Largest Armies in the World 1820-2022 WW1, WW2

Which countries have the largest military? In this video we compare the size of every country’s military personnel in each year for the period 1820 to 2022. Military personnel are defined as troops under the command of the national government and held ready for combat. Troops in the reserves, colonial troops, irregular forces such as civil defense units, frontier guards, gendarmerie, carabinieri, cossacks and other quasi-military units are not included.
During times of war, a country will increase the spending of its military and the size of its military. This pattern has been seen for centuries. Russo-Japanese War, American Civil War, Russian Civil War, Chinese Civil War, WW1, WW2, Vietnam War - during all of these times, either through additional government allocation or through drafting, the countries at war would increase their military sizes.
Watch on and take an adventure through centuries of history and wars to witness the size and scale of the largest armies in the world from 1820 to today.
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[@alfredthegreat9543]

Would be interesting to see one based on the % of the population of each country in the army.

[@ruchijain7495]

Yes that would be a more accurate way of comparison

[@alfredthegreat9543]

@nerdzoid Yeah that's now but I meant the times covered by the video.

[@nishantmaderna6295]

@nessy i don't even know half of nations from them. I would prefer the video. 😂

[@nishantmaderna6295]

@nessy i know most of the nations in the video. I said about the nations which are in ur comment.

[@Jeremydatliam]

pretty sure at some points in WW1. 25% of Bulgaria was in the army

[@Disorder2312]

Remember that Army size doesn't necessarily mean Army power and capabilities. In peace time it mostly means that they're mobilizing more troops than others. Edit: Since a lot of people seem to have misunderstood my comment, and i'm just tired of seeing such replies. Why do you all completely ignore the part when i said "in peace time"? I never claimed that army size doesn't matter in wаr. 🤷‍♂

[@comparisonthinking9536]

Us vs China Country Comparison >> kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZm3goWHgLSlrNk

[@cc8565]

@ShyRIBoyy yep. And equipment

[@user-pd6fj8nx1o]

a good leadership is what needed first

[@HarutHajin]

USSR won only with Army power 30 million against 1 million German's made sense.

[@HarutHajin]

@@Disorder2312 That is true and do not spread paid books or history in to LOGIC and FACTS ... USSR killed more then 14 million people from Armenia , Georgia , Azerbayjan , Kazakhistan , Uzbekistan , Ukraine , Belarus , Tajjikistan , Turkmenistan , Kyrgyzistan , Chechniya , Daghestan , Cherkesia , Ossetia , Alania, Tataristan , Bashkiria and more and with 30 million won German's 1 million .

[@arizonashane]

The best part is when the Russian Empire is replaced by the... Empire of Russia.

[@Vadim_Geenko]

Hahah, точно 😂

[@bdleo300]

I kinda like black-yellow-white flag more

[@SenSei_ANKIT_JUYAL]

I was in shock where tf Russia empire gone 🥺.. later I looked empire of Russia I felt relieved 😂.. than again it's gone, came up Soviet union 😂 than again Russia itself.. it was accurate ❤

[@Nipplehook]

It was the best period for Russia...and "they" ruined it @@bdleo300

[@user-pl1dc3jp3u]

нет

[@sarthak.16]

The growth of india in every sector after independence is tremendous

[@rakesharamaiah2737]

We need to thanks to Soviet union/ Russia giving us technology also protected during 1971 war from USA, Lots guys really hardworking, I think it's active army number taken, reserve army number taken, for 1.4 billion it's very less, but very soon India will have very big army personnel, also new technology

[@kordellswoffer1520]

Not really as that wasn’t after independence but within the last 50 years.

[@USViper]

But they can't stop their people from defecating in the streets... lol

[@user-py4yn5oy8u]

Сколько денег тратится на военные бюджеты, можно было вылечить всех людей, и накормить всех

[@RajivKumar-xp9qn]

@@user-py4yn5oy8u umm... Actually India doesn't spend much on army... Despite being the most populous country, it never once had the highest number of soldiers in the whole video...

[@bvbdortmund4809]

My great grandfather was a volunteer in the Bulgarian army in WW1. During that period around 980 thousand man were moblized which is crazy number for such a small country. Almost every man from the age gap 18-50 joined the army. He was later captured during the battle for Dobruja by the Russians and held as war prisoner. After his release he passed away from stomach disease which I cant remember. Love and peace to all nations around the globe war is horrible thing 🩶🌍

[@___NeedNT___VDK125]

Наверное его взяли, когда произошел "Брусиловский прорыв"

[@baxronazimov1882]

before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR

[@dr.peanutsheesh6176]

@@___NeedNT___VDK125 yeah.... Maybe

[@osamanogoom1583]

@@___NeedNT___VDK125 Brusilov offensive ?

[@munirmamadvafoev1208]

The best part I read is about love and peace to all nations 👍 This is capitalism that creates wars! Remove private property over means of production and all mankind will meet the golden age! Remember that all workers all over the world are brothers and sisters, no matter what language they speak and how different they are by appearance! Happy New Year, dear friend!

[@nathanc939]

You realise how fast an army can expand when you see armies grow 5 to 7 times their size in 2 years, in an era where most nations spent signifucantly more on their armies to start with. You probably could expect a 10 times increase today for most of Europe if they ended up in a serious war. This makes you think about how ridiculous shit might get real soon if WW3 breaks out.

