Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mongolia | 32,000 | 16,300 | 16,000 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,500 | 17,500 | 17,500 | 17,500 | 18,000 | 17,700 | 18,000 | 18,000 |
| Albania | 67,500 | 22,500 | 14,745 | 14,750 | 14,750 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 8,500 | 9,000 | 9,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | |
| Austria | 43,000 | 40,500 | 40,000 | 25,758 | 23,250 | 22,800 | 22,500 | 22,500 | 21,350 | 22,400 | 21,000 | 22,850 | 22,000 | 23,000 |
| Belgium | 1,06,000 | 39,300 | 37,000 | 35,736 | 34,050 | 30,700 | 37,500 | 37,600 | 36,350 | 33,800 | 32,000 | 31,500 | 26,000 | 24,000 |
| Bulgaria | 1,29,000 | 1,13,800 | 85,000 | 65,315 | 47,300 | 47,300 | 47,300 | 47,300 | 47,300 | 31,300 | 31,000 | 36,950 | 37,000 | 37,000 |
| Cyprus | 10,000 | 10,800 | 10,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 12,750 | 15,750 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 13,000 |
| Denmark | 31,000 | 21,800 | 21,000 | 18,628 | 16,450 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 17,200 | 16,600 | 16,100 | 15,000 | 14,500 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Finland | 31,000 | 35,100 | 31,000 | 24,975 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 24,900 | 24,200 | 25,000 | 25,200 | 27,000 | 22,000 |
| France | 5,50,000 | 3,89,400 | 3,59,000 | 3,41,967 | 3,32,250 | 3,25,600 | 3,18,400 | 3,12,350 | 3,06,350 | 3,06,100 | 3,07,000 | 3,04,800 | 3,04,000 | 3,04,000 |
| Germany | 5,45,000 | 2,21,100 | 2,85,000 | 2,51,465 | 1,96,000 | 1,86,450 | 1,81,550 | 1,78,600 | 1,77,300 | 1,79,100 | 1,80,000 | 1,81,400 | 1,84,000 | 1,83,000 |
| Greece | 2,01,000 | 1,63,200 | 1,68,000 | 1,49,647 | 1,48,350 | 1,47,350 | 1,48,950 | 1,46,950 | 1,46,950 | 1,45,350 | 1,46,000 | 1,47,850 | 1,47,000 | 1,47,000 |
| Hungary | 94,000 | 57,800 | 44,000 | 34,587 | 38,500 | 38,500 | 38,500 | 38,500 | 38,500 | 39,800 | 40,000 | 39,800 | 40,000 | 46,000 |
| Ireland | 13,000 | 11,500 | 10,000 | 10,460 | 8,900 | 9,350 | 9,350 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,100 | 9,000 | 8,650 | 9,000 | 9,000 |
| Italy | 4,93,000 | 5,03,100 | 4,45,000 | 3,59,378 | 3,67,550 | 3,59,500 | 3,59,500 | 3,56,850 | 3,56,850 | 3,56,850 | 3,47,000 | 3,41,500 | 3,42,000 | 3,38,000 |
| Luxembourg | 1,000 | 1,400 | 1,512 | 1,512 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
| Netherlands | 1,04,000 | 57,100 | 60,000 | 43,279 | 43,300 | 43,300 | 43,300 | 41,900 | 41,310 | 41,310 | 41,000 | 41,410 | 41,000 | 41,000 |
| Norway | 51,000 | 27,000 | 47,000 | 24,450 | 24,450 | 25,800 | 25,800 | 25,800 | 24,950 | 23,950 | 23,000 | 23,250 | 23,000 | 25,000 |
| Poland | 3,13,000 | 2,38,800 | 1,62,000 | 1,21,400 | 1,18,050 | 1,72,700 | 1,72,700 | 1,72,700 | 1,72,700 | 1,78,400 | 1,91,000 | 1,96,700 | 1,89,000 | 1,89,000 |
| Portugal | 87,000 | 90,500 | 93,000 | 90,334 | 90,300 | 90,300 | 79,850 | 78,100 | 73,600 | 74,500 | 52,000 | 52,250 | 52,000 | 52,000 |
| Romania | 1,26,000 | 2,82,900 | 1,77,000 | 1,53,800 | 1,51,300 | 1,51,300 | 1,51,300 | 1,51,300 | 1,50,400 | 1,49,200 | 1,26,000 | 1,26,600 | 1,26,000 | 1,28,000 |
| Spain | 2,63,000 | 2,41,800 | 2,20,000 | 2,23,216 | 2,15,700 | 2,15,600 | 2,13,950 | 2,00,000 | 1,99,950 | 1,97,950 | 1,96,000 | 1,96,350 | 1,99,000 | 1,99,000 |
| Sweden | 65,000 | 88,300 | 28,600 | 21,163 | 21,300 | 16,100 | 16,100 | 30,550 | 30,550 | 30,550 | 30,000 | 15,150 | 15,000 | 15,000 |
| Switzerland | 22,000 | 27,700 | 1,09,000 | 25,287 | 23,100 | 22,650 | 21,250 | 20,800 | 20,950 | 20,950 | 21,000 | 21,450 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Turkey | 7,69,000 | 8,27,700 | 6,17,000 | 6,12,800 | 6,12,800 | 6,12,800 | 6,12,800 | 6,12,800 | 5,12,000 | 5,12,000 | 5,12,000 | 5,12,200 | 5,12,000 | 5,12,000 |
| United Kingdom | 3,08,000 | 2,12,500 | 2,17,000 | 1,74,020 | 1,65,650 | 1,69,150 | 1,59,150 | 1,54,700 | 1,52,350 | 1,50,250 | 1,48,000 | 1,48,450 | 1,49,000 | 1,53,000 |
