287,159 2,012,759 16.1
48 Chile 78,098 166,098 1.9
23 Colombia 207,000 396,700 4
165 Costa Rica 0 8,400 0.1
69 Cuba 49,000 114,500 1.4
90 Dominican Rep 24,500 39,500 0.2
71 Ecuador 46,500 164,770 0.7
102 El Salvador 15,500 25,400 0.1
81 Guatemala 29,200 85,900 0.1
155 Guyana 1,100 3,270 0
166 Haiti 0 0 0 *UN multinational stabilisation mission currently
in place
112 Honduras 12,000 80,000 0.1
146 Jamaica 2,830 3,783 0.1
27 Mexico 192,770 517,770 3.4
105 Nicaragua 14,000 14,000 0
167 Panama 0 11,800 0.2
120 Paraguay 10,300 189,600 0.1
46 Peru 80,000 352,000 1.1
151 Surinam 1,840 1,840 0
147 Trinidad and Tobago 2,700 2,700 0
92 Uruguay 24,000 24,920 0.2
45 Venezuela 82,300 90,300 2.1
76 Belgium 36,950 55,600 3.2
65 Bulgaria 51,000 388,000 0.7
94 Czech Rep 22,272 27,872 2.3
96 Denmark 21,180 150,880 3.2
140 Estonia 4,934 28,934 0.2
20 France 254,895 420,820 41.6
18 Germany 284,500 639,150 28.8
32 Greece 163,850 492,850 4.5
79 Hungary 32,300 88,300 1.3
163 Iceland 0 130 0.4
28 Italy 191,152 501,952 14.6
139 Latvia 5,238 16,442 0.3
107 Lithuania 13,510 34,810 0.3
157 Luxembourg 900 1,512 0.3
63 Netherlands 53,130 85,330 9.4
89 Norway 25,800 236,200 4.6
34 Poland 141,500 396,900 5.6
73 Portugal 44,900 303,530 2.3
44 Romania 97,200 281,100 2.1
98 Slovakia 20,195 20,195 0.9
136 Slovenia 6,550 36,050 0.5
33 Spain 147,255 539,6150 8.5
9 Turkey 514,850 1,045,750 8.9
22 United Kingdom 216,890 458,410 50.2
95 Albania 21,500 22,000 0.1
70 Armenia 48,160 49,160 0.2
75 Austria 39,900 39,900 2.2
55 Azerbaijan 66,740 381,740 0.6
50 Belarus 72,940 472,440 0.3
113 Bosnia-Herzegovina 11,865 11,865 0.2
97 Croatia 20,800 139,000 0.6
121 Cyprus 10,000 70,750 0.3
84 Finland 28,300 287,300 2.7
114 Georgia 11,320 23,020 0.1
119 Ireland 10,460 25,335 1
117 Macedonia 10,890 39,490 0.1
149 Malta 2,237 2,237 0
135 Moldova 6,750 76,029 0
58 Serbia and Montenegro 65,300 360,400 0.7
85 Sweden 27,600 325,200 5.2
143 Switzerland 4,300 319,300 3.8
29 Ukraine 187,600 1,272,500 2.9
5 Russia 1,027,000 21,442,000 23.7
35 Algeria 137,500 468,700 2.9
115 Bahrain 11,200 21,360 0.5
10 Egypt 468,500 1,277,500 2.5
8 Iran 545,000 935,000 6.2
21 Iraq 227,000 227,000 0
31 Israel 168,300 584,350 7.2
43 Jordan 100,500 145,500 1
101 Kuwait 15,500 45,800 4.3
52 Lebanon 72,100 85,100 0.5
49 Libya 76,000 116,000 0.6
100 Mauritania 15,870 20,870 0
25 Morocco 200,800 400,800 2.1
74 Oman 41,700 46,100 3
164 Palestinian Autonomous Areas 0 56,000 0
111 Qatar 12,400 12,400 2.2
26 Saudi Arabia 199,500 215,000 25.4
13 Syria 307,600 769,600 1.5
77 Tunisia 35,300 47,300 0.4
67 UAE 50,500 50,500 2.7
56 Yemen 66,700 137,900 0.9
