Top Military Nations of 2018

50. Kazakhstan

Population: 18,556,698

Reaching military age annually: 245,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 74,500/32,000

Aircraft strength: 214

Combat tanks: 300

Naval assets: 15

49. Syria

Population: 18,028,549

Reaching military age annually: 502,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 154,000/150,000

Aircraft strength: 460

Combat tanks: 4,640

Naval assets: 56

48. Angola

Population: 29,310,273

Reaching military age annually: 310,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 107,000/68,500

Aircraft strength: 283

Combat tanks: 244

Naval assets: 57

47. Iraq

Population: 39,192,111

Reaching military age annually: 655,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 168,000/150,000

Aircraft strength: 289

Combat tanks: 389

Naval assets: 60

46. Venezuela

Population: 31,304,016

Reaching military age annually: 552,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 115,000/8,000

Aircraft strength: 280

Combat tanks: 696

Naval assets: 50

45. Colombia

Population: 47,698,524

Reaching military age annually: 845,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 369,100/142,450

Aircraft strength: 489

Combat tanks: 0

Naval assets: 234

44. Malaysia

Population: 31,381,992

Reaching military age annually: 520,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 110,000/310,000

Aircraft strength: 182

Combat tanks: 74

Naval assets: 61

43. Nigeria

Population: 190,632,261

Reaching military age annually: 3,456,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 124,000/57,000

Aircraft strength: 124

Combat tanks: 148

Naval assets: 75

42. Peru

Population: 31,036,656

Reaching military age annually: 605,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 100,830/268,500

Aircraft strength: 275

Combat tanks: 85

Naval assets: 60

41. Belarus

Population: 9,549,747

Reaching military age annually: 100,620

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 56,500/344,750

Aircraft strength: 202

Combat tanks: 515

Naval assets: 0

40. Romania

Population: 21,529,967

Reaching military age annually: 230,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 72,750/105,000

Aircraft strength: 135

Combat tanks: 827

Naval assets: 48

39. Uzbekistan

Population: 29,748,859

Reaching military age annually: 602,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 56,500/20,000

Aircraft strength: 179

Combat tanks: 420

Naval assets: 0

38. Netherlands

Population: 17,084,719

Reaching military age annually: 202,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 42,705/10,500

Aircraft strength: 165

Combat tanks: 0

Naval assets: 56

37. Argentina

Population: 44,293,293

Reaching military age annually: 665,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 75,000/52,720

Aircraft strength: 262

Combat tanks: 390

Naval assets: 42

36. Norway

Population: 5,320,045

Reaching military age annually: 65,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 26,500/46,000

Aircraft strength: 128

Combat tanks: 52

Naval assets: 62

35. Myanmar

Population: 55,123,814

Reaching military age annually: 1,030,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 406,000/110,000

Aircraft strength: 263

Combat tanks: 592

Naval assets: 155

34. Switzerland

Population: 8,236,303

Reaching military age annually: 90,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 21,000/150,000

Aircraft strength: 167

Combat tanks: 134

Naval assets: 0

33. South Africa

Population: 54,841,552

Reaching military age annually: 965,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 78,050/16,000

Aircraft strength: 209

Combat tanks: 195

Naval assets: 30

32. Mexico

Population: 124,574,795

Reaching military age annually: 2,175,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 273,575/110,000

Aircraft strength: 478

Combat tanks: 0

Naval assets: 143

31. Sweden

Population: 9,960,487

Reaching military age annually: 110,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 21,875/22,000

Aircraft strength: 206

Combat tanks: 120

Naval assets: 63

30. Czech Republic

Population: 10,674,723

Reaching military age annually: 98,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 22,000/7,050

Aircraft strength: 103

Combat tanks: 123

Naval assets: 0

29. Ukraine

Population: 44,033,874

Reaching military age annually: 482,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 182,000/1,000,000

Aircraft strength: 240

Combat tanks: 2,214

Naval assets: 25

28. Greece

Population: 10,768,477

Reaching military age annually: 105,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 161,500/252,250

Aircraft strength: 567

Combat tanks: 1,345

Naval assets: 115

27. Thailand

Population: 68,414,135

Reaching military age annually: 1,045,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 335,425/292,000

Aircraft strength: 565

Combat tanks: 737

Naval assets: 81

26. Saudi Arabia

Population: 28,571,770

Reaching military age annually: 510,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 231,000/25,000

Aircraft strength: 844

Combat tanks: 1,142

Naval assets: 55

25. Canada

Population: 35,623,680

Reaching military age annually: 425,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 64,000/24,000

