Home›Contemporary›CountryBrowse ByCountryThis dimension groups armed forces by the country that maintains them. Wikipedia notes that militaries "are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state," with each armed force answering to exactly one such state. Browsing this way collects every armed force maintained by the same country.FactsCountrySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attestedfrom 1945 1CountryFilter Results47 entriesForce TypeAllAir Force (28)Army (34)Guard (5)Marine / Naval Infantry (2)Militia (1)Navy (27)Paramilitary / Guerrilla (3)Space Force (1)Strategic Missile Force (4)Founded EraAll1696 (1)1921 (1)1924 (1)1945 (2)1947 (1)1948 (2)1949 (2)1950 (1)1951 (1)1952 (1)1954 (1)1955 (1)1956 (2)1957 (1)1958 (1)1959 (1)1960 (2)1961 (1)1963 (1)1964 (3)1966 (1)1967 (1)1968 (1)1969 (1)1970 (1)1974 (1)1975 (2)1976 (1)1977 (1)1978 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1981 (1)1982 (1)1983 (1)1985 (1)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (4)1994 (1)2000 (1)2005 (1)2012 (1)2015 (1)2023 (1)Wars Fought InAllAngolan Civil War (1)Cambodian Civil War (2)Chadian-Libyan War (1)Chinese Civil War (2)Crimean War (1)Eritrean War of Independence (1)First Chechen War (1)First Indochina War (1)Gulf War (4)Ifni War (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (1)Indonesian National Revolution (1)Iran-Iraq War (2)Kargil War (1)Korean War (4)Kosovo War (3)Laotian Civil War (1)Lebanese Civil War (1)Napoleonic Wars (1)Nigerian Civil War (1)Rhodesian Bush War (1)Russo-Georgian War (1)Russo-Japanese War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (2)Second Boer War (1)Second Chechen War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)Sino-Indian War (1)Six-Day War (2)South African Border War (2)Syrian Civil War (2)Toyota War (1)Vietnam War (2)World War I (2)World War II (3)Yemeni Civil War (1)Yom Kippur War (3)Yugoslav Wars (3)Area (sq km)All750 (1)5765 (1)9251 (1)10,452 (1)11,300 (1)13,883 (1)22,072 (1)30,355 (1)36,125 (1)36,197 (1)51,209 (1)88,499 (1)93,030 (1)100,472 (1)108,179 (1)110,993.6 (1)120,538 (1)181,035 (1)181,040 (1)185,180 (1)207,600 (1)236,800 (1)331,338 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)438,317 (1)446,550 (1)455,503 (1)513,120 (1)603,628 (1)752,617 (1)801,590 (1)881,913 (1)923,769 (1)1,104,300 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,241,238 (1)1,280,000 (1)1,648,195 (1)1,886,068 (1)1,904,569 (1)3,287,263 (1)7,688,287 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)17,075,400 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1979 (1)1990 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (1)Constitutional Monarchy (6)One-Party (4)Republic (27)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (11)Low (10)Lower-Middle (9)Upper-Middle (13)Independence or Founding YearAll1000 (1)1768 (1)1776 (1)1867 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (1)1932 (1)1943 (1)1945 (3)1946 (1)1947 (3)1948 (2)1949 (3)1953 (2)1956 (2)1960 (4)1964 (1)1965 (1)1966 (1)1974 (1)1975 (2)1978 (1)1979 (1)1984 (1)1990 (1)1991 (3)1992 (1)1995 (1)2006 (2)LandlockedAllNo (34)Yes (9)PopulationAll72,412 (1)458,600 (1)622,902 (1)1,382,000 (1)2,080,000 (1)2,116,427 (1)2,422,712 (1)3,412,000 (1)5,364,482 (1)6,423,207 (1)6,532,019 (1)7,500,000 (1)7,545,800 (1)9,109,280 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,147,200 (1)16,111,000 (1)17,638,801 (1)20,031,602 (1)20,216,029 (1)23,299,132 (1)24,745,000 (1)25,950,000 (1)26,657,437 (1)27,801,023 (1)32,283,000 (1)32,684,503 (1)34,881,007 (1)36,828,330 (1)41,417,056 (1)46,118,793 (1)51,106,229 (1)51,767,437 (1)63,419,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)83,497,147 (1)92,417,681 (1)103,439,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)138,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)241,499,431 (1)242,747,130 (1)288,315,089 (1)340,587,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 47AustraliaCountry1 entryBelarusCountry1 entryBosnia and HerzegovinaCountry1 entryBruneiCountry1 entryBulgariaCountry1 entryCambodiaCountry3 entriesCanadaCountry2 entriesChadCountry2 entriesChinaCountry3 entriesCyprusCountry1 entryDemocratic KampucheaCountry1 entryDominicaCountry1 entryEast GermanyCountry1 entryEthiopiaCountry1 entryGambiaCountry1 entryGermanyCountry1 entryGuinea-BissauCountry1 entryHungaryCountry1 entryIndiaCountry2 entriesIndonesiaCountry1 entryIranCountry2 entriesIraqCountry1 entryIsraelCountry1 entryJapanCountry2 entriesLaosCountry1 entryLebanonCountry1 entryLesothoCountry1 entryMaliCountry1 entryMontenegroCountry1 entryMoroccoCountry1 entryMozambiqueCountry1 entryNigeriaCountry1 entryNorth KoreaCountry2 entriesPakistanCountry1 entryRussiaCountry4 entriesSerbiaCountry1 entrySouth AfricaCountry3 entriesSouth KoreaCountry1 entrySudanCountry1 entrySyriaCountry1 entryTaiwanCountry1 entryThailandCountry1 entryUkraineCountry1 entryUnited StatesCountry1 entryVietnamCountry1 entryYemenCountry1 entryZambiaCountry1 entrySources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, structure wave 0902 paragraph, armed-force Contemporary forward-looking sentenceQuote, War and Military DataBrief, structure wave 0902 paragraph, armed-force Contemporary forward-looking sentencethis wave adds a fifth SubLabel value used only by this type, Contemporary, covering 1945 onward, with Modern for military-operation narrowed to pre-1945 only.Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.