This list displays national troop levels by number of naval combatants , fighter aircraft and nuclear weapons . This list is indicative only, as strict comparisons cannot accurately be made.
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Country
D. budget (US$ BN)
Tanks
AC /AAS D
Cr E
D F
F G
Co H
NS I
S J
Air K
Nu L
World [1]
2,410.00
86,681
88
31
153
320
341
134
333
28,382
23,335
Afghanistan
0
Albania[2]
0.1
435
0
0
Algeria
4.99
940
0
3
5
2
213
0
Angola
2
300
0
65
0
Argentina
4.3
348
0
0
4
6
3
0
3
66
0
Armenia[3]
0.5
110
0
39
0
Australia
24.0
59
2
0
13
6
284
0
Austria[2]
1.8
233
0
16
0
Azerbaijan[4]
2
600
0
198
0
Bangladesh[5]
0.83
1,980
0
5
200
0
Belarus[2]
0.47
1,608
0
212
0
Belgium[2]
3.4
0
2
68
NATO shared
Bolivia
0.15
20
0
Brazil[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
27.1
601
3
0
1
11
5
0
5
205
0
Bulgaria[2]
1.4
560
0
4
3
1
88
0
Burma (Myanmar)[12]
7.07
800
0
4
128
0
Burundi
0
0
Cambodia
0.11
0
0
Cameroon
0
0
Canada[13] [2]
19.5
201
0
3
12
4
138
Chad
60
0
6
0
Chile
5.19
350
0
0
0
8
1
0
4
78
0
Colombia[14]
3.3
0
4
4
42
0
Croatia[2]
1.09
200
0
6
1
24
0
Cuba
0.2
1,600
0
110
0
Czech Republic[2] [15]
1.16
179
0
31
0
Democratic Republic of the Congo
0.1
0
0
Denmark[2]
2.7
57
0
2
4
3
48
0
Dominican Republic
0
0
Ecuador
0.91
140
0
2
6
2
0
Egypt
3.3
3,680
0
12
4
431
0
Eritrea
0.22
0
30
0
Ethiopia
0.29
400
0
48
0
Finland[2]
1.93
124
0
63
0
France[1] A
65.7
417
7
0
0
18
9
10
0
303
300
Germany[2]
46.8
408
0
3
12
3
11
426
NATO shared
Greece[2]
5.2
1,268
0
14
8
297
0
Guatemala
0.12
0
10
0
Hungary[2]
0.75
12
0
23
0
India[1] [5] [16] [17] [18] [19] A
32.7
5,079
2
0
8
13
24
1
16
400
60-80
Indonesia
5.01
365
4
7
0
2
346
Iran[20] [21]
20
1,800
0
4
5
3
10
305
0
Israel[1] [22] [23] B
12
3,650
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
420
110
Italy[2]
40.6
200
5
0
4
12
12
0
7
213
NATO shared
Japan[2] [24] [25] [26]
46.3
980
5
13
39
16
472
Jordan
1.39
1,179
0
101
0
Kazakhstan
1,266
0
181
0
Kenya
76
0
15
0
Laos
0
0
Lebanon
0.54
310
0
15
0
Libya
1.3
800
0
1
3
215
0
Malaysia
1.69
48
0
2
6
3
226
0
Mexico
6.07
1,171
0
0
2
4
56
0
0
107
0
Morocco[27] [28]
4.1
871
0
2
3
8
102
0
Nepal
0.1
0
0
0
Netherlands
10.8
110
2
0
0
6
0
0
4
90
NATO shared
Nigeria
0.73
0
1
1
0
North Korea[29] [30] A
5
3,500
0
0
0
3
6
62
745
1-10
Norway[31]
6.2
136
0
3
6
57
0
Oman
35
0
2
224
0
Pakistan[1] [16] [32] [33] [34] A
7.8
6,680
0
0
0
7
5
0
8
772
70-90
Paraguay
0.13
0
0
People's Republic of China[1] [5] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] A
80.6
7,580
1
0
26
49
14
8
55
982
240
Peru
0.82
300
0
1
1
8
6
0
Philippines
1.34
42
0
1
13
0
0
Poland
10.79
1000
0
5
3
5
102
0
Portugal
137
0
5
7
2
90
0
Taiwan
10.5
926
0
4
21
4
360
0
Romania
2.9
340
0
3
4
1
48
0
Russia[1] [5] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] A
42[51]
22,800
3
8
17
5
85
39
16
1,631
13,000
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia[52]
27.2
1,055
0
7
4
287
0
Serbia
1.4
860
0
81
0
Singapore
7.87
100
4
6
6
4
119
0
Slovakia
0.91
487
0
12
0
Slovenia
0.55
40+30
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
South Africa
3.7
168
0
4
3
43
0
South Korea[16] [53] [54]
29.53
2,300
0
0
6
12
24
0
11
429
0
Spain
12.3
552
4
0
0
10
0
0
4
181
0
Sri Lanka[55] [56]
1.64
0
3
32
0
Sudan
0.58
200
0
240
0
Sweden
6.7
160
0
9
5
138
0
Switzerland
2.54
224
0
138
0
Syria[57]
1.85
4,100
0
5
7
3
335
0
