list of countries by size of armed forces

Here is a list of armed forces ranked by active troop strength. This information was provided by The Military Balance 2003-2004 found in the 2005 edition of the World Almanacs and Book of Facts.

Rank	Country	Active troop Strength (thousands)	Reserve troop strength (thousands)	Defense expend. as of 2002 ($ billions)	# of Tanks	# of Cruisers/ Frigates/ Destroyers
1.	China	2,270	550	48.4	7,180	0C/ 42F/ 21D
2.	United States	1,414	1,259	329.6	7,620	27C/ 30F/ 49D
3.	India	1,298	535	13.1	3,398	0C/ 16F/ 8D
4.	N. Korea	1,082	4,700	4.7	3,500	0C/ 3F/ 0D
5.	Russia	988	2,400	48	21,870	7C/ 10F/ 14D
6.	S. Korea	686	4,500	12.6	1,000	0C/ 9F/ 6D
7.	Pakistan	620	513	2.5	2,368	0C/ 8F/ 0D
8.	Iran	520	350	4.9	1,565	0C/ 3F/ 0D
9.	Turkey	515	378	8.7	4,205	0C/ 19F/ 0D
10.	Vietnam	484	3000	2.3	1,315	0C/ 6F/ 0D
11.	Myanmar	444	-	2.8	100	-
12.	Egypt	443	254	3.1	4,395	0C/ 10F/ 1D
13.	Taiwan	370	1,657	7.5	926+	0C/ 21F/ 11D
14.	Syria	319	354	1.8	4,500	0C/ 2F/ 0D
15.	Thailand	306	200	1.7	333	0C/ 12F/ 0D
16.	Ukraine	302	1,000	4.7	3,784	1C/ 12F/ 0D
17.	Indonesia	297	400	6.2	-	0C/ 17F/ 1D
18.	Germany	296	390	31.5	2,398	0C/ 12F/ 1D
19.	Brazil	288	1,115	9.7	178	0C/ 14F/ 0D
20.	France	260	100	38	614	0C/ 20F/ 12D
21.	Ethiopia	253	-	0.4	270+	-
22.	Japan	240	47	37.1	1,020	0C/ 9F/ 45D
23.	Italy	217	65	24.2	1,183	1C/ 12F/ 4D
24.	United Kingdom	210	257	35.2	543	0C/ 20F/ 11D
25.	Saudi Arabia	199	-	21	1,055	0C/ 7F/ 0D
26.	Morocco	196	150	1.3	744	0C/ 2F/ 0D
27.	Mexico	193	300	5.3	-	0C/ 8F/ 3D
28.	Spain	178	329	8.3	552	0C/ 16F/ 0D
29.	Greece	178	6.1	6.2	1,723	0C/ 12F/ 2D
30.	Israel	162	425	9.4	3,950	-

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