5. France
Power Index Score: 0.1914
France ranks 5th in our list of top 21 strongest most powerful military nations in the world in 2017. It is among the countries in the world with the largest military force, and it is the largest in the European Union. The active military personnel is 204,000, and the reserve personnel is 183,635. Their defense budget is $35 billion. Every July 14th is a military parade in Paris called France’s National Day.

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