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 Regiment[1] v t e
											Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Australian Army[2] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Bahamas	No army
Barbados Regiment[3] v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Belize Defence Force v t e
							Major-general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Botswana Ground Force[4] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Burundi Army[5] v t e
			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] v t e
			Général d'armée		Général de corps		Général de division		Général de brigade		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Commandant		Capitaine		Lieutenant			Sous-lieutenant
Canadian Army[9][10] v t e
			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	No army
Umbutfo Eswatini Defence Force v t e
	Commander in Chief		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Fiji Infantry Regiment v t e
							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 v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Ghana Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Grenada	No army
Guyana Army[11] v t e
	Commander-in-Chief		Minister of Defence				Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant		Second lieutenant		Ensign
Indian Army[12] v t e
	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] v t e
					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] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Kenya Army[16] v t e
	Commander-in-Chief		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Kiribati	No army
Lesotho Army[17] v t e
	Field marshal				Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Liberian Ground Forces[18] v t e
					Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Malawi Army v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Army of Malta[19] v t e
									Brigadier Brigadier		Colonel Kurunell		Lieutenant colonel Logutenent kurunell		Major Maġġur		Captain Kaptan		Lieutenant Logutenent			Second lieutenant Sekond logutenent
Marshall Islands	No army
Mauritius	No army
Federated States of Micronesia	No army
Namibian Army[20] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Nauru	No army
New Zealand Army[21] v t e
	Field marshal				Lieutenant-general		Major-general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Nigerian Army[22] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier-general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Pakistan Army[23] v t e
	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	No army
Papua New Guinea Land Element v t e
							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] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant Colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Rwandan Land Forces[25] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment[26] v t e
													Lieutenant-colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Saint Lucia	No army
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No army
Samoa	No army
Seychelles Army[27] v t e
									Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sierra Leone Army v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Singapore Army[28] v t e			No insignia yet
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Senior lieutenant colonel	Lieutenant colonel	Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Solomon Islands	No army
South African Army[29] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
South Sudan Army v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Sudanese Army[30] v t e
	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 v t e
			Jenerali		Luteni jenerali		Meja jenerali		Brigedia jenerali		Kanali		Luteni kanali		Meja		Kapteni		Luteni			Luteni usu
Tongan Land Component[31] v t e
			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] v t e
							Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Tuvalu	No army
Ugandan Land Forces[33] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second Lieutenant
British Army[34] v t e
	Field marshal		General		Lieutenant-general		Major-general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
United States Army[35] v t e
	General of the Army		General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		First lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Vanuatu Mobile Forces v t e
							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] v t e
			General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant
Zimbabwe National Army[37] v t e
			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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