Comparative army officer ranks of Anglophone countries

Rank comparison chart of officers for armies/land forces of Anglophone states.

Officers

Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Regiment[1]
Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Australian Army[2]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
The Bahamas Bahamas No army


Barbados Barbados Regiment[3]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Belize Defence Force
 Major-General Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Major-general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Botswana Ground Force[4]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Burundi Army[5]
Général Lieutenant-général Général-major Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
Jenerai Riyetena jenerai Jenerai majoro Jenerai wa birigade Koroneri Riyetena koroneri Majoro Kapitene Riyetena Suriyetena
Cameroon Ground Forces[6][7][8]
Général d'armée Général de corps Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
 Canadian Army[9][10]
General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Général(e) Lieutenant(e)-général(e) Major(e)-général(e) Brigadier(ère)-général(e) Colonel(le) Lieutenant(e)-colonel(le) Major(e) Capitaine Lieutenant(e) Sous-lieutenant(e)
Dominica Dominica No army


Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force
Commander in Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant


Fiji Infantry Regiment
Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Jenerali meja Brigadi Kanala Leteni kanala Meja Kavetani Leteni Ikarua ni leteni
 Gambian National Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Ghana Army
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Grenada Grenada No army


Guyana Army[11]
Commander-in-Chief Minister of Defence Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign
 Indian Army[12]
Field marshal
फील्ड मार्शल 		General
जनरल 		Lieutenant general
लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल 		Major general
मेजर जनरल 		Brigadier
ब्रिगेडियर 		Colonel
कर्नल 		Lieutenant colonel
लेफ्टिनेंट कर्नल 		Major
मेजर 		Captain
कैप्टन 		Lieutenant
लेफ्टिनेंट
 Irish Army[13][14]
Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Captain Lieutenant Second-Lieutenant
Lefteanant-ghinearál Maor-ghinearál Briogáidire-ghinearál Cornal Lefteanant-chornal Ceannfort Captaen Lefteanant Dara-lefteanant
Jamaican Army[15]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Kenya Army[16]
Commander-in-Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Kiribati Kiribati No army


 Lesotho Army[17]
Field marshal Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Liberian Ground Forces[18]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Malawi Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Army of Malta[19]
Brigadier
Brigadier 		Colonel
Kurunell 		Lieutenant colonel
Logutenent kurunell 		Major
Maġġur 		Captain
Kaptan 		Lieutenant
Logutenent 		Second lieutenant
Sekond logutenent
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands No army


Mauritius Mauritius No army


Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia No army


 Namibian Army[20]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Nauru Nauru No army


 New Zealand Army[21]
 Field marshal Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Field marshal Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Nigerian Army[22]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Pakistan Army[23]
Field marshal
فیلڈ مارشل 		General
جنرل 		Lieutenant general
لیفٹیننٹ جنرل 		Major general
میجر جنرل 		Brigadier
بریگیڈیئر 		Colonel
کرنل 		Lieutenant colonel
لیفٹیننٹ کرنل 		Major
میجر 		Captain
کیپٹن 		Lieutenant
لیفٹنینٹ 		Second lieutenant
سیکنڈ لیفٹیننٹ
Palau Palau No army


Papua New Guinea Land Element
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Meja jeneral Brigadia jeneral Kolonel Leftenan kolonel Meja Kepten Leftenan Namba tu leftenan
 Philippine Army[24]
 General Lieutenant General Major General Brigadier General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Lieutenant Commandant First Lieutenant Sub-Lieutenant
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Rwandan Land Forces[25]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment[26]
 Lieutenant-Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Saint Lucia Saint Lucia No army


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No army


Samoa Samoa No army


Seychelles Army[27]
Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Sierra Leone Army
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Singapore Army[28]
 No insignia yet
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Senior lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands No army


 South African Army[29]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 South Sudan Army
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Sudanese Army[30]
مشیر
Mushir 		فريق أول‎‎
Fariq 'awal 		فريق
Fariq 		لواء
Liwa 		عميد
Amid 		عقيد
Aqid 		مقدم
Muqaddam 		رائد
Ra'id 		نقيب
Naqib 		ملازم أول
Mulazim awwal 		ملازم
Mulazim
Tanzanian Army
Jenerali Luteni jenerali Meja jenerali Brigedia jenerali Kanali Luteni kanali Meja Kapteni Luteni Luteni usu
Tongan Land Component[31]
Commander-in-chief Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Ensign
Komanitā-pule Pilikaria seniale Kenolo Lafitani kenolo Mesia Kapiteni Lafitani Lafitani ua
 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[32]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Tuvalu Tuvalu No army


 Ugandan Land Forces[33]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 British Army[34]
 Field marshal General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Field marshal General Lieutenant-general Major-general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 United States Army[35]
 General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
General of the Army General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
Vanuatu Mobile Forces
Major general
Bigfala Jenerol 		Brigadier Colonel
Kolonel 		Lieutenant colonel
Lietnen Kolonel 		Major
Bigfala 		Captain
Kapten 		First lieutenant
Fas Lietnen 		Second lieutenant
Seken Lietnen
 Zambian Army[36]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Zimbabwe National Army[37]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers

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