Military


World's Largest Marine Corps

No other country has a counterpart to the United States Marine Corps. Fewer than fifty other countries [out of about 200 total] have separate entities designated as Marines, Naval Infantry, or some similar nomenclature, and not all of these units are Marines in the American sense of the term. In round numbers, the United States Marine Corps has as many Marines as every other Marine Corps on the planet combined - there are slightly fewer than a quarter of a million United States Marines [active and reserve], and slightly more than a quarter of a million in every other country.

RankCountryServiceMarines
1 USA US Marine Corps 242,675
Total Rest-of-World [ 2-43 ] 254,468
Next top 10 [ 2-11 ] 174,258
2 Vietnam Naval Infantry 27,000
3 South Korea Marine Corps 25,000
4 Thailand Marines Corps 23,000
5 Indonesia Korps Marinir - KorMar) 20,000
6 Mexico Infantería de Marina 19,238
7 Brazil Fuzileiros Navais 15,520
8 Taiwan Marine Corps 15,000
9 Russia Naval Infantry 12,000
10 China Marine Corps 10,000
11 Philippines Marine Corps 7,500
Next top 10 [ 12-21 ] 48,200
12 UK Royal Marines 7,200
13 Venezuela Infantería de Marina 7,000
14 France Brigade Légère Blindée de Marine 6,000
15 Spain Infantería de Marina 5,300
16 North Korea Amphibious Brigades 5,000
17 Poland Naval Assault 4,500
18 Peru Infanteria de Marina 4,000
19 Turkey Amfibi Deniz Piyade 3,100
20 Netherlands Korps Mariniers 3,100
21 Chile Infantería de Marina 3,000
Next top 10 [ 22-31 ] 23,460
22 Ukraine Naval Infantry 3,000
23 Saudi Arabia Royal Marines 3,000
24 Iran Naval Infantry 2,600
25 Argentina Infantería de Marina 2,500
26 Ecuador Infantería de Marina 2,160
27 Italy Proiezione dal Mare 2,000
28 India Marine Commando 2,000
29 Cambodia Naval Infantry 2,000
30 Bolivia Infantería de Marina 1,700
31 Morocco Marines 1,500
Next Top 10 [ 32-41 ] 8,260
32 Egypt 111 MIB 1,500
33 Portugal Fuzileiros 1,430
34 Paraguay Defensa Fluvial 900
35 Honduras Infanteria de Marina 830
36 Kuwait Naval Commando 800
37 Myanmar Naval Infantry 800
38 DR Congo [ex-Zaire] Naval Infantry 600
39 Cuba Guardia Desembarco 550
40 Uruguay Fusileros Navales 450
41 UAE Marines 400
Bottom 2 [ 42-43 ] 290
42 Croatia Naval Infantry 200
43 El Salvador Naval Infantry 90
Total Rest-of-World [ 2-43 ] 254,468
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5 Countries Without Marines
N/R Australia 2nd Bn, RAR 0 !!
N/R Canada Marines 0 !!
N/R New Zealand Marines 0 !!
N/R Japan Marines 0 !!
N/R Bulgaria Naval Infantry 300
12 Not Really Marines
Colombia Infantería de Marina 14,000
Sri Lanka Naval Patrolman 14,000
Syria Naval Infantry 1,500
Pakistan Marines 1,400
South Africa Naval Commando 900
Finland coastal jaeger 800
Iraq Naval Marines 600
Germany Marineschutzkräfte 500
Serbia Pontonirskom 500
Romania Infanterie Marina 400
Sweden Amphibious Regiment 337
Israel Flotilla 13 300
Marines Without Countries
N/R Republic of Vietnam Marines 7,300
N/R Yugoslavia Marines 1,500




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