Number of defense personnel India 2019 by forces
As of 2019, the Indian army had the largest strength of personnel with over one million people working in various capacities. Notably, this figure excluded over thousand personnel working as non-regular junior commissioned officers and other class two workers. The Indian air force came second, but with a wide margin after the army, with over 129 thousand personnel. The naval forces had fewer personnel who were mainly recruited as sailors, crew and ground staff.