As of 2019, which country has the largest standing army in the world?

China is the country with the largest standing army and is one of the best trained. China has upped its military budgets by more than 10% a year over the last five years.

This army was established way back in 1927 and was known as the China People’s Liberation Army which is made up of Ground Forces, NAVY and Artillery as well as armed police and of course a strong air force. The latest estimates about the size of this army is put at 2,035,000 personnel. Most of the personnel of this army are aged between 18 and 49 years.

By law military service is compulsory in China, although the country has never enforced conscription due to the large number of volunteers from its population. Its army is divided into five main service branches: the Ground Force, the Navy, the Air Force, the Rocket Force, and the Strategic Support Force. The army is well trained and equipped and is considered to be one of the strongest in the world, although its equipment is considered to be behind the US by about 20 years.