40 Angola 108,400 118,400 1.2
142 Benin 4,550 7,050 0.1
127 Botswana 9,000 10,500 0.4
118 Burkino Faso 10,800 11,050 0.1
68 Burundi 50,500 81,500 0
93 Cameroon 23,100 23,100 0.2
154 Cape Verde 1,200 1,200 0
148 Central African Republic 2,550 2,550 0
80 Chad 30,350 34,850 0.1
122 Congo 10,000 12,000 0.1
59 Dem Rep of Congo 64,800 64,800 0.2
123 Djibouti 9,850 12,350 0
152 Equatorial Guinea 1,320 1,320 0
24 Eritrea 201,750 321,750 0.1
30 Ethiopia 182,500 182,500 0.3
141 Gabon 4,700 6,700 0
159 Gambia 800 800 0
134 Ghana 7,000 7,000 0
124 Guinea 9,700 19,300 0.1
125 Guinea Bissau 9,250 9,250 0
99 Ivory Coast 17,050 28,550 0.2
91 Kenya 24,120 29,120 0.3
150 Lesotho 2,000 2,000 0
104 Liberia 15,000 15,000 0
108 Madagascar 13,500 21,600 0.3
137 Malawi 5,300 6,800 0
132 Mali 7,350 15,150 0.1
168 Mauritius 0 2,000 0
116 Mozambique 11,200 11,200 0.1
126 Namibia 9,200 15,200 0.2
138 Niger 5,300 10,700 0
47 Nigeria 78,500 160,500 0.8
66 Rwanda 51,000 53,000 0.1
106 Senegal 13,620 18,620 0.1
161 Seychelles 200 450 0
109 Sierra Leone 13,000 13,000 0
169 Somalia 0 0 0 *Transitional national government has formed with
an estimated 5000 troops but only has control of northern Somalia
61 South Africa 55,750 115,750 3.8
42 Sudan 104,800 207,300 0.5
87 Tanzania 27,000 108,400 0.4
130 Togo 8,550 9,300 0
72 Uganda 45,000 46,800 0.2
103 Zambia 15,100 19,500 0
83 Zimbabwe 29,000 50,800 0.3
86 Afghanistan 27,000 27,000 0
36 Bangladesh 125,500 251,700 0.8
3 India 1,325,000 5,494,815 23.5
57 Kazakhstan 65,800 100,300 0.6
110 Kyrgyzstan 12,500 17,500 0.1
54 Nepal 69,000 131,000 0.2
7 Pakistan 619,000 921,000 3.7
38 Sri Lanka 111,000 235,500 0.7
131 Tajikistan 7,600 12,900 0.1
88 Turkmenistan 26,000 26,000 0.2
62 Uzbekistan 55,000 91,000 0.1
64 Australia 52,872 73,672 13.2
133 Brunei 7,000 11,450 0.4
12 Burma 375,500 482,750 6.2
37 Cambodia 124,300 191,300 0.1
1 China 2,255,000 7,024,000 34.9
153 East Timor 1,250 1,250 n/a
144 Fiji 3,500 9,500 0
15 Indonesia 302,000 982,000 2.6
19 Japan 260,250 316,895 40.7
4 North Korea 1,106,000 9,495,000 1.9
6 South Korea 687,700 8,692,200 23.5
82 Laos 29,100 129,100 0
39 Malaysia 110,000 430,900 3.1
129 Mongolia 8,600 152,800 0
128 New Zealand 8,660 19,460 1.4
145 Papua New Guinea 3,100 3,100 0
41 Philippines 106,000 317,500 0.9
51 Singapore 72,500 522,800 6.2
16 Taiwan 290,000 1,995,650 7.9
14 Thailand 306,600 665,300 2
11 Vietnam 455,000 5,495,000 3.2
The Guardian - United Kingdom
May 25, 2006
And The Terror Groups They Are Fighting: World's Active Soldiers:
World's Defence Budget: 46% The Increase In US Combat Power By 2008
North America
60 Canada 62,100 108,850 10.9
