El personal de las fuerzas armadas es el personal militar en actividad, incluidas las fuerzas paramilitares en los casos en que el entrenamiento, la organización, el equipamiento y el control sugieren que pueden emplearse para apoyar o reemplazar a las fuerzas militares regulares.
Instituto Internacional de Estudios Estratégicos, The Military Balance. Licencia: CC BY-4.0Unidad de medida: número
| País | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
| México | 341000 | 328000 | 348000 |
| Argentina | 103000 | 103000 | 105200 |
| Brasil | 762000 | 762000 | 761500 |
| Canadá | 72000 | 72000 | 72400 |
| Chile | 114000 | 122000 | 122200 |
| Colombia | 428000 | 481000 | 481200 |
| Estados Unidos | 1395000 | 1388000 | 1379800 |
| Perú | 158000 | 158000 | 158000 |
| Afganistán | 165000 | 278000 | 272900 |
| Albania | 8000 | 8000 | 9000 |
| Alemania | 183000 | 184000 | 181400 |
| Angola | 117000 | 117000 | 117000 |
| Antigua y Barbuda | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arabia Saudita | 282000 | 252000 | 252000 |
| Argelia | 326000 | 317000 | 317000 |
| Armenia | 47000 | 49000 | 48800 |
| Australia | 60000 | 59000 | 58100 |
| Austria | 23000 | 22000 | 22850 |
| Bahamas | 2000 | 2000 | 1300 |
| Bangladesh | 227000 | 227000 | 227050 |
| Barbados | 1000 | 1000 | 610 |
| Bélgica | 24000 | 26000 | 31500 |
| Belice | 2000 | 2000 | 1500 |
| Benín | 12000 | 12000 | 12250 |
| Bolivia | 71000 | 71000 | 71100 |
| Bosnia y Herzegovina | 11000 | 11000 | 10500 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 8000 | 8000 | 8200 |
| Bulgaria | 37000 | 37000 | 36950 |
| Burkina Faso | 11000 | 11000 | 11200 |
| Burundi | 31000 | 51000 | 51050 |
| Cabo Verde | 1000 | 1000 | 1200 |
| Camboya | 191000 | 191000 | 191300 |
| Camerún | 34000 | 34000 | 34400 |
| Chad | 45000 | 45000 | 32850 |
| China | 2535000 | 2535000 | 2695000 |
| Chipre | 13000 | 16000 | 16000 |
| Comoras | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Congo, República del | 12000 | 0 | 12000 |
| Congo, República Democrática del | 134000 | 134000 | 134250 |
| Costa Rica | 10000 | 10000 | 10000 |
| Croacia | 20000 | 18000 | 18200 |
| Dinamarca | 15000 | 15000 | 14500 |
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ecuador | 42000 | 42000 | 41250 |
| El Salvador | 42000 | 42000 | 41500 |
| Emiratos Árabes Unidos | 63000 | 63000 | 63000 |
| Eslovenia | 7000 | 7000 | 7250 |
| España | 199000 | 199000 | 196350 |
| Estonia | 7000 | 7000 | 6700 |
| Etiopía | 138000 | 138000 | 138000 |
| Fiji | 4000 | 4000 | 4040 |
| Filipinas | 157000 | 155000 | 153350 |
| Finlandia | 22000 | 27000 | 25200 |
| Francia | 304000 | 304000 | 304800 |
| Gabón | 7000 | 7000 | 6700 |
| Gambia | 4000 | 4000 | 4000 |
| Georgia | 26000 | 26000 | 25650 |
| Ghana | 16000 | 16000 | 15500 |
| Granada | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grecia | 147000 | 147000 | 147850 |
| Guatemala | 43000 | 43000 | 43050 |
| Guinea | 13000 | 13000 | 12700 |
| Guinea Ecuatorial | 1000 | 1000 | 1450 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4000 | 4000 | 4450 |
| Guyana | 3000 | 3000 | 3400 |
| Haití | 1000 | 1000 | 500 |
| Honduras | 23000 | 23000 | 22950 |
| Hungría | 46000 | 40000 | 39800 |
| India | 3068000 | 3045000 | 3026500 |
| Indonesia | 676000 | 676000 | 675500 |
| Iraq | 459000 | 341000 | 336000 |
| Irlanda | 9000 | 9000 | 8650 |
| Islandia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Islas Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Islas Salomón | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Israel | 178000 | 178000 | 177500 |
| Italia | 338000 | 342000 | 341500 |
| Jamaica | 6000 | 6000 | 5950 |
| Japón | 261000 | 261000 | 261150 |
| Jordania | 116000 | 116000 | 101500 |
| Kazajstán | 71000 | 71000 | 71000 |
| Kenya | 24000 | 29000 | 29100 |
| Kirguistán | 21000 | 21000 | 20900 |
| Kiribati | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kuwait | 25000 | 25000 | 24500 |
| Lesotho | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 |
