| Military personnel, total - National accounts - Basic Inds. and Nat. Accts - African Development Indicators (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa | 3,108,450 |
| 2 | North Africa | 1,570,000 |
| 3 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1,538,450 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa | 1,476,450 |
| 5 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | 1,314,450 |
| 6 |  Egypt | 866,000 |
| 7 | Algeria | 334,000 |
| 8 | Morocco | 246,000 |
| 9 | Eritrea | 202,000 |
| 10 | Nigeria | 162,000 |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 143,000 |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 138,000 |
| 13 | Sudan | 127,000 |
| 14 | Angola | 117,000 |
| 15 | Libya | 76,000 |
| 16 | South Africa | 62,000 |
| 17 | Burundi | 51,000 |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 51,000 |
| 19 | Tunisia | 48,000 |
| 20 | Uganda | 47,000 |
| 21 | Chad | 35,000 |
| 22 | Rwanda | 35,000 |
| 23 | Kenya | 29,000 |
| 24 | Tanzania | 28,000 |
| 25 | Cameroon | 23,000 |
| 26 | Madagascar | 22,000 |
| 27 | Mauritania | 21,000 |
| 28 | Ivory Coast | 19,000 |
| 29 | Senegal | 19,000 |
| 30 | Guinea | 19,000 |
| 31 | Zambia | 16,000 |
| 32 | Namibia | 15,000 |
| 33 | Ghana | 14,000 |
| 34 | Republic of the Congo | 12,000 |
| 35 | Djibouti | 12,000 |
| 36 | Mali | 12,000 |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 11,250 |
| 38 | Botswana | 11,000 |
| 39 | Mozambique | 11,000 |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | 11,000 |
| 41 | Niger | 10,000 |
| 42 | Togo | 9,750 |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 9,000 |
| 44 | Benin | 8,000 |
| 45 | Malawi | 7,000 |
| 46 | Gabon | 7,000 |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 3,000 |
| 48 | Liberia | 2,000 |
| 49 | Mauritius | 2,000 |
| 50 | Lesotho | 2,000 |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 1,000 |
| 52 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,000 |
| 53 | Gambia | 1,000 |
| 54 | Seychelles | 450 |
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