2 US 1,546,372 2,502,574 561
Caribbean and Latin America
162 Antigua and Barbuda 170 245 0
53 Argentina 71,400 102,640 1.9
158 Bahamas 860 860 0
160 Barbados 610 1,040 0
156 Belize 1,050 1,750 0
78 Bolivia 33,000 70,100 0.1
17 Brazil 287,159 2,012,759 16.1
48 Chile 78,098 166,098 1.9
23 Colombia 207,000 396,700 4
165 Costa Rica 0 8,400 0.1
69 Cuba 49,000 114,500 1.4
90 Dominican Rep 24,500 39,500 0.2
71 Ecuador 46,500 164,770 0.7
102 El Salvador 15,500 25,400 0.1
81 Guatemala 29,200 85,900 0.1
155 Guyana 1,100 3,270 0
166 Haiti 0 0 0 *UN multinational stabilisation mission currently
in place
112 Honduras 12,000 80,000 0.1
146 Jamaica 2,830 3,783 0.1
27 Mexico 192,770 517,770 3.4
105 Nicaragua 14,000 14,000 0
167 Panama 0 11,800 0.2
120 Paraguay 10,300 189,600 0.1
46 Peru 80,000 352,000 1.1
151 Surinam 1,840 1,840 0
147 Trinidad and Tobago 2,700 2,700 0
92 Uruguay 24,000 24,920 0.2
45 Venezuela 82,300 90,300 2.1
76 Belgium 36,950 55,600 3.2
65 Bulgaria 51,000 388,000 0.7
94 Czech Rep 22,272 27,872 2.3
96 Denmark 21,180 150,880 3.2
140 Estonia 4,934 28,934 0.2
20 France 254,895 420,820 41.6
18 Germany 284,500 639,150 28.8
32 Greece 163,850 492,850 4.5
79 Hungary 32,300 88,300 1.3
163 Iceland 0 130 0.4
28 Italy 191,152 501,952 14.6
139 Latvia 5,238 16,442 0.3
107 Lithuania 13,510 34,810 0.3
157 Luxembourg 900 1,512 0.3
63 Netherlands 53,130 85,330 9.4
89 Norway 25,800 236,200 4.6
34 Poland 141,500 396,900 5.6
73 Portugal 44,900 303,530 2.3
44 Romania 97,200 281,100 2.1
98 Slovakia 20,195 20,195 0.9
136 Slovenia 6,550 36,050 0.5
33 Spain 147,255 539,6150 8.5
9 Turkey 514,850 1,045,750 8.9
22 United Kingdom 216,890 458,410 50.2
95 Albania 21,500 22,000 0.1
70 Armenia 48,160 49,160 0.2
75 Austria 39,900 39,900 2.2
55 Azerbaijan 66,740 381,740 0.6
50 Belarus 72,940 472,440 0.3
113 Bosnia-Herzegovina 11,865 11,865 0.2
97 Croatia 20,800 139,000 0.6
121 Cyprus 10,000 70,750 0.3
84 Finland 28,300 287,300 2.7
114 Georgia 11,320 23,020 0.1
119 Ireland 10,460 25,335 1
117 Macedonia 10,890 39,490 0.1
149 Malta 2,237 2,237 0
135 Moldova 6,750 76,029 0
58 Serbia and Montenegro 65,300 360,400 0.7
85 Sweden 27,600 325,200 5.2
143 Switzerland 4,300 319,300 3.8
29 Ukraine 187,600 1,272,500 2.9
5 Russia 1,027,000 21,442,000 23.7
35 Algeria 137,500 468,700 2.9
115 Bahrain 11,200 21,360 0.5
10 Egypt 468,500 1,277,500 2.5
8 Iran 545,000 935,000 6.2
21 Iraq 227,000 227,000 0
31 Israel 168,300 584,350 7.2
43 Jordan 100,500 145,500 1
101 Kuwait 15,500 45,800 4.3
52 Lebanon 72,100 85,100 0.5
49 Libya 76,000 116,000 0.6
100 Mauritania 15,870 20,870 0
25 Morocco 200,800 400,800 2.1
74 Oman 41,700 46,100 3