| Letonia | 9000 | 6000 | 6900 |
| Líbano | 80000 | 80000 | 80000 |
| Liberia | 2000 | 2000 | 2100 |
| Libia | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lituania | 37000 | 37000 | 39550 |
| Luxemburgo | 1000 | 1000 | 1900 |
| Macedonia del Norte | 16000 | 16000 | 16000 |
| Madagascar | 22000 | 22000 | 21500 |
| Malasia | 136000 | 136000 | 136000 |
| Malawi | 15000 | 15000 | 14700 |
| Maldivas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malí | 41000 | 21000 | 21000 |
| Malta | 2000 | 2000 | 1750 |
| Marruecos | 246000 | 246000 | 245800 |
| Mauricio | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 |
| Mauritania | 21000 | 21000 | 20850 |
| Micronesia (Estados Federados de) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mongolia | 18000 | 18000 | 17700 |
| Montenegro | 12000 | 12000 | 12350 |
| Mozambique | 11000 | 11000 | 11200 |
| Namibia | 16000 | 16000 | 15900 |
| Nepal | 112000 | 112000 | 111600 |
| Nicaragua | 12000 | 12000 | 12000 |
| Níger | 10000 | 10000 | 10300 |
| Nigeria | 223000 | 223000 | 223000 |
| Noruega | 25000 | 23000 | 23250 |
| Nueva Zelandia | 10000 | 9000 | 9400 |
| Omán | 47000 | 47000 | 46600 |
| Países Bajos | 41000 | 41000 | 41410 |
| Pakistán | 943000 | 943000 | 944800 |
| Palau | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panamá | 28000 | 28000 | 26000 |
| Papua Nueva Guinea | 4000 | 4000 | 3600 |
| Paraguay | 29000 | 29000 | 28950 |
| Polonia | 189000 | 189000 | 196700 |
| Portugal | 52000 | 52000 | 52250 |
| Reino Unido | 153000 | 149000 | 148450 |
| República Centroafricana | 10000 | 10000 | 10150 |
| República Checa | 27000 | 25000 | 22245 |
| República Dominicana | 71000 | 71000 | 71050 |
| Rumania | 128000 | 126000 | 126600 |
| Samoa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| San Vicente y las Granadinas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santa Lucía | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santo Tomé y Príncipe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Senegal | 19000 | 19000 | 18600 |
| Serbia | 32000 | 32000 | 32150 |
| Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 420 |
| Sierra Leona | 9000 | 9000 | 8500 |
| Singapur | 59000 | 59000 | 59000 |
| Sri Lanka | 317000 | 317000 | 317000 |
| Sudáfrica | 89000 | 90000 | 89650 |
| Sudán | 144000 | 124000 | 124300 |
| Suecia | 15000 | 15000 | 15150 |
| Suiza | 20000 | 20000 | 21450 |
| Suriname | 2000 | 2000 | 1840 |
| Tailandia | 455000 | 455000 | 454850 |
| Tanzanía | 28000 | 28000 | 28000 |
| Tayikistán | 17000 | 17000 | 16800 |
| Togo | 10000 | 10000 | 9550 |
| Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trinidad y Tobago | 5000 | 5000 | 4050 |
| Túnez | 48000 | 48000 | 47800 |
| Turquía | 512000 | 512000 | 512200 |
| Ucrania | 298000 | 311000 | 297000 |
| Uganda | 46000 | 46000 | 46000 |
| Uruguay | 22000 | 22000 | 22100 |
| Uzbekistán | 68000 | 68000 | 68000 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen, Rep. del | 40000 | 40000 | 20000 |
| Zambia | 16000 | 16000 | 16100 |
| Azerbaiyán | 82000 | 82000 | 81950 |
| Bahrein | 19000 | 19000 | 19200 |
| República Democrática Popular Lao | 129000 | 129000 | 129100 |
| Bhután | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | 22000 | 22000 | 21500 |
| Belarús | 158000 | 155000 | 155350 |
| Botswana | 9000 | 9000 | 9000 |
| Corea, República de | 569000 | 613000 | 608000 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 27000 | 134000 | 27000 |
| Egipto, República Árabe de | 836000 | 836000 | 835500 |
| Irán, República Islámica del | 650000 | 650000 | 650000 |
| República Eslovaca | 18000 | 16000 | 15850 |
| República de Moldova | 6000 | 6000 | 6150 |
| Rwanda | 35000 | 35000 | 35000 |
| Federación de Rusia | 1454000 | 1454000 | 1454000 |
| Saint Kitts y Nevis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| República Federal de Somalia | 14000 | 20000 | 19800 |
| Timor-Leste | 2000 | 2000 | 2200 |
| Viet Nam | 522000 | 522000 | 522000 |
| Zimbabwe | 51000 | 51000 | 51000 |