[@laisphinto6372]

you forgot that the population was willing to go to war. today no way in hell people would join the Bundeswehr to fight for Germany patriotism is beaten out of germans

[@aimxdy8680]

That’s just europe, America went from 300,000 and shots up to 12,000,000. America and europe would fight together so that’s like almost 30 million american troops.

[@nathanc939]

@@aimxdy8680 Well, back then, the USA spent significantly less than the Europeans on its military. Basically, today the USA invest more in its military than before WW1 or in the 1930's. This is why I did not use it as a metric, on the other hand, most of Europe barelly spend on their military today, while it spent much more back then.

[@aimxdy8680]

@@nathanc939 USA also had a lot lower population, USA had 130 million now it has almost 350 million. Europe population only increased by 1.2x, USA population increased like 2.5x.

[@jimboramba]

The most ridiculous part of a world war today would be the amount of green purple and pink haired soldiers compared to the last 2

[@Sans_OO5]

thanks for making this video, I can feel how hard it is❤

[@cynicalsayonara7169]

Giggity.

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

Great content! Keep up the awesome work!

[@riteshshaw9504]

It's just ridiculous when you think the british with an army strength of around 100k to 200k on an average (excluding British Indian army) was able to rule the Indian subcontinent for over 200years The British Indian army (which consisted of Indians ) played a key role to help British govern India in the first place

[@halfaspolish]

я не знаю что ты не хочешь со мной не хочешь со своей женой

[@alexisanto0018]

They don't have any enemies

[@tide9026]

India was divided and scattered plus a power vacuum which rendered a bad chain of command at that time, and this is why the Brits colonized it, the circumstance matters a lot in a military campaign. You can see that India got its independence because of these same Brits getting screwed up in WW2.

[@SergeantArchDornan999]

@@halfaspolish "I don't know what you don't want with me you don't want with your wife"??? I think I had a Stroke reading that.

[@halfaspolish]

@@SergeantArchDornan999 да да ты не знаешь как это сделать в домашних условиях из дома не будет в порядке возрастания

[@kekseze3990]

Russia when peace: what army? i only have 600k troops Russia when war: DAMN I NEED TO FORCE 10 MIL CIVILIANS INTO MY ARMY

[@nagibatel9996]

True

[@bigvinnie3]

@@ali.hassanmir Russia is a bad boy

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI) Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI) Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad) Salam (Peace).

[@minhthutrinhngoc5171]

He’s just making a joke man. No one said Russia was a villain tho. Although they’ve always been famous for their large armies.

[@andys977]

It's pretty reasonable. The land border of Russia is giant, so it requires a lot of men to protect it. While not in the state of war, a large army becomes a budget eater for no reason. Moreover, Russia always had a mandatory conscription, so there always was a pretty large well prepared reserve. And I haven't said that about military component of FSAI lessons yet))

[@retro1853]

A suggestion, the year information should be somewhere close to top-right, as the reader usually wants to hover on progress and year together. Also, any major events should be highlighted in bold to catch the attention of users that a new player has entered the arena.

[@forryko9504]

I am astonished by the immense growth of the Bulgarian 🇧🇬 army in about 1912, especially taking into account that the country does not have such a huge population. Can you imagine the percentage of inhabitants in the army during that time? Oh my stars! 😮

[@franciscomanuelteruelgutie6790]

First Balkan War.

[@TheArthas2]

Believe they mobilized 25% of their population

[@user-db9iz4xk6l]

IT only shows that the injustices towards our nation could bring miracles like these (like 4 hardly to say countries doing genocide to occupied land which bulgarians live)

[@lomax343]

According to The Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark, around 30% of Bulgarian males were mobilised during the First Balkan War of 1912-3.

[@lomax343]

@@user-db9iz4xk6l True. And the Bulgarians were as bad.

[@tinyrhysherbert7537]

It would be cool to see one from the 1600’s-1850’s seeing, the massive spikes from the British during the Seven Years War, the Americans showing up during 1775-1783, and Revolutionary and Napoleonic France’s rise and fall from 1789-1815.

[@art_means_artificial]

Great that Russia has got SARMAT! the strongest Guardian angel

[@dulkyd]

yes

[@justsomerandomguy449]

America never showed In 1775 that was British America.

[@tinyrhysherbert7537]

@@justsomerandomguy449 They existed as rebels before the Revolution began in 1775, and the Continental Army was established the same year, which grouped up all the militia under one force. It was British America, but the Army still existed in British America.

[@Uahmedtahaalnady]

he forgot to count egypt in 1800s 😁😁so how egypt will fight the Turks

[@Nostoc_29]

India = 1.4 million active soldiers + 3.5 million reserved soldiers

[@islamisthetruewaytogod6812]