| Malta | 2,000 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 2,127 | 2,120 | 2,130 | 2,130 | 2,130 | 2,130 | 2,130 | 2,000 | 1,750 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Canada | 87,000 | 68,500 | 71,000 | 65,700 | 65,700 | 66,000 | 65,700 | 70,200 | 67,500 | 67,500 | 72,000 | 72,400 | 72,000 | 72,000 |
| United States of America | 21,80,000 | 14,54,800 | 15,46,000 | 15,69,417 | 15,20,100 | 14,92,200 | 14,33,150 | 13,81,250 | 13,47,300 | 13,48,400 | 13,59,000 | 13,79,800 | 13,88,000 | 13,95,000 |
| Armenia | 42,300 | 49,000 | 55,528 | 55,544 | 49,100 | 49,100 | 49,100 | 49,100 | 49,100 | 49,000 | 48,800 | 49,000 | 47,000 | |
| Azerbaijan | 87,100 | 82,000 | 81,940 | 81,950 | 81,950 | 81,950 | 81,950 | 81,950 | 81,950 | 82,000 | 81,950 | 82,000 | 82,000 | |
| Belarus | 91,100 | 1,83,000 | 1,82,940 | 1,58,000 | 1,58,000 | 1,58,000 | 1,58,000 | 1,58,000 | 1,55,350 | 1,55,000 | 1,55,350 | 1,55,000 | 1,58,000 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76,000 | 12,000 | 10,577 | 10,550 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 11,000 | 10,500 | 11,000 | 11,000 | |
| Croatia | 1,01,000 | 31,000 | 21,600 | 21,600 | 19,550 | 19,550 | 19,550 | 18,550 | 18,550 | 18,000 | 18,200 | 18,000 | 20,000 | |
| Estonia | 7,600 | 8,000 | 5,750 | 5,750 | 5,750 | 5,750 | 5,750 | 6,400 | 6,400 | 6,000 | 6,700 | 7,000 | 7,000 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14,000 | 18,000 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 20,400 | 21,000 | 20,900 | 21,000 | 21,000 | |
| Latvia | 8,500 | 5,000 | 4,600 | 5,350 | 5,310 | 5,310 | 5,310 | 5,310 | 5,310 | 6,000 | 6,900 | 6,000 | 9,000 | |
| Lithuania | 16,600 | 29,000 | 25,240 | 23,350 | 23,350 | 21,950 | 27,400 | 28,330 | 29,650 | 34,000 | 39,550 | 37,000 | 37,000 | |
| North Macedonia | 23,500 | 19,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 15,600 | 15,600 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | |
| Republic of Moldova | 12,900 | 10,000 | 7,733 | 7,750 | 7,750 | 7,750 | 7,750 | 7,550 | 7,550 | 7,000 | 6,150 | 6,000 | 6,000 | |
| Russian Federation | 14,27,100 | 14,52,000 | 14,30,000 | 13,64,000 | 13,64,000 | 12,60,000 | 12,87,000 | 14,90,000 | 14,54,000 | 14,54,000 | 14,54,000 | 14,54,000 | 14,54,000 | |
| Serbia | 1,80,000 | 1,35,700 | 1,10,000 | 29,125 | 28,150 | 28,150 | 28,150 | 28,150 | 28,150 | 31,850 | 32,000 | 32,150 | 32,000 | 32,000 |
| Slovenia | 13,500 | 12,000 | 12,100 | 12,100 | 13,550 | 13,550 | 13,550 | 13,200 | 13,200 | 7,000 | 7,250 | 7,000 | 7,000 | |
| Czech Republic | 63,300 | 28,000 | 28,521 | 26,750 | 26,750 | 24,100 | 24,800 | 25,050 | 23,200 | 23,000 | 22,245 | 25,000 | 27,000 | |
| Iceland | 100 | 130 | 180 | 180 | 200 | 200 | 250 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Georgia | 33,400 | 23,000 | 32,355 | 32,350 | 32,350 | 32,350 | 32,350 | 26,050 | 26,050 | 26,000 | 25,650 | 26,000 | 26,000 | |
| Kazakhstan | 98,500 | 1,01,000 | 80,500 | 70,500 | 70,500 | 70,500 | 70,500 | 70,500 | 70,500 | 71,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | 71,000 | |
| Slovakia | 41,200 | 20,000 | 15,799 | 15,850 | 15,850 | 15,850 | 15,850 | 15,850 | 15,850 | 16,000 | 15,850 | 16,000 | 18,000 | |
| Turkmenistan | 14,500 | 26,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 22,000 | 36,500 | 36,500 | 41,500 | 42,000 | 41,500 | 42,000 | 57,000 | |
| Ukraine | 4,20,400 | 2,73,000 | 2,14,825 | 2,14,850 | 2,14,850 | 1,21,500 | 2,04,000 | 2,56,000 | 2,92,000 | 2,97,000 | 2,97,000 | 3,11,000 | 2,98,000 | |
| Tajikistan | 7,200 | 13,000 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 16,300 | 17,000 | 16,800 | 17,000 | 17,000 | |
| Uzbekistan | 79,100 | 91,000 | 87,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | 68,000 | |
| Montenegro | 13,084 | 12,180 | 12,180 | 12,180 | 12,180 | 12,050 | 12,050 | 12,000 | 12,350 | 12,000 | 12,000 |