Home›Modern›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-attested1775 to 1944 1CountryFilter Results46 entriesForce TypeAllAir Force (18)Army (36)Guard (2)Marine / Naval Infantry (2)Militia (1)Navy (14)Paramilitary / Guerrilla (5)Space Force (1)Founded EraAll1546 (1)1701 (1)1707 (1)1721 (1)1775 (1)1784 (1)1794 (1)1804 (1)1810 (2)1812 (1)1820 (1)1821 (1)1824 (1)1826 (1)1830 (2)1848 (1)1852 (1)1859 (1)1860 (1)1861 (2)1867 (2)1868 (1)1871 (2)1874 (1)1876 (1)1878 (1)1881 (1)1895 (1)1901 (2)1902 (1)1911 (1)1912 (2)1918 (7)1919 (2)1920 (3)1921 (1)1923 (1)1927 (1)1928 (1)1929 (1)1932 (1)1933 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)1937 (1)1938 (1)1939 (2)1940 (1)1941 (1)1942 (2)1944 (2)1947 (1)1948 (1)1955 (1)2019 (1)Wars Fought InAllAlgerian War of Independence (1)American Civil War (1)American Revolutionary War (2)Anglo-Afghan Wars (1)Anglo-Ashanti Wars (1)Anglo-Dutch Wars (1)Anglo-Egyptian War (1)Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) (1)Anglo-Zulu War (1)Apache Wars (1)Austro-Prussian War (2)Balkan Wars (1)Boxer Rebellion (1)Cambodian Civil War (1)Chinese Civil War (2)Cold War (1)Crimean War (3)Eastern Front (World War II) (3)Falklands War (1)First Anglo-Afghan War (1)First Balkan War (3)First Boer War (1)First Italian War of Independence (1)First Sino-Japanese War (1)Franco-Prussian War (1)Franco-Thai War (1)Great Northern War (1)Great Sioux War of 1876 (1)Gulf War (3)Indian Rebellion of 1857 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (1)Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 (1)Indo-Pakistani Wars (1)Italian Wars of Independence (1)Kargil War (1)Korean War (6)Laotian Civil War (1)Mau Mau Uprising (1)Mexican Revolution (1)Napoleonic Wars (2)Opium Wars (1)Paraguayan War (1)Philippine-American War (1)Russian Civil War (3)Russo-Japanese War (1)Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 (2)Second Anglo-Afghan War (1)Second Balkan War (4)Second Boer War (1)Second Italian War of Independence (1)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (2)Second Sino-Japanese War (3)Sino-Indian War (2)Six-Day War (2)South African Border War (1)Spanish Civil War (2)Spanish-American War (1)Taiping Rebellion (1)The Troubles (1)Third Anglo-Afghan War (1)Third Italian War of Independence (2)Vietnam War (4)War of 1812 (2)War of Jenkins' Ear (1)War of the Austrian Succession (1)War of the Golden Stool (1)War of the Pacific (1)War of the Third Coalition (1)Winter War (4)World War I (17)World War II (21)Xhosa Wars (1)Yom Kippur War (1)Area (sq km)All2586.4 (1)22,072 (1)30,689 (1)36,197 (1)41,291 (1)70,273 (1)83,879 (1)88,499 (1)93,030 (1)110,993.6 (1)127,900 (1)238,397 (1)242,500 (1)302,069 (1)310,196 (1)312,696 (1)315,331 (1)331,338 (1)338,455 (1)357,022 (1)377,975 (1)450,295 (1)513,120 (1)632,702.3 (1)676,615 (1)756,102 (1)783,562 (1)916,445 (1)996,603 (1)1,220,813 (1)1,564,116 (1)1,972,550 (1)2,780,085 (1)3,287,263 (1)7,688,287 (2)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,866,632 (1)9,984,670 (1)17,075,400 (1)22,402,200 (1)30,370,000 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)54 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll1918 (2)1946 (1)1991 (1)1992 (1)Government TypeAllAbsolute Monarchy (1)Constitutional Monarchy (8)One-Party (2)Republic (24)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)5895 (1)Income GroupAllHigh (23)Lower-Middle (3)Upper-Middle (10)Independence or Founding YearAll843 (1)1000 (1)1523 (1)1768 (1)1776 (1)1801 (1)1811 (1)1816 (1)1818 (1)1821 (1)1822 (1)1830 (1)1839 (1)1848 (1)1861 (2)1867 (2)1871 (1)1877 (1)1901 (1)1908 (1)1910 (1)1912 (2)1917 (1)1918 (3)1921 (1)1922 (3)1923 (1)1945 (1)1947 (2)1948 (1)1949 (2)1970 (1)1991 (1)2006 (1)LandlockedAllNo (31)Yes (6)PopulationAll693,916 (1)3,591,120 (1)5,398,645 (1)5,458,600 (1)5,652,881 (1)6,423,207 (1)6,532,019 (1)9,154,242 (1)9,219,113 (1)9,489,000 (1)10,147,200 (1)10,610,485 (1)11,867,634 (1)15,700,000 (1)19,043,151 (1)19,629,588 (1)23,299,132 (1)27,801,023 (2)31,800,000 (1)37,314,000 (1)41,417,056 (1)42,399,000 (1)46,735,004 (1)52,800,000 (1)58,900,000 (1)63,419,000 (1)65,975,198 (1)69,081,996 (1)69,414,000 (1)83,497,147 (1)86,092,168 (1)103,439,000 (1)109,139,000 (1)122,587,000 (1)134,000,000 (1)142,557,000 (1)213,421,037 (1)293,047,571 (1)340,587,000 (1)541,000,000 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,393,676,444 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 46AfricaCountry1 entryArgentinaCountry1 entryAustraliaCountry1 entryAustraliaCountry1 entryAustriaCountry2 entriesAustria-HungaryCountry1 entryBelgiumCountry1 entryBrazilCountry2 entriesBulgariaCountry1 entryCanadaCountry1 entryChileCountry1 entryChinaCountry6 entriesCzechoslovakiaCountry1 entryEgyptCountry1 entryFinlandCountry1 entryFranceCountry2 entriesGerman EmpireCountry1 entryGermanyCountry9 entriesHungaryCountry1 entryIndiaCountry2 entriesIrelandCountry1 entryIsraelCountry1 entryItalyCountry2 entriesJapanCountry3 entriesKingdom of ItalyCountry1 entryLuxembourgCountry1 entryManchuriaCountry2 entriesMexicoCountry2 entriesMongoliaCountry1 entryOmanCountry1 entryPolandCountry3 entriesRepublic of China (1912-1949)Country1 entryRomaniaCountry1 entryRussiaCountry3 entriesSerbiaCountry1 entrySouth AfricaCountry2 entriesSoviet UnionCountry1 entrySwedenCountry1 entrySwitzerlandCountry1 entryTaiwanCountry1 entryThailandCountry1 entryTurkeyCountry1 entryUnited KingdomCountry3 entriesUnited StatesCountry10 entriesVenezuelaCountry1 entryVietnamCountry1 entrySources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).War and Military DataBrief, structure wave 0902 paragraph, Modern-ends-1944 sentenceEvery Modern subcategory prose across all six 0831 spine types now ends at 1944, narrowed from the earlier open-ended from 1775 onward wording, for consistency with the boundary this and the 0901 wave both use.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.