List of armies by country

This is a list of Armies of the countries of the World.

List of armies by country

Country	Army	Founded	Endonym	Ref.
Abkhazia	Abkhazia Army	1992 (1992)
Afghanistan	Afghan Army	1722 (1722)	Pashto: افغان ملي پوځ
Albania	Albanian Land Force	2000 (2000)	Albanian: Forca Tokësore të Republikës së Shqipërisë
Algeria	Algerian Land Forces	1962 (1962)	Arabic: القوات البرية الجزائرية
Angola	Angolan Army	1974 (1974)	Portuguese: Exército
Antigua and Barbuda	Antigua and Barbuda Regiment	1995 (1995)
Argentina	Argentine Army	1810 (1810)	Spanish: Ejército Argentino
Armenia	Armenian Ground Forces	1992 (1992)	Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բանակ
Australia	Australian Army	1901 (1901)
Austria	Austrian Land Forces	1920 (1920)	German: Landstreitkräfte
Azerbaijan	Azerbaijani Land Forces	1918 (1918)	Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri Quru Qoşunları
Bahrain	Royal Bahraini Army	1969 (1969)	Arabic: الجيش البحريني
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Army	1971 (1971)	Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী
Barbados	Barbados Regiment	1902 (1902)
Belarus	Belarusian Ground Forces	1992 (1992)	Сухопутные войска Белоруссии
Belgium	Belgian Land Component	1830 (1830)	Composante terre / Landcomponent / Landkomponente
Belize	Belize Defence Force	1978 (1978)
Benin	Benin Army	1960 (1960)	French: Armée de Terre
Bhutan	Royal Bhutan Army	1958 (1958)	བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་
Bolivia	Bolivian Army	1810 (1810)	Ejército de Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006 (2006)	Oružane snage
Botswana	Botswana Ground Force	1977 (1977)
Brazil	Brazilian Army	1822 (1822)	Brazilian Portuguese: Exército Brasileiro
Brunei	Royal Brunei Land Force	1961 (1961)	Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei
Bulgaria	Bulgarian Land Forces	1878 (1878)	Сухопътни войски на България
Burkina Faso	Army of Burkina Faso	1961 (1961)	French: L'Armée de Terre
Burundi	Burundi Army	2005 (2005)
Cambodia	Royal Cambodian Army	1953 (1953)	Kangtorp Cheung Kork
Cameroon	Cameroon Army	1960 (1960)	French: Armée de terre
Canada	Canadian Army	1855 (1855)	French: Armée canadienne
Cape Verde	Cape Verdean National Guard	1975 (1975)	Guarda National
Central African Republic	Central African Republic Ground Forces	1960 (1960)	French: Armée de Terre
Chad	Chadian Ground Forces	1960 (1960)
Chile	Chilean Army	1810 (1810)	Ejército de Chile
China (PRC)	People's Liberation Army Ground Force	1927 (1927)	中国人民解放军陆军
China (ROC/“Taiwan”)	Republic of China Army	1924 (1924)	中華民國陸軍
Colombia	Colombian National Army	1819 (1819)	Ejército Nacional de Colombia
Comoros	Comorian Army	1997 (1997)
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Land Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	1961 (1961)	Forces du Terrestres
Republic of the Congo	Congolese Army	1960 (1960)
Ivory Coast	Ivorian army	1961 (1961)	Armée de terre
Croatia	Croatian Army	1991 (1991)	Hrvatska kopnena vojska
Cuba	Cuban Revolutionary Army	1959 (1959)	Ejército Revolucionario
Cyprus	Cypriot Ground Forces	1964 (1964)
Czech Republic	Czech Land Forces	1993 (1993)	Pozemní síly Armády České republiky
Denmark	Royal Danish Army	1614 (1614)	Danish: Hæren
Djibouti	Djiboutian Army	1977 (1977)	Armée de terre
Dominican Republic	Dominican Army	1844 (1844)	Ejército de República Dominicana
East Timor	East Timor Army	2001 (2001)
Ecuador	Ecuadorian Army	1830 (1830)	Ejército Ecuatoriano
Egypt	Egyptian Army	1820 (1820)	القوات البرية المصرية
El Salvador	Salvadoran Army	1824 (1824)	Ejército Salvadoreño
Equatorial Guinea	Army of Equatorial Guinea	1992 (1992)	Ejército
Eritrea	Eritrean Army	1991 (1991)
Estonia	Estonian Land Forces	1918 (1918)	Maavägi
Ethiopia	Ethiopian Army	1987 (1987)
Fiji	Fiji Infantry Regiment	1920 (1920)
Finland	Finnish Army	1918 (1918)	Maavoimat/Armén
France	French Army	1420 (1420)	Armée de Terre
Gabon	Gabonese Army	1960 (1960)	Armée de terre gabonaise
Gambia	Gambian National Army	1965 (1965)
Georgia	Georgian Land Forces	1991 (1991)	საქართველოს სახმელეთო ძალები
