Top 10 largest armies world wide?

Answer 1

By number of armed forces, I believe the order is # People's Liberation Army (People's Republic of China) # United States armed forces # Indian Armed Forces # Korean People's Army (North Korea) # Armed forces of the Russian Federation
A standing army is a full time soldier. This is a person that workd in the military everyday.

Answer 2

These are the top 10 largest armies in the world, to find out how I got the answer go

to www.mapsofworld.com/world -top-ten-countries-with-largest-armies-map.html.

Also these are army personnels NOT active soldiers.

1.China ( About 1,600,000 )

2.India ( About 1,100,000)

3.North Korea ( About 950,000 )

4.South Korea ( About 560,000 )

5.Pakistan ( About 550,000 )

6.USA ( About 477,800 )

7.Vietnam ( About 412,000 )

8.Turkey (About 402,000 )

9.Iraq ( About 375,000 )

10.Russia ( About 321,000 )

Answer 3

Assuming one counts reserve forces, but not militia, local defense forces and paramilitary organizations, the ranking of nations by total size of the Army is likely:

1. People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
2. Republic of Korea (South Korea)
3. Vietnam
4. India
5. People's Republic of China
6. Iran
7. United States
8. Russia
9. Republic of China (Taiwan)
10. Brazil

These numbers are "soft" as they don't specify the readiness of the reserve forces - some reserves are "ready reserve" meaning they can be available quickly (typically 48 hours after call up), while others are more "strategic" reserve forces, requiring extensive call up for use (typically one to several months).

If we include only the ACTIVE army forces (which is a more true measure of a nation's ability to fight quickly), the ranking goes like this:

1. People's Republic of China
2. United States
3. India
4. North Korea
5. Russia
6. South Korea
7. Pakistan
8. Iran
9. Turkey
10. Egypt