Number of army personnel India 2019 by type

Published by
Manya Rathore,
Sep 13, 2022
As of January 2019, the Indian army had an authorized strength of over 1,223 thousand personnel below officers rank. However, there was a shortage of over 38 thousand additional personnel in the forces as per government data. Notably, the Indian armed forces was one of the largest military forces in the world, with China leading the way.

Number of army personnel below officers rank across India in 2019, by type (in 1,000s)

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Release date

July 2019

Region

India

Survey time period

As on January 1, 2019

Supplementary notes

*Excluding 1,718 APS Non-regular JCOs/ORs.

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