Hello ^^ ! Excuse me for giving a little presentation of Islam, because it is very misunderstood nowadays, especially on those « Antichrist's » times, where media and politics are mixed to distort history and truth. And terrorists (puppets of the Antichrist) who misinterpret verses, out of ignorance and political motivations, and take them out of historical context (just like radical atheists do by the way), don't help either. Thank you very much for your time. Islam is an arabic word that means the Surrender to the One and Only God, our Creator, Protector, Provider, who gives us life and all that we have, we are safe and sound by his will and grace, we are His and to Him we return, and we have to thank him in this trial life by submitting to him by our free will, or later in the Day of judgment when it's too late to save our own skin. Islam was the original Religion descended to earth from heaven with Adam and Eve (peace and blessing be upon them) in the beginning of humanity. and was passed to people with the succession of the 124 000 prophets and 315 messengers of God to all nations and civilizations since, passing by Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ismaël, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, David, Solomon and Jesus (Peace and blessing be upon them) during the history of mankind, the last replaces and completes the previous, until the succession of the last messenger of God fourteen centuries ago, Muhammad (Peace and blessing be upon him) to complete the noble morals of all mankind, to bring humans and jinns out of darkness into light, and to purify people's religion and belief from corruption and polytheism, and return it to purity and true monotheism, like it was in the times of the prophets (Peace and blessing be upon them). Many Religions that we know nowadays, at their beginning were true and under Islam, initiated by one of the prophets of God, but their original teachings, history and scriptures have been corrupted over time with falsification and polytheism, or lost and replaced with false ones. That's why Islam is the only Religion accepted by God nowadays, which consists in bearing witness that there is no god besides Allah (God in Aramaic, the original language of Jesus and the Gospel), and that Muhammad is His servant and messenger, just like Jesus and Moses and others are His servants and messengers. Never a messenger of God said he was God or literally son of God, it was the people after him who changed the words of God and corrupted the Religion. God is unique and absolute, He does not need to have a family and sons or to associate anyone else with His kingdom, He can simply create whatever He wants, everything belongs to Him, and to Him everything will return. Allah said in Surah Al-Mu’minun : “God has never begotten a son, nor is there any god besides Him. Otherwise, each god would have taken away what it has created, and some of them would have gained supremacy over others. Glory be to God, far beyond what they describe. The Knower of the hidden and the manifest. He is exalted, far above what they associate. (91-92 / Translated by ITANI) Allah means the one and only God, the God of all prophets and creatures, the creator of the universe and mankind, and the Master of the Day of judgment, where our destiny, Hell or Paradise, is decided based on our faith and deeds in this trial life, and above all, Allah's mercy. Allah said in Surah Al-Ikhlas : In the name of God, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, “He is God, the One. God, the Absolute. He begets not, nor was He begotten. And there is none comparable to Him.” (1-4 / Translated by ITANI) Allah said in Surah An-Nisa : O FOLLOWERS of the Gospel! Do not overstep the bounds [of truth] in your religious beliefs, and do not say of God anything but the truth. The Christ Jesus, son of Mary, was but God's Apostle - [the fulfilment of] His promise which He had conveyed unto Mary - and a soul created by Him. Believe, then, in God and His apostles, and do not say, "[God is] a trinity". Desist [from this assertion] for your own good. God is but One God; utterly remote is He, in His glory, from having a son: unto Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth; and none is as worthy of trust as God. Never did the Christ feel too proud to be God's servant, nor do the angels who are near unto Him. And those who feel too proud to serve Him and glory in their arrogance [should know that on Judgment Day] He will gather them all unto Himself: (171-172 / Translated by Muhammad Asad). Allah the Most Merciful said in Surah Ali-Imran : Behold, the only [true] religion in the sight of God is [man's] self-surrender unto Him; and those who were vouchsafed revelation aforetime took, out of mutual jealousy, to divergent views [on this point] only after knowledge [thereof] had come unto them. But as for him who denies the truth of God's messages - behold, God is swift in reckoning! Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures. Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement. It is they whose works shall come to nought both in this world and in the life to come; and they shall have none to succour them. (19-22 / Translated by Muhammad Asad) Salam (Peace).

[@moonshadowsong]

Wtf is lakh?

[@Nostoc_29]

@@moonshadowsong 14 Lakh = 1.4 millions, 35 lakh =3.5 millions

[@ratnaprasadnaidubasa9407]

Unofficially more dude

[@WhatIsLove170]

@@moonshadowsong 1 Lakh = 100 thousand

[@mauijttewaal]

Utterly fascinating!

[@mauijttewaal]

1940 Switzerland #7?°

[@buffgarfield3231]

I like how Canada appears in WW2 to help everyone and then peaces out

[@Microscop404]

Как бы высоко ты не летал, помни, что когда-то, в 1910-м году, Эфиопия имела армию больше, чем у США

[@Qwerty10836]

Русский урааа

[@lucianadrian9098]

Russia should be atbthe bottom. Poor and corrupt army...probably on 30 th place in the world.

[@francoisvalois]

Но наша страна сильно не падала)

[@Dug184]

@@francoisvalois nor did it rise much

[@abrahamflores7612]

Aún así Estados Unidos era más poderoso que Etiopía. Jajajaja. No importa la cantidad sino la calidad.

[@gm2407]

For those wondering national service in the UK began during WWII and the last conscripts of that system were 1963. It was volunteer ever since.

