World Ranking

🎖️ Reserve Personnel

Trained reserve personnel that can be mobilized to reinforce the active force. 141 of 196 countries report a value; every row links to the country's full profile.
🇻🇳 Vietnam
#1 · 5,000,000
141
Countries with data
22.3M
World total
19k
Median country
45%
Held by the top 3
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Color reflects reserve personnel on a log scale — darker blue is lowest, red is highest. Grey countries have no reported value for this metric.
Lower
Higher No data
Top 10 by reserve personnel
Vietnam: 5,000,0005M🇻🇳VIETNAMSouth Korea: 3,100,0003.1M🇰🇷SOUTH KO…Russia: 2,000,0002M🇷🇺RUSSIABrazil: 1,340,0001.3M🇧🇷BRAZILIndia: 1,000,0001M🇮🇳INDIAUkraine: 1,000,0001M🇺🇦UKRAINENorth Korea: 600,000600k🇰🇵NORTH KO…Pakistan: 550,000550k🇵🇰PAKISTANChina: 510,000510k🇨🇳CHINAEgypt: 480,000480k🇪🇬EGYPT
Regional Breakdown
Summed across all countries with a reported value; follow a region to browse its countries.
Asia
13.9M · 62.3%
Europe
4.4M · 19.8%
America
2.3M · 10.5%
Africa
1.6M · 7.3%
Oceania
49k · 0.2%
Full Ranking 141 countries
Bars are log-scaled relative to the leader so magnitude gaps stay visible down the long tail.
#CountryRegionReserve PersonnelRelative
#1 🥇🇻🇳Vietnam Asia 5,000,000
#2 🥈🇰🇷South Korea Asia 3,100,000
#3 🥉🇷🇺Russia Europe 2,000,000
#4 🇧🇷Brazil America 1,340,000
#5 🇮🇳India Asia 1,000,000
#6 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 1,000,000
#7 🇰🇵North Korea Asia 600,000
#8 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia 550,000
#9 🇨🇳China Asia 510,000
#10 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 480,000
#11 🇮🇱Israel Asia 465,000
#12 🇺🇸United States America 442,000
#13 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia 400,000
#14 🇹🇷Türkiye Asia 380,000
#15 🇮🇷Iran Asia 350,000
#16 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Asia 300,000
#17 🇸🇬Singapore Asia 300,000
#18 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 290,000
#19 🇫🇮Finland Europe 240,000
#20 🇬🇷Greece Europe 220,000
#21 🇦🇲Armenia Asia 210,000
#22 🇹🇭Thailand Asia 200,000
#23 🇵🇪Peru America 190,000
#24 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 150,000
#25 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 150,000
#26 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 150,000
#27 🇵🇭Philippines Asia 120,000
#28 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia 88,200
#29 🇲🇽Mexico America 80,000
#30 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 80,000
#31 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 72,360
#32 🇯🇴Jordan Asia 65,000
#33 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 59,400
#34 🇯🇵Japan Asia 56,000
#35 🇳🇪Niger Africa 54,600
#36 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 51,840
#37 🇨🇾Cyprus Asia 50,000
#38 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia 50,000
#39 🇷🇴Romania Europe 50,000
#40 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 50,000
#41 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 48,300
#42 🇲🇱Mali Africa 48,300
#43 🇨🇱Chile America 40,000
#44 🇨🇺Cuba America 40,000
#45 🇫🇷France Europe 40,000
#46 🇳🇴Norway Europe 40,000
#47 🇦🇴Angola Africa 38,880
#48 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 36,720
#49 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 35,640
#50 🇨🇴Colombia America 35,000
#51 🇵🇱Poland Europe 35,000
#52 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 32,400
#53 🇳🇵Nepal Asia 32,400
#54 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 30,240
#55 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 30,240
#56 🇦🇺Australia Oceania 30,000
#57 🇨🇦Canada America 30,000
#58 🇩🇪Germany Europe 30,000
#59 🇦🇹Austria Europe 25,000
#60 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 25,000
#61 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 23,100
#62 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 22,680
#63 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 21,600
#64 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 20,000
#65 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 20,000
#66 🇮🇹Italy Europe 20,000
#67 🇰🇼Kuwait Asia 20,000
#68 🇹🇩Chad Africa 19,440
#69 🇪🇨Ecuador America 19,440
#70 🇬🇹Guatemala America 19,440
#71 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 19,440
#72 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia 18,360
#73 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 17,280
#74 🇧🇯Benin Africa 15,120
#75 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 15,120
#76 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 15,120
#77 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 15,000
#78 🇪🇸Spain Europe 15,000
#79 🇱🇾Libya Africa 14,700
#80 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 14,040
#81 🇧🇴Bolivia America 12,960
#82 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 12,960
#83 🇭🇹Haiti America 12,636
#84 🇩🇴Dominican Republic America 12,204
#85 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 12,000
#86 🇨🇫Central African Republic Africa 11,970
#87 🇭🇳Honduras America 11,448
#88 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Oceania 11,232
#89 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia 11,124
#90 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 10,000
#91 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 10,000
#92 🇹🇬Togo Africa 9,720
#93 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 9,288
#94 🇱🇦Laos Asia 8,208
#95 🇻🇪Venezuela America 8,000
#96 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia 7,560
#97 🇳🇮Nicaragua America 7,560
#98 🇵🇾Paraguay America 7,344
#99 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 7,000
#100 🇸🇻El Salvador America 6,804
#101 🇨🇬Congo Republic Africa 6,480
#102 🇫🇯Fiji Oceania 6,000
#103 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 5,832
#104 🇵🇸Palestine Asia 5,832
#105 🇨🇷Costa Rica America 5,616
#106 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5,292
#107 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 5,000
#108 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia 5,000
#109 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam Asia 5,000
#110 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 5,000
#111 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5,000
#112 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 5,000
#113 🇵🇦Panama America 4,860
#114 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 3,996
#115 🇬🇪Georgia Asia 3,996
#116 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia 3,780
#117 🇺🇾Uruguay America 3,672
#118 🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 3,456
#119 🇦🇱Albania Europe 3,024
#120 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 3,024
#121 🇯🇲Jamaica America 3,024
#122 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 3,000
#123 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 2,808
#124 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 2,808
#125 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 2,700
#126 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 2,592
#127 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 2,484
#128 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 2,268
#129 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 2,000
#130 🇳🇿New Zealand Oceania 2,000
#131 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago America 2,000
#132 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 1,944
#133 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia 1,500
#134 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 1,000
#135 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 1,000
#136 🇲🇻Maldives Asia 1,000
#137 🇲🇹Malta Europe 1,000
#138 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 1,000
#139 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 1,000
#140 🇬🇾Guyana America 670
#141 🇧🇿Belize America 500
Estimates from open reporting or formula-modeled; countries with no reported value are excluded rather than shown as zero. Not a source of record — cross-check before citing.