User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Whitebeards army?/@comment-112.202.51.46-20110310114658

-According to the Whitebeard Pirates' article they are at least 1,600. There are 43 allied crew on their side, the largest number of pirate crewmembers aboard on one pirate ship seen in One Piece world is 100, assuming they are at least 4,300 or more. They were added by the 241 escaped Impel Down prisoners, since Luffy joined to rescue Ace with Iva and Newkamas on his behalf, Jinbe is already an ally, Buggy and his followers recently allied with Whitebeard and Crocodile didn't want the marines to have their way (abandoned the objectives of killing Whitebeard). So the numbers of Whitebeard's forces is likely more or less than 6,141 against 100,000 Marines, 5 Shichibukais and 20 Pacifistas. But hey, they have more powerful men and women than the marines.