[@KOVAC966]

Conscription ended in the US just 12 years later but it’d be reinstated if the country was in a national emergency

[@rakesharamaiah2737]

How many Indian army guys participate in 1st and 2nd world war, they have mentioned as UK army... that's why it's showed big, if you remove that nothing UK has

[@gm2407]

@@rakesharamaiah2737 I couldn't tell you numbers without having to look it up. Indians of course did serve in the Indian army with officers having served 1 year as a sub-altern in the British army (I don't know when that arrangement ended or if it continued until independence). Wikipedia gives a strenth of 573,000 men in 1918 up from 215,000 in 1914. In the second world war the army numbered 205,000 at the start and had 2.5 million peak at one point during the war. Considered the largest all volunteer force in history. With cira 87,000 soldiers dieing during the conflict and 30 Victoria crosses awarded. Seperately wikipedia says 3.5 million men and women had served in the British Army during the second world war with circa 720,000 cassualties throughout the conflict. So I can assume that any totals given in the video would include the British army and all other armies under the imperial sovereignty. But it has also been a while since I watched this video.

[@rakesh928]

​@gm2407 basically you enslaved people across continents, made them fight your wars and then call it largest volunteer force? ironical? or just supremacy that everything belonged to you?

[@cpj93070]

@@rakesharamaiah2737Wrong you 🤡this is British solders, not including there empire numbers.

[@DigitalMarketing-kv6rr]

when you practice peace with other nations, you maintain your stable rank as India did for almost two to three decades. Salute to India

[@solar8446]

The stable status of a colonial country with a poor population that is being killed by trains? It's better to fight for resources and space.

[@sandeepratra5726]

​@@solar8446 कोन हो तुम और कहां से आते हैं तेरे जैसे ना समझ लोग 😂

[@aliencrackgrunt]

​@@sandeepratra5726You have humiliated them, mad respect.

[@Auror2k05]

​@@solar8446 Gaand mein bahut badi aag lag gaye shayad. Thoda burnol laga le 😂

[@thomasfx3190]

It’s an entertaining view of the growth & shrink of various countries armies. But the smoothing done for the animation makes it appear that the changes in the number of troops was linear over time when it actually accelerated / decelerated rapidly over short spaces of time, i.e. - mustering out in 1866, 60,000 killed at the Somme in one day, etc.

[@kadenoconnor5096]

During World War II, a total of about 13.6 million soldiers served in the German Army.

[@brianlong2334]

18million served at some point but at it's peak 11million at one time.

[@Garbagi]

😱

[@vexversaa239]

thats actually a lot when you consider the population of germany

[@brianlong2334]

@@vexversaa239 Germany had a male population of about 22million between the ages of 11 to 65 in ww2. USA had about 30million USSR 40million Japanese 18million UK, France and Italy all had about 11million.

[@Freemedia.ru21]

В СССР воевало все мужское население так что это более 40 миллионов

[@roscoeschickennwaffles7567]

It’s slightly ominous seeing Germany kicked off the rankings after WW1 and see them move back up in the 1930’s knowing what was to come

[@lonemaus562]

Oh no here we go again lmao

[@paulklinge2480]

That was interesting. A lot of information densely packed. However, you dropped Finland after 1940. In 1941 when Jatkosota eg the Continuation War began the size of the army of Finland was 530 000 men. Also, it would be interesting to see the same in percents of the population.

[@mg6641]

Very interesting 😊❤.

[@lifes40123]

If anyone's wondering, in the mid 1800s, numerous rebellions and civil wars broke out in the Qing Dynasty like the Taiping and Dzungar rebellions. Hundreds of thousands of imperial troops, conscripts, and militias were called to arms.

[@Vrykron]

Thx

[@shahbazsheikh3545]

Thanks - I was wondering why they needed such a large army at that point in history.

[@ThiefOfNavarre]

That makes alot more sense in context!

[@PavelSharapov]

И в конце концов, китайцы захватили почти всё царство цин, то есть, манчжуров. А империя цин распалась на множество более мелких стран, вроде Китая, Монголии, Тибета...

[@tauslou5793]

The Qing Dynasty originated in northeast china Because there was no general term for the country at that time.

[@AndinoKiwi]

Have you looked into the number of troops deployed during the "War of the Pacific," the conflict that saw Bolivia and Peru facing Chile between 1879 and 1884? According to Chilean stats, around 70,000 Chilean troops were mobilized at some point.

[@cadentopia]

I don't think that the numbers were that high Maybe 30,000 at most in Chilean soldier But at the same time they also recognize the Triple-Alliance war with Brasil / Argentina / Paraguay

[@tymegabucks9210]

Wish we could see one based on the overall strength of the armies throughout history instead of just their numbers (artillery, cavalry, intelligence, troops, etc.)

[@JohnoLbz6147]

The UK just seems to always have the right amount never way to many or not enough, they seem to calculate how many are needed quite well. I mean abviously during a war it would be handy to have more.

[@teemup9247]

Noticed that Finland should gave jumped back on the list in 1941 as the army attacking to liberate lost territories (and maybe gain some) was over 500 000. Some of it was demobilized when the static warfare set in 1942-1944

[@jakubtomczyk1439]

There are lots of mistakes. I from Poland so I see those about Poland. 1. To 1921 we had Polish soviet war (soviets jump into list after 1922) 2. When Germany attacked us we have mobilized 1mln soldiers

[@Slobozanszczina]

@@jakubtomczyk1439 I agree! I am from Russia, but in 1945 we had a 12 million army. There are a number of errors here. I have Polish ancestors on the female line who died from Bandera in the Volyn massacre.

