Number of full-time military personnel in the air force



# 1 United States: 370,300
# 2 India: 110,000
# 3 Korea, North: 85,000
# 4 France: 78,100
# 5 Germany: 76,200
# 6 Taiwan: 68,000
# 7 Italy: 63,600
# 8 Turkey: 63,000
# 9 United Kingdom: 52,540
# 10 Korea, South: 52,000
# 11 Brazil: 50,000
# 12 Japan: 45,600
# 13 Pakistan: 45,000
# 14 Thailand: 40,000
# 15 Greece: 33,000
# 16 Israel: 32,000
# 17 Iraq: 30,000
# 18 Libya: 22,000
# 19 Indonesia: 21,000
# 20 Australia: 17,700
# 21 Philippines: 17,400
= 22 Nigeria: 15,000
= 22 Peru: 15,000
= 22 Vietnam: 15,000
# 25 Canada: 14,000
# 26 Chile: 13,500
# 27 Jordan: 13,400
# 28 Malaysia: 12,500
# 29 Argentina: 12,000
# 30 South Africa: 11,140
# 31 Algeria: 10,000
# 32 Bangladesh: 9,500
# 33 Mexico: 8,000
# 34 Colombia: 7,300
# 35 Norway: 6,700
# 36 Angola: 6,000
= 37 United Arab Emirates: 4,000
= 37 Bolivia: 4,000
# 39 Yemen: 3,500
# 40 Uruguay: 3,000
# 41 Kuwait: 2,500
= 42 Bahrain: 1,500
= 42 Qatar: 1,500
# 44 Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 1,200
= 45 Gabon: 1,000
= 45 Ghana: 1,000
# 47 Cote d'Ivoire: 700
# 48 Senegal: 400
# 49 Cameroon: 300