The most powerful armies in the world. Russia took second place in it, losing to the United States. The first ten countries with the most powerful personnel fit for military service are in the RBC review.

Population size: 323.9 million people

145.2 million people, of which the active military - 1.3 million people

Air force: 13.7 thousand pieces of equipment

Ground troops: 5.8 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 415 vehicles

Military budget:$587.8 billion

Population size: 142.3 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 70 million people, of which the active military - 798.5 thousand people

Air force: 3.8 thousand pieces of equipment

Ground troops: 20.2 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 352 vehicles

Military budget:$44.6 billion

Population size: 1.3 billion people

Personnel fit for military service: 750 million people, of which active military - 2.2 million people

Air force: 2.9 thousand units of military equipment

Ground troops: 6.4 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 714 pieces of military equipment

Military budget:$161.7 billion

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Population size: 1.2 billion people

Personnel fit for military service: 616 million people, of which the active military - 1.3 million people

Air force: 2.1 thousand units of military equipment

Ground troops: 4.4 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 295 vehicles

Military budget:$51 billion

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Population size: 66.8 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 30 million people, including active military — 204 thousand people

Air force: 1.3 thousand units of military equipment

Ground troops: 406 battle tanks

Navy: 118 vehicles

Military budget:$35 billion

Great Britain

Population size: 64.4 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 30 million people, of which 151.1 thousand are active military

Air force: 856 vehicles

Ground troops: 249 battle tanks

Navy: 76 vehicles

Military budget:$45.7 billion

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Population size: 126.7 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 54 million people, including active military — 248.5 thousand people

Air force: 1.5 thousand pieces of equipment

Ground troops: 700 battle tanks

Navy: 131 units of military equipment

Military budget:$43.8 billion

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Population size: 80.2 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 41.6 million people, of which 382.8 thousand are active military

Air force: 1 thousand units of military equipment

Ground troops: 2.4 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 194 vehicles

Military budget:$8.2 billion

Germany

Population size: 80.7 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 37 million people, of which 180 thousand active military people

Air force: 698 units of military equipment

Ground troops: 543 battle tanks

Navy: 81 vehicles

Military budget:$39.2 billion

Population size: 94.6 million people

Personnel fit for military service: 42 million people, of which the active military - 454.2 thousand people

Air force: 1.1 thousand units of military equipment

Ground troops: 4.1 thousand battle tanks

Navy: 319 vehicles

Military budget:$4.4 billion

The most significant advantages of any single country are its economic condition, external and internal political activity, the standard of living of citizens, and, of course, the presence of a combat-ready state army. Each sane government of the country considers it its super-task to replenish, expand, and equip the mega-functional army of military personnel, whose multi-effort will protect the vital activity of any independent country from anyone.

Every second reasonable inhabitant of our country considers it his mega duty to provide his opportunities, both physical and mental, to serve in the ranks of the state army. Is this the case in other countries and how significant is the presence of their own army for them.

World Army Ranking 2017

What is the largest army in the world for 2017? More detailed and extensive examples in the top track "ranking the armies of the world":

10th place. The latest in the ranking, but very large-scale army South Korea . In terms of the number of military personnel, this army is in third place among Asian countries. In Korea, an extremely large number of residents who serve, protect their country;

9th place german army. german army cites very worthy indicators: the number of almost 190 thousand military personnel, a super huge military budget of about 45 billion dollars, which indicates that the provision of this military personnel is at the highest possible level. In terms of the number of military personnel, this military formation occupies only 25th place;

8th place. She took her position at this place. Turkish army, which holds the sixth place in the ranking in terms of combat capability, as well as the ninth position in terms of numbers. This military strength holds the golden first place among the armies of the Middle East, since, in addition to over-numerous military reserves, army regulations state that the age barrier starts at 20 years old and ends at 41 years old;

7th place. In the top list "ranking of the armies of the world 2017" Japan holds its mega positions. The main upscale characteristic features this army is that it is among the best, in terms of worthy indicators. The insignificant size of this army disposes of the maximum possible for such a number of people, financial indicator, the military's super-rigid training is intertwined with training in traditional self-defense techniques, making it super-dangerous, operating only as a self-defense organization. It can be thoroughly put in the first position in the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world in 2017, not only because it has a variety of the latest means of protection, but also because of the mega skills of the most military personnel;