164 Palestinian Autonomous Areas 0 56,000 0
111 Qatar 12,400 12,400 2.2
26 Saudi Arabia 199,500 215,000 25.4
13 Syria 307,600 769,600 1.5
77 Tunisia 35,300 47,300 0.4
67 UAE 50,500 50,500 2.7
56 Yemen 66,700 137,900 0.9
40 Angola 108,400 118,400 1.2
142 Benin 4,550 7,050 0.1
127 Botswana 9,000 10,500 0.4
118 Burkino Faso 10,800 11,050 0.1
68 Burundi 50,500 81,500 0
93 Cameroon 23,100 23,100 0.2
154 Cape Verde 1,200 1,200 0
148 Central African Republic 2,550 2,550 0
80 Chad 30,350 34,850 0.1
122 Congo 10,000 12,000 0.1
59 Dem Rep of Congo 64,800 64,800 0.2
123 Djibouti 9,850 12,350 0
152 Equatorial Guinea 1,320 1,320 0
24 Eritrea 201,750 321,750 0.1
30 Ethiopia 182,500 182,500 0.3
141 Gabon 4,700 6,700 0
159 Gambia 800 800 0
134 Ghana 7,000 7,000 0
124 Guinea 9,700 19,300 0.1
125 Guinea Bissau 9,250 9,250 0
99 Ivory Coast 17,050 28,550 0.2
91 Kenya 24,120 29,120 0.3
150 Lesotho 2,000 2,000 0
104 Liberia 15,000 15,000 0
108 Madagascar 13,500 21,600 0.3
137 Malawi 5,300 6,800 0
132 Mali 7,350 15,150 0.1
168 Mauritius 0 2,000 0
116 Mozambique 11,200 11,200 0.1
126 Namibia 9,200 15,200 0.2
138 Niger 5,300 10,700 0
47 Nigeria 78,500 160,500 0.8
66 Rwanda 51,000 53,000 0.1
106 Senegal 13,620 18,620 0.1
161 Seychelles 200 450 0
109 Sierra Leone 13,000 13,000 0
169 Somalia 0 0 0 *Transitional national government has formed with
an estimated 5000 troops but only has control of northern Somalia
61 South Africa 55,750 115,750 3.8
42 Sudan 104,800 207,300 0.5
87 Tanzania 27,000 108,400 0.4
130 Togo 8,550 9,300 0
72 Uganda 45,000 46,800 0.2
103 Zambia 15,100 19,500 0
83 Zimbabwe 29,000 50,800 0.3
86 Afghanistan 27,000 27,000 0
36 Bangladesh 125,500 251,700 0.8
3 India 1,325,000 5,494,815 23.5
57 Kazakhstan 65,800 100,300 0.6
110 Kyrgyzstan 12,500 17,500 0.1
54 Nepal 69,000 131,000 0.2
7 Pakistan 619,000 921,000 3.7
38 Sri Lanka 111,000 235,500 0.7
131 Tajikistan 7,600 12,900 0.1
88 Turkmenistan 26,000 26,000 0.2
62 Uzbekistan 55,000 91,000 0.1
64 Australia 52,872 73,672 13.2
133 Brunei 7,000 11,450 0.4
12 Burma 375,500 482,750 6.2
37 Cambodia 124,300 191,300 0.1
1 China 2,255,000 7,024,000 34.9
153 East Timor 1,250 1,250 n/a
144 Fiji 3,500 9,500 0
15 Indonesia 302,000 982,000 2.6
19 Japan 260,250 316,895 40.7
4 North Korea 1,106,000 9,495,000 1.9
6 South Korea 687,700 8,692,200 23.5
82 Laos 29,100 129,100 0
39 Malaysia 110,000 430,900 3.1
129 Mongolia 8,600 152,800 0
128 New Zealand 8,660 19,460 1.4
145 Papua New Guinea 3,100 3,100 0
41 Philippines 106,000 317,500 0.9
51 Singapore 72,500 522,800 6.2
16 Taiwan 290,000 1,995,650 7.9
14 Thailand 306,600 665,300 2
11 Vietnam 455,000 5,495,000 3.2