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This entry gives the number of males and females falling in the military age range for a country (defined as being ages 16-49) and assumes that every individual is fit to serve.

Rank	Country	Manpower available for military service
Manpower available for military service - The World Factbook - CIA
1	China	742,132,774
2	India	605,661,089
3	United States	145,026,374
4	Indonesia	127,882,520
5	Brazil	105,981,493
6	Pakistan	87,546,042
7	Nigeria	70,613,742
8	Russia	70,544,194
9	Mexico	58,523,203
10	Japan	53,939,804
11	Vietnam	50,237,323
12	Philippines	49,636,174
13	Turkey	41,169,695
14	Iran	40,921,460
15	Egypt	40,404,891
16	Ethiopia	37,630,576
17	Germany	37,355,655
18	Bangladesh	36,560,110
19	Thailand	35,412,725
20	Burma	29,098,624
21	France	28,877,207
22	United Kingdom	28,850,765
23	Italy	26,635,792
24	South Africa	26,049,626
25	South Korea	25,817,141
26	Colombia	23,166,061
27	Ukraine	22,587,537
28	Sudan	20,158,544
29	Algeria	20,073,165
30	Argentina	19,802,773
31	Spain	19,426,235
32	Poland	18,961,986
33	Kenya	18,767,937
34	Morocco	16,767,178
35	Canada	15,832,300
36	Peru	15,715,186
37	Uzbekistan	15,560,546
38	Saudi Arabia	15,432,482
39	Democratic Republic of the Congo	15,192,858
40	Iraq	14,780,276
41	Nepal	14,087,854
42	Venezuela	13,939,213
43	Uganda	13,724,139
44	Afghanistan	13,214,535
45	Malaysia	13,186,851
46	Taiwan	12,256,973
47	North Korea	12,252,392
48	Ghana	12,185,665
49	Syria	11,307,681
50	Sri Lanka	11,115,682
51	Romania	11,104,654
52	Yemen	10,664,029
53	Australia	10,358,210
54	Ivory Coast	9,990,208
55	Tanzania	9,683,768
56	Madagascar	9,495,462
57	Cameroon	8,996,793
58	Chile	8,534,856
59	Kazakhstan	8,379,421
60	Cambodia	7,951,239
61	Netherlands	7,758,421
62	Ecuador	7,443,278
63	Senegal	6,461,407
64	Niger	6,353,758
65	Guatemala	6,328,682
66	Cuba	6,082,762
67	Tunisia	6,039,491
68	Angola	5,885,322
69	Mali	5,654,424
70	Zambia	5,510,255
71	Rwanda	5,127,541
72	Zimbabwe	5,108,074
73	Portugal	5,046,726
74	Greece	4,988,439
75	Czech Republic	4,935,431
76	Dominican Republic	4,909,964
77	Belarus	4,902,080
78	Bolivia	4,898,071
79	Mozambique	4,787,832
80	Hungary	4,699,523
81	Belgium	4,687,132
82	Azerbaijan	4,665,886
83	Guinea	4,556,927
84	Haiti	4,534,135
85	Somalia	4,479,288
86	Chad	4,403,827
87	Burundi	4,218,459
88	Sweden	4,061,233
89	Benin	3,995,237
90	Tajikistan	3,970,096
91	Honduras	3,929,018
92	Austria	3,886,915
93	Switzerland	3,636,699
94	Hong Kong	3,628,475
95	Burkina Faso	3,608,963
96	United Arab Emirates	3,540,174
97	Israel	3,459,359
98	Libya	3,429,902
99	Malawi	3,402,724
100	Bulgaria	3,307,100
101	Laos	3,287,960
102	Paraguay	3,278,221
103	Jordan	3,225,483
104	Nicaragua	3,199,668
105	El Salvador	3,016,920
106	Papua New Guinea	2,972,906
107	Togo	2,925,395
108	Kyrgyzstan	2,895,556
109	Slovakia	2,790,833
110	Turkmenistan	2,729,163
111	Eritrea	2,626,694
112	Costa Rica	2,458,220
113	Denmark	2,457,333
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,351,530
115	Moldova	2,318,754
116	Finland	2,272,555
117	Central African Republic	2,239,980
118	Georgia	2,235,148
119	Lebanon	2,187,642
120	Norway	2,128,091
121	Ireland	2,062,591
122	Croatia	2,045,369
123	New Zealand	2,020,662
124	Albania	1,857,591
125	Lithuania	1,788,589
126	Republic of the Congo	1,784,913
127	Mongolia	1,767,847
128	Kuwait	1,743,655
129	Uruguay	1,682,132
130	Oman	1,678,621
131	Armenia	1,671,972
132	Liberia	1,605,101
133	Mauritania	1,482,136
134	Jamaica	1,443,472
135	Singapore	1,266,426
136	Sierra Leone	1,156,724
137	Latvia	1,105,643
138	Botswana	1,063,993
139	Macedonia	1,042,500
140	Lesotho	975,216
141	Slovenia	953,813
142	Panama	878,281
143	Gambia	808,173
144	Guinea-Bissau	725,273
145	Gabon	689,439
146	Trinidad and Tobago	670,891
147	Cyprus	607,193
148	Estonia	605,325
149	Timor-Leste	585,473
150	Namibia	554,531
151	Qatar	551,051
152	Fiji	491,488
153	Bahrain	382,740
154	Djibouti	378,894
155	Bhutan	374,779
156	Gaza Strip	372,843
157	Comoros	356,481
158	Mauritius	343,279
159	Swaziland	336,436
160	Equatorial Guinea	292,379
161	Suriname	266,904
162	Cape Verde	262,439
163	Maldives	255,473
164	Luxembourg	234,409
165	Brunei	226,237
166	Guyana	189,456
167	Malta	187,311
168	Belize	156,235
169	Solomon Islands	150,987
170	Macau	150,712
171	Barbados	148,868
172	Netherlands Antilles	113,601
173	Bahamas	84,903
174	French Polynesia	81,794
175	Sao Tome and Principe	77,140
176	Iceland	75,259
177	Tonga	67,228
178	Vanuatu	61,178
179	New Caledonia	59,612
180	Aruba	50,869
181	Seychelles	50,001
182	Samoa	47,423
183	Antigua and Barbuda	44,724
184	St. Lucia	41,177
185	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	27,940
186	Grenada	27,453
187	Micronesia	26,687
188	St. Kitts and Nevis	26,585
189	Kiribati	24,734
190	Andorra	22,776
191	Dominica	18,975
192	Marshall Islands	16,138
193	Greenland	15,474
194	Bermuda	15,217
195	Cayman Islands	12,108
196	Faroe Islands	11,788
197	Liechtenstein	8,041
198	British Virgin Islands	7,230
199	Palau	6,955
200	Gibraltar	6,949
201	San Marino	6,893
202	Monaco	5,814
203	Nauru	3,682
204	Anguilla	3,611
205	Montserrat	1,339

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