[@jakubtomczyk1439]

@@Slobozanszczina So I see there arent mistakes only about Poland

[@baxronazimov1882]

before all countries were afraid of USSR. After 1992, they don't consider the Russian Federation, and they are itching for America again. if the USSR was restored, the whole world would be afraid of the USSR again, and America would die. the largest country in the world, the strongest country, the richest country, the most economically powerful country, would be the USSR

[@user-tk3qn5ho2x]

@@jakubtomczyk1439 I guess the source does not actually have the numbers for every year and they interpolate between the years they have the data for. The data from 1917 to 1920 is probably a mess because of WWI and Poland gaining independence. I don't know though how the author missed your army of 1939, it should be very well documented.

[@RicchpalsinghJat]

Wow, this video provides a fascinating historical perspective on the sizes of the world's armies over time. It's incredible to see the shifts and changes in military power throughout the years!

[@healthgod5743]

最高に分かりやすく面白いです。ありがとうございます。

[@user-th1sf1uo6z]

how many chinese did you kill😅

[@user-xh4qd8gm8o]

@@user-th1sf1uo6z最大で30万人だそうです。私達は、この負の歴史を絶対に忘れず、繰り返さないようにしなければなりません...

[@user-ye9vk3ku4l]

@@user-th1sf1uo6z南京事件の死者数って、年々増えてるんですよ。不思議ですね。最初は3〜4万だったのに気づいたら10万、そして今では30万、なんなら100万人を超えると言っている人もいます。「中国が発表してる数字」を信用しない方がいいですよ😊

[@Larendr]

​@@user-th1sf1uo6zこのコメントしている人は殺してないので、聞いても仕方がないですよ

[@pagb6813]

😷🇨🇳

[@el_chico1313]

1:52 as a half paraguayan i feel proud to have my country been mentioned in the top 10 at some point in history😊

[@gamingshowerthoughts9723]

It's somehow more ominous that Nazi Germany doesn't just teleport to the top like happens with some countries as they change names/regimes. It creeps up slowly enough you absolutely cannot miss it.

[@Glo0ze]

Well the difference is that with those "teleport to the top" Is that they involve a civil war or the old countries army was already at the top (russian civil war for example). So you have two armies counted under 1 nation's flag (russian empire). but the moment the civil war ends and the new name is instated all those soldier fall under this new flag (soviet union). This did not happen with nazi germany. It was simply a political takeover of the country which became war focused and started increasing military budget. two very different situations

[@sgx9874]

Yeah that's how conscription works...this video makes it seem like armies just pop out of nowhere but thats just misleading. When full mobilization is enacted and every male aged 18-45 is conscripted. Then the numbers inflate drastically.

[@topgraph]

Military related information is always interesting. Thanks for the useful information.

[@ivorhirst344]

Size doesn't matter,various Countries inflate there own strength, its about having well trained,technically capable forces that learn quickly on the Battlefield..

[@bestdataa]

nice video

[@Lex-lw9bb]

Watching colorful bars move around was unexpectedly exciting. The WWII time period was like watching an action movie.

[@AleksanderAleksandr]

Скорее фильма ужасов.

[@KonDi-uh4nx]

ЭТО ОЧЕНЬ СТРАШНО,ВОЙНА ЭТО Смерть И БОЛЬ-ТЕБЯ И ТВОИХ БЛИЗКИХ ,НЕ ДАЙ БОГ Мировой ВОЙНЫ 😢😢😢😢😢❤

[@KarthikAyyalasomayajula]

I love how the 4 of the top 5 countries (also the only 5 with over a million troops) are exactly who you'd expect to be the countries with the biggest militaries And North Korea

[@JiggaMan1297]

That WW1 spike 😳 the whole world went crazy

[@AsifRoxittude]

Big army means big responsibility on managing it, it requires a lot of budget to manage it, when it's peace time countries reduce these numbers

[@alias7goldenletters]

i love the the YOU CALM DOWN NO YOU CALM DOWN aspect

[@superchiptunetv2291]

1:20 russian empire: ⬇️ empire of russia: ⬆️

[@geetanshgaming8684]

The change in army size in ww2 was so chaotic 😅

[@crewmatepumpandsackboy5996]

3:50 Bulgaria: Gas Gas Gas

[@gottalivehappy]

I love how this one has accurate flags and army sizes from their region.

[@heirofhair143]

Except for the Kingdom of Poland (1815-1831) which should be featured here as well, since it was not a part of the Russian Empire at the time and had an army big enough to fit here.

[@kilianfirebolt]

most flags were not entirely accurate, the russian empire flag had a yellow eagle on it, the portugese flag was blue and white and some others

[@sehu1291]

Afghanistan flag was different after the taliban

[@Borushiki_7]

The official flag of Ethiopia was adopted in 1897; it features the green-yellow-red horizontal tricolour with the crowned Lion of Judah at the centre. In 1991 the People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front defeated Mengiistu and the socialist emblem was removed. The emblem of Ethiopia was added to the centre of the flag in 1996, originally a light blue field it was changed after eight months to dark blue. Each colour on the flag has a specific meaning; the green is for land, yellow for peace, red for strength and the blue is for unity. Which is the flag shown above.

[@cynicalsayonara7169]

NEEEEEEEERRRRDD!@@heirofhair143

[@clizardojr]

What software do you use to make this animation?

[@user-rl5iu3nz2n]

good works.