Germany	German Army	1955 (1955)	Deutsches Heer
Ghana	Ghana Army	1959 (1959)
Greece	Hellenic Army	1828 (1828)	Ellinikós Stratós
Guatemala	National Army of Guatemala	1823 (1823)	Ejercito Nacional de Guatemala
Guinea	People's Army of Guinea	1958 (1958)	Armée de terre
Guinea-Bissau	Guinea-Bissau Army	1964 (1964)
Guyana	Guyanese Army	1966 (1966)
Haiti	Haitian Army	2011 (2011)
Honduras	Honduran Army	1825 (1825)	Ejército de Honduras
Hungary	Hungarian Ground Forces	1990 (1990)	Magyar Szárazföldi Haderő
India	Indian Army	1895 (1895)	भारतीय सेना
Indonesia	Indonesian Army	1945 (1945)	Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat
Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces	1811 (1811)	نیروی زمینی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Iran	Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps	1985 (1985)	نیروی زمینی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی
Iraq	Iraqi Ground Forces	1921 (1921)	القوة البرية العراقية
Ireland	Irish Army	1922 (1922)	an tArm
Israel	Israeli Ground Forces	1948 (1948)	צבא ההגנה לישראל
Italy	Italian Army	1861 (1861)	Esercito Italiano
Jamaica	Jamaica Defence Force	1926 (1926)
Japan	Japan Ground Self-Defense Force	1954 (1954)	Japanese: 陸上自衛隊
Jordan	Royal Jordanian Army	1920 (1920)	القوّات البرية الاردنيّة
Kazakhstan	Kazakh Ground Forces	1992 (1992)	Құрлық күштері
Kenya	Kenya Army	1964 (1964)
North Korea	Korean People's Army Ground Force	1947 (1947)	Korean: 조선인민군 륙군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 陸軍
South Korea	Republic of Korea Army	1948 (1948)	Korean: 대한민국 육군; Hanja: 大韓民國陸軍
Kosovo	Kosovo Security Force	2009 (2009)	Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës
Kuwait	Kuwait Army	1949 (1949)	القوة البرية الكويتية
Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyz Army	2017 (2017)
Laos	Lao People's Army	1975 (1975)
Latvia	Latvian Land Forces	1991 (1991)	Sauszemes Spēki
Lebanon	Lebanese Ground Forces	1945 (1945)	الجيش اللبناني
Lesotho	Lesotho Army	1978 (1978)
Liberia	Liberian Army	1908 (1908)
Libya	Libyan Ground Forces	2011 (2011)
Lithuania	Lithuanian Land Force	1990 (1990)	Lietuvos sausumos pajėgos
Luxembourg	Luxembourg Army	1881 (1881)	Lëtzebuerger Arméi
Madagascar	Malagasy Army	1960 (1960)	Armée de terre
Malawi	Malawi Army	1964 (1964)
Malaysia	Malaysian Army	1933 (1933)	Tentera Darat Diraja Malaysia
Mali	Malian Army	1960 (1960)	Armee de Terre
Malta	Armed Forces of Malta	1973 (1973)
Mauritania	Mauritanian National Army	1960 (1960)
Mexico	Mexican Army	1884 (1884)	Ejército Mexicano
Moldova	Moldovan Ground Forces	1991 (1991)	Armata Națională
Monaco	Prince's Company of Carabiniers	1817 (1817)	Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince
Mongolia	Mongolian Ground Force	1992 (1992)	Монгол Улсын Ерөнхий Цэргийн Хүчин
Montenegro	Montenegrin Ground Army	2006 (2006)	Копнена војска Црне Горе
Morocco	Royal Moroccan Army	1956 (1956)	الجيش الملكي المغربي
Mozambique	Mozambican Ground Forces	1994 (1994)	Forças terrestres
Myanmar	Myanmar Army	1945 (1945)	တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း)
Namibia	Namibian Army	1990 (1990)
Nepal	Nepali Army	1768 (1768)	नेपाली सेना
Netherlands	Royal Netherlands Army	1814 (1814)	Koninklijke Landmacht
New Zealand	New Zealand Army	1845 (1845)	Ngāti Tumatauenga
Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Army	1979 (1979)
Niger	Niger Army	1961 (1961)	L'armée de terre
Nigeria	Nigerian Army	1963 (1963)
North Macedonia	Army of the Republic of North Macedonia	1992 (1992)	Армија на Република Северна Македонија
Northern Cyprus	Northern Cyprus Army	1976 (1976)	Güvenlik Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı
Norway	Norwegian Army	1628 (1628)	Hæren
Novorossiya	United Armed Forces of Novorossiya	2014 (2014)
Oman	Royal Army of Oman	1907 (1907)	القوات المسلحة السلطانية العُمانية
Pakistan	Pakistan Army	1947 (1947)	پاک فوج‬
Palestine	Palestine Liberation Army	1964 (1964)	جيش التحرير الفلسطيني
Palestine	Palestinian National Security Forces	1994 (1994)	قوات الأمن الوطني الفلسطيني