Aircraft strength: 413

Combat tanks: 80

Naval assets: 63

24. Taiwan

Population: 23,508,428

Reaching military age annually: 325,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 257,500/1,675,000

Aircraft strength: 843

Combat tanks: 2,005

Naval assets: 87

23. Algeria

Population: 40,969,443

Reaching military age annually: 675,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 520,000/272,350

Aircraft strength: 528

Combat tanks: 2,405

Naval assets: 85

22. Poland

Population: 38,476,269

Reaching military age annually: 435,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 109,650/75,000

Aircraft strength: 466

Combat tanks: 1,065

Naval assets: 83

21. Australia

Population: 23,232,413

Reaching military age annually: 280,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 60,000/19,700

Aircraft strength: 469

Combat tanks: 59

Naval assets: 47

20. Vietnam

Population: 96,160,163

Reaching military age annually: 1,640,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 448,500/5,040,000

Aircraft strength: 283

Combat tanks: 1,545

Naval assets: 65

19. Spain

Population: 48,958,159

Reaching military age annually: 423,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 124,100/50,600

Aircraft strength: 524

Combat tanks: 327

Naval assets: 46

18. North Korea

Population: 25,248,140

Reaching military age annually: 415,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 945,000/5,500,000

Aircraft strength: 944

Combat tanks: 5,243

Naval assets: 967

17. Pakistan

Population: 204,924,861

Reaching military age annually: 4,345,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 637,000/282,000

Aircraft strength: 1,281

Combat tanks: 2,182

Naval assets: 197

16. Israel

Population: 8,299,706

Reaching military age annually: 122,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 170,000/445,000

Aircraft strength: 596

Combat tanks: 2,760

Naval assets: 65

15. Indonesia

Population: 260,580,739

Reaching military age annually: 4,500,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 435,750/540,000

Aircraft strength: 478

Combat tanks: 418

Naval assets: 221

14. Brazil

Population: 207,353,391

Reaching military age annually: 3,410,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 334,500/1,652,500

Aircraft strength: 723

Combat tanks: 469

Naval assets: 110

13. Iran

Population: 82,021,564

Reaching military age annually: 1,400,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 534,000/400,000

Aircraft strength: 505

Combat tanks: 1,650

Naval assets: 398

12. Egypt

Population: 97,041,072

Reaching military age annually: 1,535,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 454,250/875,000

Aircraft strength: 1,132

Combat tanks: 4,946

Naval assets: 319

11. Italy

Population: 62,137,802

Reaching military age annually: 570,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 247,500/20,000

Aircraft strength: 828

Combat tanks: 200

Naval assets: 143

10. Germany

Population: 80,594,017

Reaching military age annually: 791,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 178,641/30,000

Aircraft strength: 714

Combat tanks: 432

Naval assets: 81

9. Turkey

Population: 80,845,215

Reaching military age annually: 1,375,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 350,000/360,565

Aircraft strength: 1,056

Combat tanks: 2,446

Naval assets: 194

8. Japan

Population: 126,451,398

Reaching military age annually: 1,215,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 247,157/63,300

Aircraft strength: 1,508

Combat tanks: 679

Naval assets: 131

7. South Korea

Population: 51,181,299

Reaching military age annually: 690,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 625,000/5,202,250

Aircraft strength: 1,560

Combat tanks: 2,654

Naval assets: 166

6. UK

Population: 64,769,452

Reaching military age annually: 750,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 197,730/81,500

Aircraft strength: 832

Combat tanks: 227

Naval assets: 76

5. France

Population: 67,106,161

Reaching military age annually: 775,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 205,000/183,635

Aircraft strength: 1,262

Combat tanks: 406

Naval assets: 118

4. India

Population: 1,281,935,911

Reaching military age annually: 22,900,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 1,362,500/2,844,750

Aircraft strength: 2,185

Combat tanks: 4,426

Naval assets: 295

3. China

Population: 1,379,302,771

Reaching military age annually: 19,550,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 2,183,000/510,000

Aircraft strength: 3,035

Combat tanks: 7,716

Naval assets: 714

2. Russia

Population: 142,257,519

Reaching military age annually: 1,355,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 1,013,628/2,572,500

Aircraft strength: 3,914

Combat tanks: 20,300

Naval assets: 352

1. United States

Population: 326,625,791

Reaching military age annually: 4,220,000

Active personnel/Reserve personnel: 1,281,900/801,200

Aircraft strength: 13,362

Combat tanks: 5,884

Naval assets: 415