List of global manpower fit for military service

The following list projects the total number of people around the globe that are eligible for military service. The estimates are drawn from demographic projections in the CIA World Factbook as of 2009. As defined by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, "fit for military service" means all citizens of a country (both male and female) between the ages of 16 and 49 that are not otherwise disqualified for health reasons.[1]

Country Males Females
 Afghanistan 4,371,193 4,072,945
 Albania 800,665 768,536
 Algeria 8,317,473 8,367,005
 American Samoa 13,875 13,517
 Andorra 18,617 17,613
 Angola 1,467,833 1,411,468
 Anguilla 2,955 3,308
 Antigua and Barbuda 17,271 19,586
 Argentina 8,264,853 8,268,498
 Armenia 642,734 729,047
 Aruba 20,287 21,232
 Australia 4,341,591 4,179,659
 Austria 1,607,456 1,576,335
 Azerbaijan 1,727,464 1,944,260
 Bahamas, The 50,764 51,690
 Bahrain 171,004 144,555
 Bangladesh 24,946,041 31,409,069
 Barbados 58,596 58,866
 Belarus 1,720,049 2,069,898
 Belgium 1,962,409 1,905,178
 Belize 56,135 54,732
 Benin 1,279,053 1,292,438
 Bermuda 12,496 12,486
 Bhutan 150,210 135,991
 Bolivia 1,666,697 1,906,396
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 991,953 959,226
 Botswana 341,190 315,588
 Brazil 38,043,555 44,267,520
 Brunei 92,543 95,301
 Bulgaria 1,351,312 1,381,017
 Burkina Faso 2,197,557 2,191,978
 Burma 9,146,312 9,520,852
 Burundi 1,124,072 1,102,729
 Cambodia 2,673,383 2,763,256
 Cameroon 2,645,601 2,574,948
 Canada 6,647,513 6,413,748
 Cape Verde 84,967 90,154
 Cayman Islands 9,735 10,145
 Central African Republic 552,907 512,611
 Chad 1,103,006 1,315,620
 Chile 3,573,165 3,523,649
 China 314,459,083 296,763,134
 Colombia 8,212,944 10,045,435
 Comoros 125,747 135,707
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 8,925,355 9,047,356
 Congo, Republic of the 538,202 527,649
 Cook Islands 2,334 2,286
 Costa Rica 971,224 936,978
 Cote d'Ivoire 3,122,106 2,936,391
 Croatia 770,798 849,957
 Cuba 2,532,495 2,468,631
 Cyprus 165,615 159,362
 Czech Republic 2,095,038 2,011,531
 Denmark 1,013,223 998,837
 Djibouti 55,173 52,825
 Dominica 15,821 15,291
 Dominican Republic 2,056,774 1,921,836
 Ecuador 2,708,470 3,165,489
 Egypt 18,490,522 17,719,905
 El Salvador 1,201,290 1,547,278
 Equatorial Guinea 105,468 107,919
 Eritrea 834,018 887,495
 Estonia 216,483 260,408
 Ethiopia 11,078,847 12,017,073
 Faroe Islands 9,759 8,311
 Fiji 192,363 204,410
 Finland 962,479 920,297
 France 12,087,606 11,811,260
 French Polynesia 65,408 64,421
 Gabon 195,519 190,519
 Gambia, The 238,454 253,680
 Gaza Strip 312,003 297,380
 Georgia 908,282 959,290
 Germany 15,747,493 14,899,416
 Ghana 3,849,113 3,840,083
 Gibraltar 5,234 5,242
 Greece 2,067,878 2,050,289
 Greenland 10,809 11,437
 Grenada 20,483 20,923
 Guam 37,563 36,083
 Guatemala 2,401,297 2,725,572
 Guernsey 12,447 12,566
 Guinea 1,396,278 1,435,387
 Guinea-Bissau 194,110 200,660
 Guyana 150,307 144,622
 Haiti 1,518,840 1,530,043
 Honduras 1,397,938 1,402,398
 Hong Kong 1,421,406 1,543,443
 Hungary 1,887,755 1,934,019
 Iceland 62,576 61,159
 India 237,042,868 243,276,310
 Indonesia 52,997,922 52,503,046
 Iran 17,658,573 17,148,290
 Iraq 6,203,425 6,065,009
 Ireland 857,162 854,416
 Isle of Man 14,691 14,338
 Israel 1,474,966 1,404,712
 Italy 11,197,487 10,574,250
 Jamaica 573,520 586,426
 Japan 22,757,136 21,920,703
 Jersey 16,920 16,826
 Jordan 1,593,919 1,382,097
 Kazakhstan 2,888,931 3,550,014
 Kenya 5,935,480 5,662,755
 Kiribati 18,129 20,643
 Korea, North 4,104,964 4,492,374
 Korea, South 10,991,263 10,356,604
 Kosovo 428,685 388,848
 Kuwait 935,525 519,854
 Kyrgyzstan 1,083,777 1,229,406
