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As military forces around the world are constantly changing in size, no definitive list can ever be compiled. All of the 172 countries listed here, especially those with the highest number of total soldiers such as the two Koreas and Vietnam , include a large number of paramilitaries, civilians and policemen in their reserve personnel.
The China Military Power Report (abbr. CMPR), officially the Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China, is an annual report produced by the United States Department of Defense for the United States Congress that provides estimates, forecasts, and analysis of the People's Republic of China (PRC) military and security developments for the previous year.
The United States is currently considered the world's foremost superpower. [4] It is by some accounts the only superpower, [5] [6] [7] and the only one for which its status finds broad consensus. [8] China, the European Union, India, and Russia have been discussed as potential superpowers of the 21st century; Japan was a former candidate in the ...
The PLA is the world's largest military force (not including paramilitary or reserve forces) and has the second largest defence budget in the world. China's military expenditure was US$296 billion in 2023, accounting for 12 percent of the world's defence expenditures.
Since the late 2010s and into the 2020s, China has increasingly been described as an emerging superpower [9] [10] or even an established one, [11] [12] [13] as China represents the "biggest geopolitical test of the 21st century" to the United States, as it is "the only country with enough power to jeopardize the current global order".
China is conducting the largest military build-up seen since that of Nazi Germany during the 1930s, one expert warns, after a new Department of Defense report detailed Beijing's operations ...
List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel; List of countries without armed forces; List of militaries that recruit foreigners; List of armies by country; List of navies; List of air forces; List of gendarmeries; List of space forces, units, and formations; List of military special forces units; List of active rebel groups
The drills have been condemned by Japan and the US – one of Taiwan's strongest allies. China has the largest armed forces in the world by active duty military personnel, with over two million ...