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Myanmar vs Vietnam: Armed forces personnel

Myanmar
463,000
in 2020
Vietnam
522,000
in 2020
Myanmar rank
14th
Vietnam rank
12th

Armed forces personnel over time

  • Myanmar
  • Vietnam
250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M198520022020

How they compare

Vietnam currently reports 522,000 against 463,000 in Myanmar, a difference of 59,000.

That makes Vietnam's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Vietnam ahead.

Myanmar ranks 14th and Vietnam ranks 12th of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Armed forces personnel
Source
The Military Balance - International Institute for Strategic Studies, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 5,352 data points, 1985–2020
Last refreshed

Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if their training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.