 Laos 1,023,205 1,085,197
 Latvia 410,374 463,144
 Lebanon 948,765 954,663
 Lesotho 267,083 240,868
 Liberia 387,417 382,334
 Libya 1,466,578 1,409,684
 Liechtenstein 6,584 6,801
 Lithuania 677,689 743,468
 Luxembourg 95,840 94,641
 Macau 122,962 148,809
 Macedonia 444,247 427,556
 Madagascar 3,150,043 3,404,988
 Malawi 1,732,621 1,562,107
 Malaysia 5,493,946 5,409,524
 Maldives 138,746 82,247
 Mali 1,649,772 1,579,601
 Malta 80,186 76,426
 Marshall Islands 13,041 13,199
 Mauritania 450,289 544,598
 Mauritius 277,690 282,211
 Mayotte 35,849 34,456
 Mexico 22,541,654 25,149,027
 Micronesia, Federated States of 21,845 23,401
 Moldova 877,665 987,356
 Monaco 5,495 5,406
 Mongolia 706,774 740,550
 Montenegro 154,029 136,847
 Montserrat 1,126 1,226
 Morocco 7,779,589 7,881,024
 Mozambique 2,366,897 2,209,764
 Namibia 329,614 294,490
 Nauru 2,592 2,966
   Nepal 4,886,103 5,525,764
 Netherlands 3,224,790 3,143,096
 Netherlands Antilles 46,461 47,325
 New Caledonia 48,288 48,959
 New Zealand 837,553 825,981
 Nicaragua 1,277,878 1,339,413
 Niger 2,019,553 2,046,906
 Nigeria 19,763,535 18,850,650
 Northern Mariana Islands 19,209 33,074
 Norway 888,219 863,255
 Oman 675,454 563,890
 Pakistan 33,690,322 32,602,910
 Palau 5,177 3,936
 Panama 705,160 710,521
 Papua New Guinea 1,110,175 1,127,758
 Paraguay 1,363,746 1,390,799
 Peru 5,920,716 6,359,803
 Philippines 19,169,298 20,636,853
 Poland 7,898,892 7,888,035
 Portugal 2,103,558 2,049,032
 Puerto Rico 699,784 790,482
 Qatar 318,388 136,841
 Romania 4,542,720 4,604,484
 Russia 21,098,306 27,968,883
 Rwanda 1,452,768 1,456,207
 Saint Barthelemy 1,594 1,340
 Saint Helena 1,586 1,600
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8,159 8,517
 Saint Lucia 32,094 36,110
 Saint Martin 6,336 6,925
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1,427 1,406
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,975 22,250
 Samoa 43,169 40,957
 San Marino 5,343 6,048
 São Tomé and Príncipe 35,216 38,329
 Saudi Arabia 7,486,622 5,652,819
 Senegal 2,038,508 2,207,510
 Serbia 1,415,007 1,379,541
 Seychelles 19,702 19,780
 Sierra Leone 692,469 762,239
 Singapore 1,033,961 1,104,952
 Slovakia 1,165,470 1,152,941
 Slovenia 402,484 390,559
 Solomon Islands 121,368 122,821
 Somalia 1,301,026 1,351,649
 South Africa 7,641,557 6,518,793
 Spain 8,139,020 7,899,157
 Sri Lanka 4,498,667 4,693,895
 Sudan 5,836,971 5,942,043
 Suriname 107,367 111,000
 Swaziland 124,132 118,570
 Sweden 1,705,746 1,645,070
  Switzerland 1,510,259 1,475,993
 Syria 4,360,934 4,344,895
 Taiwan 5,106,730 5,008,563
 Tajikistan 1,428,218 1,603,779
 Tanzania 5,473,552 5,493,188
 Thailand 13,086,106 14,126,398
 Timor-Leste 230,534 238,610
 Togo 929,395 943,967
 Tonga 26,471 27,715
 Trinidad and Tobago 276,224 271,677
 Tunisia 2,569,403 2,489,651
 Turkey 17,223,506 16,995,299
 Turkmenistan 1,024,884 1,147,714
 Turks and Caicos Islands 4,937 4,648
 Tuvalu 2,462 2,631
 Uganda 3,996,597 3,899,717
 Ukraine 7,056,742 9,234,591
 United Arab Emirates 2,081,491 788,632
 United Kingdom 12,123,900 11,616,769
 United States 59,764,677 59,437,663
 Uruguay 708,545 693,622
 Uzbekistan 6,340,446 6,559,769
 Vanuatu 41,533 42,837
 Venezuela 5,391,582 5,873,563
 Vietnam 19,190,676 20,768,508
 Virgin Islands, British 5,979 5,738
 Virgin Islands, U.S. 17,820 21,193
 Wallis and Futuna 3,273 3,297
 West Bank 545,653 515,102
 Western Sahara 52,267 59,221
 Yemen 3,733,704 3,773,626
 Zambia 1,364,173 1,245,220
 Zimbabwe 1,198,727 1,436,232

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Notes edit

  1. ^ "CIA - The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2007-06-12.

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