Approximate Size of European Armies, 1475-1705

 

Date	Spanish Monarchy	Dutch Republic	France	England	Sweden	Russia
1475	20,000		40,000	25,000
1555	150,000		50,000	10,000
1595	200,000	20,000	80,000	30,000	15,000
1635	300,000	50,000	150,000		45,000	35,000
1655	100,000		100,000	70,000	70,000
1675	70,000	110,000	120,000	15,000	63,000	130,000
1705	50,000	100,000	400,000	87,000	100,000	170,000

Source: Geoffrey Parker, "Warfare," New Cambridge Modern History, vol. 13.