[@robiejumawan8835]

Mass conscription during both world war raise the number of soldiers to more than ten million. If WW3 happen, the Indian-Chinese border would really see the highest casualties after the war( if nukes will not be used).

[@Chadmeleon]

They won't fight. Relatively far more peaceful than Europeans.

[@Uahmedtahaalnady]

he forgot to count egypt in 1800s 😁😁so how egypt will fight the Turks

[@user-rr1tc3jt1z]

@@Chadmeleon Their pacifism is a complete lie, they continue to actively trade with Russia, although it has unleashed a great war, kills people and destroys the world order, the destruction of which will lead to many wars, including in Asia

[@Chadmeleon]

@@user-rr1tc3jt1z you wish. Asia trades with Russia because they are the new customers. The west are terrible customers. Ukraine is a US / nato puppet that the rest of the world doesn't support. The world order being destroyed is good for the world. The west is garbage.

[@DhruvPatel-zg1zs]

@@Chadmeleon you never know. China believe in expansion and India doesn't want any change in the boundary of country.

[@296jacqi]

I wonder what it would look like as a percentage of population. 2 million is a much different number with a country of a billion people vs 300 million, for example. Interesting to watch. Thank you.

[@suraj001status3]

👍😀

[@kbikyj2023love]

한국은 5천만명의 인구에 75만명의 군인과 300만명의 예비군이 있다.

[@R01EIEVCTEFO]

Like Russia always had many human resources, because there is was 100+ mln people

[@sanmac9621]

in old days wars mostly depend on size of army, now power and technology of army. now soldiers dont go in fields to fight each others by swards. but it always good to have more number it helps in time of natural calamities and riots in countries.

[@okidoke4822]

where did you get the figures from?

[@shutup2751]

1.2 million soldiers for iraq in 1990 with a population of just 18 million is insane

[@dussie920]

What about North-Korea?

[@nishantmaderna6295]

@@dussie920 north korea is already mad.

[@user-th3nx6zj2f]

Bulgaria pulled the same numbers with 4 million population in 1915.

[@chrissant6277]

@@nishantmaderna6295 NK been mad lmao

[@Bbouy1HD]

not really. australia had around 1 mil with a 6 million population

[@JarethGT]

5:14 Out of nowhere "MURICA!!!!"

[@FlorinSutu]

2:20 - - During its war for turning its independence from "de facto" to "confirmed in documents", in 1877-1878, Romania mobilized over 125,000 people, of which the operational army was 66,000 soldiers, 12,300 horses and 190 cannons. So, for 1877-1878, Romania is a must in that list.

[@serhaneroglu5402]

Traitor Romania

[@ahmetgultekin1615]

Teşekkürler.

[@madcrusader123]

I'd love to see the approximate army sized from year 1.

[@davidkendrick4453]

There was no year 0. It went directly from 1 BC to 1 AD. That’s why for example the 21st century started on 1/1/2001.

[@tinyrhysherbert7537]

0 doesn’t exist it just became 1 AD after BC finished.

[@madcrusader123]

Okay okay, I understood it when the first guy said it, geez. And it's not that impossible to give estimates.

[@wilcowen6284]

@@davidkendrick4453 NERD

[@ikr233]

@@madcrusader123 there was no year 0. 1 AD came after 1 BC.

[@VB4VB4]

4:17 here comes ussr

[@Thehorrorboat]

Glory to the ussr even though it collapsed it still had many allies like antigua and barbuda taiwan belarus (already annexed by ussr) and dr congo

[@himitsugawa4226]

Russia until 1990: "Every citizen - is the warrior. Every soldier - is a power." Russia after 1990: "Well, it's complicated..."

[@Zero-kd1bd]

It wasn't just Russia, the Soviet Union had several other republics

[@Sandipan971]

From zero to hero.. love amy Bharat 🇮🇳

[@vatsal7640]

It's army size. Not that impressive achievement

[@midhunraj1038]

​@@vatsal7640 are you funny 🤣🤣

[@vatsal7640]

@@midhunraj1038 what?

[@prathamhadap]

nice

[@lazyone9114]

It was always a hero but Britishers ruled on it for sometime

[@user-gf5fo2iv4v]

In modern warfare, it is not just the number of troops that determines victory.It also depends on its own equipment level, scientific research capability and logistics capability.

[@nickbell4984]

Well this has also mattered every year that this video covers. Russia may have had 3 and a half million troops to Japan's 300,000 but they still lost the war embarrassingly.

[@mikorsky_s.92]

@@nickbell4984 yes in every year most militarys used the best they could get. Same like now. But if you want to play long: get troops

[@EpicMalick]

Like for example South Korea has 599,000 troops and North Korea has 1,280,000 but South Korea will still win

[@toxichuman208]

Israil vs (egypt, syria, urdun, Irak)

[@kiwibear439]

@@EpicMalick nuke = hehe boy

[@SaulMLynn]

The US army grew drastically during the Mexican-American War. It should have been visible on the graph for 1847 and 1848. Mexico too had a large army during the conflict.

[@fredact]

And the US numbers in the Civil war seem to also include the CSA numbers.