6th place was taken by the armed forces Great Britain. Despite the fact that the army of Great Britain occupies only the 27th place in terms of numbers, and the fifth in terms of combat effectiveness, it cannot be called uncompetitive in any way. The most notable high-profile features are that it has at its disposal the Royal Navy of Britain, which has received world silver in tonnage; it has a structural element - the wearing of medical military service, which is not accepted in any army in the world;

5th place. One of the highly productive and strongest European armies is the army France. The characteristic features of this military structure are: the presence of atomic super-stocks, which even the most famous atomic armies of the world can envy, the presence of the Foreign Legion, in which only citizens of other countries serve;

4th place was taken by the army India. Army table of the world 2017 put this professional military organization in third place in terms of the number of military personnel. The Armed Forces of India have the highest military potential, high-class capabilities for the production and supply of weapons and equipment, which made it possible for it to acquire top-notch new tanks; ranks first in the operation of a large number of fighters;

3rd place. The army settled here China, the largest army in the world in terms of numbers. And, in terms of combat capability, the People's Liberation Army of China holds the bronze position. The characteristic features of this super structure can be called the age of service, from 19 to 49 years; the reserve military reserve has more than one and a half billion people; specific triune organization of the military structure, taking steps towards the creation of high-precision weapons;

2nd place went to VS Russia. The main distinguishing features of this military formation are the first place in terms of the number of military in the country, many billions of dollars in cash costs give it the opportunity to use the latest military innovations in weapons and equipment; has a significant, very significant stock of military equipment, but in terms of quality characteristics, it is significantly lagging behind;

1st place was taken by the army USA. It is the American Armed Forces that close the combat capability rating of the armies of the world. And, in terms of the number of armed forces, she took a silver position. The primary features of this military structure are the mega huge financial costs for its maintenance, the nuclear stock is simply impressive with its grandiose numbers, the professional work of the National Guard.

The other day, experts from an international analytical group published a rating of the armies of the world in terms of the level of military power of Global Firepower (often the analytical structure itself is also called in the same way). The level of military power was determined by the classification of the mentioned group. The index of military superiority of some armies over others is published in Lately annually and takes into account such indicators armed forces various countries as the ratio of the number of armed forces to the population of the country, the composition of the Air Force, Navy (Navy), the number of tanks, as well as the volume of the defense budget. It is important that the level of military power in this case does not take into account the country's possession of nuclear potential.

In total, in 133 countries of the world, the army of each of which has been assigned a certain coefficient. Moreover, in this case, the principle of inverse proportionality works: the lower this coefficient is, the greater the total power of the armed forces of a state is considered.

The top three countries in terms of global power in this ranking are as follows.

At the first place - USA. The declared indicators are: the coefficient is 0.0857, the population is 323.9 million people, the number of armed forces is 2.36 million, of which 990 thousand are reservists. The number of aviation assets is 13762 aircraft and helicopters, of which 2296 are fighters, 947 are attack helicopters. Total number tanks from the US Army - 5884 units. The number of warships of the US Navy is 415, of which 19 are aircraft carriers, 70 are submarines. The defense budget of the American army, as is known even without the compilers of this rating, cannot be compared with the military budgets of other countries of the world. Its total volume, named in Global Firepower for 2017, amounted to $588 billion. And this is only the "unclassified" part of the Pentagon's treasury.

In second place, the compilers of the rating place Russia with a coefficient of 0.0929. Russian population figures (about 142 million people are indicated) differ from official data in the Russian Federation for the reason that foreign analysts continue to pretend that Crimea is not part of Russia.

Indicators for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Global Firepower: strength - as much as 3.37 million people. It was decided to include in this value everyone who is not only in the personnel of the Armed Forces of the country, but also reservists plus civilian personnel. Direct staffing indicated at the level of 798.5 thousand military personnel. Just a few days ago, information was published on the full strength of the RF Armed Forces according to data not from foreign experts, but directly from the RF Ministry of Defense. The statistics (published by TASS Global Firepower) are actually as follows: 1 million 13 thousand 628 military personnel.

