Top 10 countries by military size: China, India, and the US have the largest armies. LINK
๐จ๐ณ China (2M)
๐ฎ๐ณ India (1.5M)
๐บ๐ธ USA (1.4M)
๐ฐ๐ต North Korea (1.3M)
๐ท๐บ Russia (900K)
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan (651.8K)
๐ฎ๐ท Iran (610K)
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea (555K)
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam (482K)
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt (438.5K)
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia (395.5K)
๐ง๐ท Brazil (366.5K)
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๐จ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ณ๐บ๐ธ China has the largest army, with over 2 million military personnel. India and the US follow closely behind with 1.46 million and 1.39 million military personnel respectively.
๐ฐ๐ต๐ท๐บ North Korea and Russia also have significant military forces, with 1.28 million and 900,000 military personnel respectively.
๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ท The armies of many countries with less than 100,000 military personnel, for example, South Africa has 74,000 and Argentina has 72,100 personnel.
๐ธ๐ฐ Even smaller armies can be found in countries such as Slovakia, which has just 17,950 personnel.