Live By The Sword: Ensure Global Conflict Poem by Terence George Craddock

Split image from the poem 'Hate Mains Kills Destroys' by the poet Terence George Craddock. Written in July 2014 on the 28.7.2014. Source World Bank. The World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources, stated there were over 28 million soldiers in the world from 2010 to 2012. The total global armed forces personnel in World was reported at 27,671,000 in 2019, was still over 26 million six hundred thousand in 2018 to 2020. The number of soldiers in the world increased due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine but data is not being released. In 2023 Vietnam has the highest total number of military personnel (active duty, reserves, and paramilitary) with 10,522,000 members. North Korea is second with 7,769,000 members and South Korea is third with 6,712,500 members. In comparison China has 2,185,000, India 1,455,550, Russia 1,330,900 ranked 2nd in the world as a military power, United States 1,388,100, Ukraine 500,000? (200,000 active military staff) in July 2023. Ukraine as a military power is ranked 15th in the world, just behind Indonesia and Egypt, Australia is presently ranked 16th, might rank upper when their nuclear powered submarines are built and deployed.