As can be seen, the scatter with the data of foreign "partners" differ not only in terms of population, but also in terms of the strength of the Armed Forces directly.

The statistics in Global Firepower for Russia are as follows: aviation means - 3794, of which 806 are fighters, 490 are attack (attacking) helicopters. Number of tanks: 20216. Number of warships in the Navy: 352, including one aircraft-carrying cruiser (Admiral Kuznetsov) and 63 submarines. The military budget of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2017 is estimated at $44.6 billion.

Closes the top three People's Republic of China. The coefficient in this case is 0.0945. The indicated population is 1.373 billion people. The number of PLA (People's Liberation Army of China) is 3.7 million, of which 1.45 million are listed as reservists.
The number of military aircraft in China is 2955, of which 1,271 thousand fighters and 206 attack helicopters. If these statistics are to be believed, then the Chinese army has overtaken and surpassed the US army in terms of the number of fighter aircraft, and has surpassed it by almost 50%. This information from Global Firepower is in conflict with information in Chinese official sources. The Chinese themselves say that the number of fighters of various modifications, including the Russian Su-27 and Su-30, is no more than 950 units, of which about 500 are Chengdu J-7. Wikipedia gives almost 1,500 fighters altogether, including in their total number aircraft that are not physically in the PLA Air Force, but contracts for which have been concluded.

The number of tanks in the Chinese People's Liberation Army, according to the compilers of the global rating under consideration, is 6457. The number of warships is 714. If you believe this value, it turns out that China's combat fleet is almost twice as large as the US Navy's combat ship structure. It is specified that among these 714 warships there is 1 aircraft carrier, 51 frigates, 68 submarines, 35 corvettes, etc. The Chinese defense budget is said to be $161.7 billion. official statistics on the defense budget, published by the Chinese media, is as follows: 151.8 billion dollars.

In the top five in terms of military power, such countries of the world as India(4th place) and France(5th). It is noted that the population of India is about 110 million less than the population of China, while the total number of armed forces, including reservists, is declared at the level of 4.2 million people, which is half a million more than in China. The Indian defense budget exceeds the Russian one and is about $51 billion. For comparison: the military budget of France with the 5th announced line in terms of military power amounted to 35 billion US dollars in 2017.

Places from 6th to 10th were distributed as follows: Britain, Japan, Türkiye, Germany and (rather surprisingly) Egypt. At the same time, the “Egyptian Navy” section indicates the presence of two aircraft carriers. We are talking about helicopter carriers that France sold to Cairo after the well-known sanctions against Russia. The presence of these ships, according to the compilers of the rating, allows Egypt with a military budget of $ 4 billion and 454 thousand military personnel to bypass in the rating, for example, Pakistan And South Korea.

On the 15th position, the compilers of the rating put Israel, noting that the military budget of this country is one of the most impressive per capita in the world. With a population of 8.1 million and a military force of 168,000, the budget is over $15.5 billion.

The DPRK was given the 23rd place (and why, then, are the USA, Japan and South Korea shuddering? ..). And the most "cool" army in Europe - Ukrainian - 30th position. By military power Ukraine estimated so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already on the 14th position above the army Syria, 19 lines above the army The Republic of Belarus and 28 above the sun Azerbaijan.

Global Firepower has released the next annual ranking report https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp for the armies of the world.
The rating is formed according to more than 50 parameters and is released every year, taking into account more than 2/3 of the countries of the world.
The first three are already long time does not change - the United States is in first place, Russia is in second place, China is in third place.

Among the declared parameters of the rating:

1. Nuclear weapon not taken into account (only conventional weapons), but countries with them receive a certain bonus to the rating.
2. The ranking does not depend entirely on the number of weapons, but rather focuses on the variety of weapons and their quality.
3. Geographic parameters, infrastructure and Natural resources affect the overall position of the country in the ranking.
4. The number of population and available labor force plays an important role in the final assessment. Who more people, which usually ranks high.
5. Landlocked countries do not receive a penalty for not having a fleet. Countries with a low variety of naval weapons receive a penalty.
6. NATO countries have a bonus due to the cumulative use of resources.
7. The current military-political leadership of any of the countries is not taken into account.
8. Figures are taken from open sources at the end of 2016.