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Land Element	1973 (1973)
Paraguay	Paraguayan Army	1811 (1811)	Ejército Paraguayo
Peru	Peruvian Army	1821 (1821)	Ejército del Perú
Philippines	Philippine Army	1897 (1897)	Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas
Poland	Polish Land Forces	1918 (1918)	Wojska Lądowe
Portugal	Portuguese Army	1139 (1139)	Exército Português
Qatar	Qatari Emiri Land Force	1971 (1971)	القوات البرية القطرية
Romania	Romanian Land Forces	1859 (1859)	Forţele Terestre Române
Russia	Russian Ground Forces	1992 (1992)	Сухопутные войска Российской Федерации
Rwanda	Rwandan Army	1962 (1962)	Ingabo z'u Rwanda
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Sahrawi People's Liberation Army	1972 (1972)	جيش التحرير الشعبي الصحراوي
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts and Nevis Defence Force	1896 (1896)
San Marino	Sammarinese Armed Forces	1406 (1406)	Forze Armate Sammarinesi
São Tomé and Príncipe	Army of São Tomé and Príncipe	1975 (1975)	Forças Armadas de São Tomé e Príncipe
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabian Army	1745 (1745)	القُوَّاتُ البَرِّيَّةُ المَلَكِيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة
Senegal	Senegalese Army	1960 (1960)	Armée de terre sénégalaise
Serbia	Serbian Army	1808 (1808)	Копнена војска Србије
Seychelles	Seychelles Army	1977 (1977)
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone Army	1961 (1961)
Singapore	Singapore Army	1957 (1957)	Tentera Singapura
Slovakia	Slovak Ground Forces	1993 (1993)	Pozemné sily Slovenskej republiky
Slovenia	Slovenian Ground Force	1991 (1991)	Slovenska vojska
Somalia	Somali National Army	1960 (1960)
Somaliland	Somaliland National Army	1993 (1993)	Ciidanka Qaranka Somaliland
South Africa	South African Army	1912 (1912)
South Ossetia	South Ossetia Army	1992 (1992)
South Sudan	South Sudan Army	2017 (2017)
Spain	Spanish Army	1492 (1492)	Ejército de Tierra
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Army	1881 (1881)	Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව, romanized: Sri Lanka Yuddha Hamudawa
Sudan	Sudanese Army	1925 (1925)
Suriname	Surinamese Land Forces	1975 (1975)
Swaziland	Umbutfo Swaziland Defence Force	1979 (1979)
Sweden	Swedish Army	1521 (1521)	Armén
Switzerland	Swiss Army	1815 (1815)	Schweizer Armee / Armée suisse / Esercito svizzero
Syria	Syrian Arab Army	1945 (1945)	الجيش العربي السوري
Tajikistan	Tajik Ground Forces	1993 (1993)	Артиши миллии Тоҷикистон
Tanzania	Tanzanian Army	1964 (1964)
Thailand	Royal Thai Army	1874 (1874)	กองทัพบกไทย
Togo	Togolese Army	1960 (1960)
Tonga	HMAF Land Component	1939 (1939)
Transnistria	Transnistria Army	1991 (1991)
Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago Regiment	1962 (1962)
Tunisia	Tunisian Army	1831 (1831)	جيش البر التونسي
Turkey	Turkish Land Forces	1920 (1920)	Turkish: Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri
Turkmenistan	Turkmen Ground Forces	1992 (1992)
Uganda	Ugandan Land Forces	1902 (1902)
Ukraine	Ukrainian Ground Forces	1991 (1991);	Сухопутні Війська України
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates Army	1951 (1951)
United Kingdom	British Army	1660 (1660)
United States	United States Army	1775 (1775)
Uruguay	National Army of Uruguay	1811 (1811)	Spanish: Ejército Nacional
Uzbekistan	Uzbek Ground Forces	1992 (1992)
Vanuatu	Vanuatu Mobile Forces	1980 (1980)
Vatican City	Pontifical Swiss Guard	1506 (1506)	Pontificia Cohors Helvetica
Venezuela	Venezuelan Army	1810 (1810)	Ejército Nacional de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela
Vietnam	Vietnam People's Ground Force	1944 (1944)	Vietnamese: Lục quân Nhân dân Việt Nam
Yemen	Yemeni Land Forces	1962 (1962)	القوات البرية اليمنية
Zambia	Zambian Army	1968 (1968)
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe National Army	1980 (1980)

See also

• List of militaries by country
• List of air forces
• List of gendarmeries
• List of marines and similar forces
• List of navies
• List of space forces
• List of military special forces units
• list of national guards, home guards and militias