Comparative army officer ranks of Anglophone countries

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

Officers

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Rank group General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers
 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][4]
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[5]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Burundi Army[6]
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[7][8][9]
Général d'armée Général de corps Général de division Général de brigade Colonel Lieutenant-colonel Commandant Capitaine Lieutenant Sous-lieutenant
 Canadian Army[10][11]
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[12]
Commander-in-Chief Minister of Defence Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant Ensign
 Indian Army[13]
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[14][15]
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[16]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Kenya Army[17]
Commander-in-Chief General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Kiribati Kiribati No army
 Lesotho Army[18]
Field marshal Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Liberian Ground Forces[19]
Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain First lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Malawi Army[20]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Army of Malta[21]
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[22]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Nauru Nauru No army
 New Zealand Army[23]
 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[24]
Field marshal General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier-general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Pakistan Army[25][better source needed]
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[26]
 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[27]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
SKN Regiment[28]
 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[29][30]
Major general[a] Brigadier general 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[31]
 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[32]
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[33]
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 Force[34]
Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Pilikaria seniale Kenolo Lafitani kenolo Mesia Kapiteni Lafitani Lafitani ua
 Trinidad and Tobago Regiment[35]
Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
Tuvalu Tuvalu No army
 Ugandan Land Forces[36]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier general Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 British Army[37]
 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[38]
 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[39]
General Lieutenant general Major general Brigadier Colonel Lieutenant colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second lieutenant
 Zimbabwe National Army[40]
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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