Russia parameters according to the report:

Demographic and mobilization potential.

air force

Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS

Navy

Oil, infrastructure.

Finance, geography.

For comparison.

Air Force.

Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.

Navy

Oil, transport infrastructure.

Finance, geography.

China.

Demography, mobilization potential.

air force

Tanks, AFVs, artillery, MLRS.

Navy.

Oil, transport infrastructure

Finance, geography.

It also seemed noteworthy that Turkey and Egypt were placed above Israel. If the comparison with Turkey is a moot point, then the superiority of Egypt looks very doubtful.
You can also note that they do not consider China the second aircraft carrier, since it was still being completed at the end of 2016, and Britain counted as many as 2, while in fact there is only 1, and even that one is in a state of completion, and "Illustrious" already sent for scrap.

The strength of the armed forces.

Tanks.

BBM.

Barrel artillery.

Combat aircraft.

Submarines.

The number of military ships. North Korea is a great maritime power.

Merchant navy. Panama, as usual, is out of competition.

Oil production, including proven reserves.

PS. The strongest army in Europe in this ranking is located in 30th place between Sweden and Myanmar, even though it is a wartime army, while the vast majority of armies standing higher are peacetime armies. The rating was compiled by Kremlin agents in order to slander Nenko and her defense efforts.

A powerful and combat-ready army is the key to a significant weight of the country in the international arena. Moreover, in connection with the well-known events in Syria and Ukraine, more and more often military power different countries is given the closest attention. Many ask the question: "Who will win the world war?".

Today we present an annually updated, official rating armies of the world, a list that includes the most powerful armies in the world in 2017.

When compiling a rating, the comparison includes:
- number of armies of the world (regular number of troops, reservists)
- weapons (aircraft, helicopters, tanks, fleet, artillery, other equipment)
- military budget, resource equipment, geographical position, logistics.

Nuclear potential is not taken into account by experts, however, recognized nuclear powers get an advantage in ranking.

By the way, San Marino had the weakest army in the world in 2017 - only 80 people.

10 South Korea

The Korean army is the third in Asia in terms of numbers - 630 thousand soldiers. The country has a very high number of military personnel per thousand inhabitants - 14.2 people. Defense budget of Korea - $33.7 billion.

9 Germany

The country's military budget is $45 billion. The number of German armed forces is 186,500 people. The German army is completely professional, i.e. There has been no compulsory conscription in the country since 2011.

8 Türkiye

The Turkish army is the best in the Middle East. The number of the country's armed forces is 510,000 people. Turkey's military budget is $18 billion. There are just over 7 military personnel per thousand inhabitants of the country.

7 Japan

The Japanese army is the seventh in the list of the best. The combat-ready part of the army has 247,000 servicemen. With such a large number of armed forces, the country has a huge defense budget - $49 billion.

6 UK

The country's military budget is $53 billion. The number of British armed forces - 188,000 military - is the smallest army in the ranking. But the Royal Navy of Britain is the second in the world in terms of tonnage.

5 France

Opens a list of the 5 most powerful armies in the world. The country's military budget is $43 billion. The number of French armed forces is 222,000 people. The key to the combat effectiveness of this army is the presence in it of a full range of weapons of its own production from warships to helicopters and small arms.

4 India

The country's military budget is $46 billion. The number of Indian armed forces is 1,346,000 people, the country's army is the third largest in the world.

3 China

The largest army in the world is the Chinese army, with 2,333,000 troops. Wikipedia indicates that there are 1.71 military personnel per 1,000 inhabitants of the Celestial Empire. China's military budget is $126 billion.

2 Russia

The Russian armed forces surpass almost all the armies of the countries of the world in terms of the power of weapons in all branches of the military - air, land and sea. population Russian army for 2017 - 798,000 people. The military budget is $76 billion. Among the superpowers, Russia has a very high number of military personnel per 1,000 inhabitants - 5.3 people.

1 US

The strongest army in the world, according to Globalfirepower, is American. By the way, it is not the largest in terms of numbers, but the most powerful in terms of available weapons, including nuclear potential not taken into account by experts. The US Army has 1,492,200 men and a defense budget of $612 billion.