[@KilaMother]

Also during the American Civil War, Mexico was fighting the French Mexico had a large army during that war too.🤔

[@Meng_moe]

the Russia Civil War include USSR and Ukraine's army and China Civil war include all army in China, too

[@karantikoo9302]

@@Meng_moe russian civil war is not ukraine vs ussr (if you may be confused) ukraine got independent for 1-2 years then most people chose the communist regime after a small invasion (not widespread)

[@Meng_moe]

@@karantikoo9302 I mean the Russia , USSR, and the independent Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, and Black Guards

[@yammt3148]

Remember... It's not the quantity, but the QUALITY. That's how a tiny batch of islands off the coast of Europe ran the entire world for over 300 years.

[@user-ts2nz7cx9z]

Ты типа про Великобританию Ага они и могут что негров убивать и индейцев и в Европе пососут

[@user-bz1ju5fw8j]

3:57 Bulgaria was insane - 4th largest army in the world, despite being just for a moment. Having more than Great Britain, China and 3x USA and almost as much as France makes me feel real proud of the brave men, who fought for the liberation and unification of my country in the summer of 1913 🇧🇬

[@Elizabeth20-]

soldiers who betrayed the ottomans

[@felipejuanpabloalfonso7917]

Russia 🇷🇺 in 1869 was huge til the empire disappeared 🤯

[@FisherVoice]

Що тоді була хрінь а не армія що зараз.

[@pepcoq3]

@@FisherVoice Украины вообще не было в помине,так что расслабься

[@FisherVoice]

@@pepcoq3 Перша письмова згадка про Україну була в 1187 а ось кого точно не було в "помине" так це "росии"

[@Gerich222]

@@FisherVoice это тебе укроучебники рассказали?🤣🤣🤣

[@kostiamarich]

@@FisherVoice перша письмова згадка слова "оукраина" - в 15 столітті. Подробніше про це на каналі "Твоя підпільна гуманітарка"

[@susfringgaming4018]

Australia became one of most militarized countries in the world during WW2. It's estimated that 1 in 7 people were in the armed forces with even more on the home front

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

As a percentage of population Australia put the most people into uniform of all the Western Allies.

[@user-qw7rm5ox3f]

В СССР только в армии служил каждый пятый (18% от всего населения страны), а в тылу, на благо военной машины работали так или иначе все (включая детей и стариков)

[@lia4667]

@@user-qw7rm5ox3fAa i remember, USSR lost over 20m in that war. Can i ask which republic suffer the most cassuallities

[@krassendimitrov9747]

1 in 4 Bulgarians in ww1 were soldiers. Try to beat that :D.

[@lia4667]

@@krassendimitrov9747ww2 Switzerland :)

[@Reedling8319]

Can you make a Oceanian one plz?

[@DianaKazimiera-]

Interesting work 👍 Good luck from 🇵🇱🕊️🤝

[@CrazPol]

In 1920 Poland had 4th largest army in the world 🇵🇱🗿

[@stu8840]

6:48 iran 🇮🇷 was like oo I should not be here

[@Lusiorange]

Underrated comment lol

[@abnbagdad9217]

العراق الرابع عالميا كان هههههه

[@supthee1725]

I love that South Sudan popped up at the end for a second and just flied away and left.

[@yucan5975]

Wich year ?

[@supthee1725]

@@yucan5975 2019

[@MsIHSI]

The progress of the Turks without leaving among the 15 most crowded armies from the beginning to the end of the video is also a remarkable detail.

[@WhoDares_Wins]

8:54 India 🇮🇳📈📈📈📈📈

[@deepeshkouravarmylover7]

मुझे अपने देश पर गर्व है कि सेना के मामले में भारत दुनिया की सबसे बड़ी सेना है जिसकी संख्या 52 लाख है लेकिन सक्रिय सैनिकों के मामले में दूसरे स्थान पर है जय हिन्द 🇮🇳 जय भारत 🇮🇳🚩 वन्दे मातरम 🙏

[@deepeshkouravarmylover7]

@@NicePi कय जो का लिखों हा

[@mustafadeniz5026]

200 yüzyıl kendi ülkenin nüfusundan on kat küçük bir ülkeye sömürge olmuşsun ve gurur duyuyorsun? Gururun sözlük anlamı bu değil.

[@deepeshkouravarmylover7]

@@mustafadeniz5026 ओ भाईया जो का लिखों हा

[@JEBossTon92]

1:35 USA be like “hold my beer and hot dogs”

[@yuna0616oz]

한, 중, 일 삼국의 군대 규모는 빠졌네요? 특히 중국(청나라)은 태평천국 운동 당시 수 백만 대군을 운영했을텐데

[@user-gm4om9cd4k]

तुम्हारे देश को ऊपर रखने के लिए जिस देश की आर्मी तुम्हारे देश से बड़ी हो उसको जबरन छोटा दिखाया जाए, ताकि तुम मिलिट्री पावर में वर्ल्ड मिलिट्री के सामने तो कुछ हो नही लेकिन फिर भी जूठा ही सही अपने आप को बड़ा तो कह सकोगे। typical south korean mindset.

[@chrissauceda5712]

What app is that?

[@ninatjuuhhhhh2251]

I'm inpressed that The Netherlands went in this list too!❤🇳🇱

[@justmaidVNI]

Indonesian: you good.. bro?

[@saru4013]

Dutch Military 1930-40s era - the Dutch Indonesian Corps

[@imwinningthisone7613]

Weak compared to their neighbors

[@DaanBruins]

It's really cool when everything suddenly blows up in 1914.

