Countries with the Most Military Troops

Nice one!

nice quiz :)

Good quiz, I got them all!

good quiz, surprised not to see the UK on there! well it seems our military punches above its weight then!

Yes

Syria and Colombia! C'mon! I always miss those two nations.

I missed those exact ones!

I guess Colombia last and did not have time for Syria.. (facepalm)

troll

Third in military spending... how much do white flags cost these days?!?

A lot less than jack boots, which is why France spends less than the USA :o)

What are you even talking about?

You must be 'joking', right?

Guys, relax. It's a Simpsons reference.

Make cheese, not war!

There are some countries with active reserves 10 or more times larger than some of these standing armies. http://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/30947/countries-largest-military-reserves

You can see who the developed countries are by looking at how precise their figures are. Turkey = 666,576 whereas Syria = 325,000 :)

That's not what "Second World" means. It is an outdated term for Socialist and Eastern Bloc countries from the days of the Cold War. First World designated the USA, UK, and their allies, while Third World was essentially everybody else. Turkey, as a member of NATO, was by all means a First World country.

Since the Cold War is a thing of the past the meanings of these terms have evolved.. 1st world meaning developed and highly industrialized countries, 3rd world meaning undeveloped countries, and 2nd sometimes used to refer to developing countries that are industrialized but not at the level of 1st world countries... the original definition is outdated, and 3rd world used to refer to countries that were not affiliated with either the USA or USSR, it was only by coincidence (probably because they were not strategically important) that these countries all also happened to be undeveloped and poor. And thus, the meaning of the terms changed over time as people were not aware of the original definition but frequently heard of poor countries being referred to as "3rd world."

What about here in Belize where tap water is potable in big cities, but still unclean in villages and very small towns?

Wait, there exists any single city in the country of Belize? You must have really specific definition of city than, when the biggest town does not surpass 70k people.

So does this mean Flint, Michigan isn't part of the first world?

The UK has 205,000 in active service and 182,000 in reserve

Liechtenstein isn't on here? I'm shocked!

I'm more shocked by the lack of Nauru on the quiz. Nauru has a massive, well trained army, that is a severe threat to places like the Marshall Islands and Kiribati. I think we might see a war erupt thanks to Nauru's militarism.

Liechtenstein doesn't have an army. Though they supplied men to the NAZI forces on Operation Barbossa.

What about the Vatican? They are surrounded by friendly Italy, they need to actively protect themselves at all times!

I am more surprised by the fact that Andorra is not here. After all, it is surrounded by Spain and France, both of which have significantly more people, land, and money.

They get round that problem by calling the President of France 'The Prince of Andorra' shares a co-principality with the Catholic Bishop of Urgell (Catalonia, Spain). (that must make the President of France a reigning Monarch)

guiz.. weres costa rica?

Costa Rica doesn't have an army

I think you might have missed the sarcasm there...

The joke flew over your head. RIP.

To be fair though, it was a pretty bad joke.

a) It's guys*, and b) it's in North America.

Yo!!!! Quizmasterastan, you really need to change Burma to Myanmar. I know you accepted Myanmar, but use correct terminology. I checked on the website and it said Burma, so it's not really your fault.

Only Thailand and Vietnam for me. Meh- it k

What about Kronos, the Klingon homeland?

You mean Q'onos?

Why would Brazil need Three Hundred and Twenty Seven Thousand soldiers?

Brazil has a large coastline to patrol and borders ten countries, some of which have huge drug cartels. Their military also works on infrastructure projects. It's a huge area and those numbers don't seem extraordinary to me.

perhaps you should go there 'Orangeajgreen' and explain it to the Taiwanese people.

Yeah, especially now.

No hope of world peace with all these countries and their armies :(

There is a school of thought in political science that the only way to achieve peace is through building armies. The thinking is basically that if you knew you might have to go up against a powerful army of five million, you'd probably behave yourself rather than risk the fight. Basically, if you bumped into a menacing, 280-pound guy in a bar, you'd probably apologize rather than pick a fight. I think it's a simplistic position, but it makes some sense.

To put it succinctly; si vis pacem, para bellum. ;)

Then again, you may go away, find a group of 280 pound bullies and go back to the bar and beat the ' bejabers'out of the bar bully.

Many of these countries receive financial aid, and then go on to build massive armies and buy jet aircraft etc. .......... does nobody find this sickening?

Great idea but it doesn't really work. UK are the 17th greatest exporters to India. Even a country such as Belgium (1/6th the size of UK) exports more to India and they don't give umpteen millions in aid to India to get the benefit.

YAY!!! DPRK and ROK work finally. Thank you QM.

=/ I could have sworn I typed in south korea, but I guess not

You're right, no other country calls themselves "Taiwan," or else it would be 196 Taiwans of the World.

His point is that Taiwan don't call themselves Taiwan either.

Can you take a joke Kenpo?

I said south Korea like a million times and it still didn't accept it

Maybe you should try writing it instead?

+1

or even typing it

Yep

Lots of internal strife - leftist rebels and drug cartels.

I'm very surprised not to see Israel on this list. I thought they were all about their army.

The list is not per capita so obviously Israel isn't on the list with their population of 8 million.

Vatican?

Man, I thought the same!

Surprised I didn't see Eritrea here.

How did I miss Taiwan lol would have had 100%

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_military_and_paramilitary_personnel

Took me a while to get that one, too.

Only missed two. I was going to guess Sri Lanka, but then second guessed myself and didn't think it would be on here. I don't know why I didn't think to guess Syria though.

Also subsidized by US force projection in Germany and elsewhere. Much less need to maintain their own troops.

China has 0.227 soldiers per square Km. USA has 0.137 S per Km2, Russia 0.06 S per Km2, North Korea 9.87 soldiers per Km2.... interesting yes?

See if the Countries with the most troops are also on the list of the 50 Most Powerful Military Nations

I've lost a point because of Srí Lanka. Danke schön!

Can someone explain why Japan can have 250,000 soldiers when the 9th article of the Japanese Constitution forbids it? Also, is China such a big threat to Japan that they need so many soldiers?

As far as I understand it, their army is purely for defence and that is allowed. The military may be used in law and order, disaster response and as a form of welfare giving youth some training and discipline... And yes, China is threatening the stability of east Asia

Seems like the Sudanese military is now stronger than the British or the French!

Joking of course

I got all except Sudan

Only missed Sudan and Sri Lanka. Honestly wouldn't have ever guessed the latter.

Wow I got Sudan somehow but missed Sri Lanka. Don’t understand those two at all

Just created a similar quiz looking at the countries with the most active military troops per capita (https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/108298/countries-with-the-most-military-troops-per-capita). Makes for a much different list, though with a couple countries that cross over.