Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Matsakaicin girman rundunar ya dogara ne akan yawan jama'ar da za a cire haraji. A lokacin Ava (1364<unk>1555), lokacin da aka raba kasar zuwa kananan kananan hukumomi, kowane karamin jihar zai iya tattara mutane 10,000 a mafi yawan. (Littattafan tarihin Burma suna ba da rahoton lambobi aƙalla tsari na girma mafi girma amma masana tarihi sun watsar da waɗannan lambobin.) Masarautun na ƙarshe (dauloli na Toungoo da Konbaung) tare da yawan jama'a tabbas suna da manyan sojoji. Sarautar ta aiwatar da manufar samun ƙasashen da aka ci nasara don samar da haraji ga ƙoƙarin yaƙin na gaba. Masanin tarihi GE Harvey ya kiyasta cewa Bayinnaung ya tattara kimanin mutane 70,000 don mamayewar Siam a 1568 <unk> 1569
yayin da sarakunan Konbaung na farko suka tara sojoji 40,000 zuwa 60,000.