[@PK23Sports123]

Great.... Can someone guide me how to make such kind of videos?? Comparison videos in history, which tools are used yo make this kind of videos... Please comment

[@robertbutwell4272]

Great music.

[@chaosXP3RT]

The US military only got large during times of war until WWII and then it never looked back

[@usaball3867]

us i rank 1

[@_Kropotoff_]

СССР был сильнее

[@Vot4er0]

@@_Kropotoff_ Развалился без единого выстрела

[@_Kropotoff_]

@@Vot4er0 И? Вооружение было лучше.

[@romanbalandin404]

@@_Kropotoff_ не помогло

[@sebastianolofsson5399]

I would probably say that most of it is inaccurate but some are correct because it is extremely hard to keep an eye of all the army sizes by every year, and for example if it’s total served soldiers or standing army size Edit: When I first wrote the comment I was about half way but now I saw that according to this graph that germany in 1939 had 3 million troops which is just complete bogus, they actually had around 1.5 million soldiers in 1939.

[@Glo0ze]

Uhm i dunnmo where you got your numbers from exactly but if you read this book ISBN: 978-0-81316-738-1 "Hitler’s Wehrmacht, 1935-1945" You will find number to be even higher than the number stated in the above video. We are not talking about the size of the invading force of poland which was around 1.5 million men but the entire german army including freshly conscripted men

[@zakishere.]

Bro the 1900s is crazy. 😮

[@arywibowo1760]

Wow you have a good number.. can you share the spreadsheet please..

[@mikey2time484]

The fact thst America had those numbers during Vietnam and Vietnam wasn't even on the list speaks volumes of how that country defended itself

[@Vsmug]

America lost to rice farmers

[@dylanmoore3201]

The internet trying its best Not to misrepresent the Vietnam war be like:

[@Vsmug]

@@dylanmoore3201 America got owned

[@MD-ex7cg]

​@@Vsmug trust me, you would too.

[@maximilianodelrio]

numbers mean nothing without context. Most of the militaty wasnt deployed in vietnam, they had troops all over the world. At its peak, there were around 500,000 americans deployed in south vietnam, with only about a fifth of that being ground troops

[@isepicworthful]

Fun fact : Military size doesn't directly affect military strength, most countries could probably take on north Korea if we exclude nukes

[@airmanmao]

Russias already a prime example.

[@joeskintone9752]

fun fact: Russia is big and troops spreaded on that territories, its about 300k by far in Ukraine right now. North Korea is smaller country and their military strength is gorgeous right now. Don't be fooled by media

[@svyalinirnhut890]

Yeah but you also need to keep in mind of the homefront factor. Ukraine had 8 years to prepare for a Russian invasion since 2014 while fighting a civil war in the East. They’ve only started getting mass bulk of Western weapons since 2022. It’s already difficult for Russia. Meanwhile North Korea had half a century to build up its defenses and have been getting weapons from China and Russia decades ago. If NK invade SK they’d probably lose, but anyone who invade NK would also suffer heavy losses. That’s why Korean peninsula is tied in a perpetual stalemate.

[@isepicworthful]

@@svyalinirnhut890 Yes but my point is not nk being defensive or not overall, my point is technology and military research matters too rather than just numbers. None can invade north Korea rn because of the threat of nukes anyways

[@chidoking09]

@@svyalinirnhut890South korean population is gonna shrink by half in about 50 years so I don’t think they will survive for long

[@danmen2000]

me impresiona que españa haya tenido un ejercito tan consistente a lo largo del tiempo

[@chisle25]

This is the 2nd video of this type that I watch, and the figues are ri-di-cu-lous!

[@Maverlck0]

Wrong Turkey has 85mio fighters

[@adityaaaa586]

India was not in the league of top 15 until 1945 but up onto 2nd position by 2022.🔥🔥🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@mtb5778]

India needs a large army, it has China and Pakistan as nearby enemies.

[@taimoorali3662]

Wao that's so interesting 😅

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

its not how big, but, how well trained, equipped, dedication to the cause etc ...

[@White-su2iz]

JusT Hypothetically imagine if all of this military budget was invested in human development..

[@heirofhair143]

This chart is actually wrong. The (so-called) Kingdom of Poland (1815-1831) was officially an independent state (country) in a personal union with Russian Empire (only the monarch was the same - local government, law, currency, tariffs, army etc. were different), and since its Army was big enough to fit here (i.e. nearly 30 000 before the November Uprising and much more during it), it should clearly be featured here as well.

[@ianbent0n]

Dude WHY is the x-axis scale constantly shifting? It should remain static the whole time until you need additional space.

[@Alguien644]

Im impressed by how my country only left for ww1 and new governments for 150 years

[@Zerschnetzler]

its crazy how many soldier switzerland had during WWII considering we were only 4m people back then

[@firojalam8795]

Proud to be an indian Jay Hind

[@rain___lee]

Jai hind

[@bryterzhull3276]

proud to be a chinese jai china!

[@SuicidalKid69]

jai accent

[@youtubeofficial7656]

Jai Hind 🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@swarajdash9975]

@@bryterzhull3276 haha

[@SuperShroud]

7:26 Soviet Union: ight ima head out

[@realomegamodern]

song names?

[@calebdarnell2081]

It’s crazy how long Ethiopia held such a formidably large army

[@EthiotendoMapping]

one that was effective too