Tanzania
96
0
0
0
Thailand
1.77
2,240
1
12
5
380
0
Tunisia
0
56
0
Turkey
30.94
4,205
0
0
0
19
6
0
14
695
NATO shared
Turkmenistan
0
83
0
Uganda
0.1
0
0
Ukraine[58] [59]
2.07
3,784
0
2
1
188
0
United Arab Emirates
436
0
80
0
United Kingdom[60] A
69.7
1,501
9
0
7
17
0
11
0
332
225
United States [1] [5] [61] [62] [63] A
692.0
7,851
36
22
55
30
2
71
0
2,330
9,400
Uruguay
0.25
85
0
3
28
0
Uzbekistan
0
355
0
Venezuela
4
194
0
0
0
6
0
0
2
76
0
Vietnam
3.2
1,829
0
6
5
8
441
0
Yemen
1,250
0
2
230
0
Zambia
0
0
Zimbabwe
0
0
Breakdown of aircraft [ ]
All information in this table is gathered from the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[5] [65] otherwise where noted.
See also [ ]
[ ]
^A Declared nuclear weapon state
^B Neither confirms nor denies possession of nuclear weapons
^C Iraq under Saddam Hussein had up to 400,000 active troops
^D AC/AAS - Aircraft Carriers/Amphibious Assault Ships (LPH , LHD , LPD , LHA )
^E Cr - Cruisers
^F D - Destroyers
^G F - Frigates
^H Co - Corvettes
^I NS - Nuclear submarines
^J S - Conventional submarines
^K Air - Fighter aircraft
^L Nu - Nuclear Weapons
^M Estimated combined number
References [ ]
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "Federation of American Scientists: Status of world nuclear forces, April 2009" . Fas.org. http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/nukestatus.html . Retrieved 2009-05-15 .
↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Cordesman (Western) p7 (1999 figures)
↑ Asbarez.com
↑ Azerbaijan announces rise in army spending
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 Retrieved on 03-27-08
↑ Decreto Nº 5.670 de 10 de Janeiro de 2006. Brazilian Army. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
↑ Comandante da Marinha confirma nova esquadra no Nordeste Brazilian Navy. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
↑ FAB em números Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
↑ Tanks Brazilian Army. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
↑ Ships of the Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
↑ Uma Nova Agenda Militar Revista Época. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
↑ Cordesman & Kleiber, 2006
↑ Department of National Defence (19 December 2008). "National Defence and the Canadian Forces > About DND/CF" . Queen's Printer for Canada. http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/news-nouvelles/view-news-afficher-nouvelles-eng.asp?id=2865 . Retrieved 2 January 2009 .
↑ "Colombian Armed Forces" . 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-09-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20080911044835/http://www.mindefensa.gov.co/descargas/Documentos_Home/Balance_Mindefensa_2007_2008.pdf .
↑ Aktivní záloha ACR - Jednotky Aktivní zálohy (Reserves of the Army of the Czech Republic - Reserve unit ), 2009-06-30. Contains a list of units in each region along with their strength.
↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Cordesman & Kleiber, 2006 p35
↑ R 22 Viraat Class HMS Centaur Class (UK) Aircraft Carrier
↑ India Current Capabilities
↑ Janes.com
↑ "Iranian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 7)" . 2006-07-25. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060728_gulf_iran.pdf .
↑ Iran's defense spending 'a fraction of Persian Gulf neighbors'
↑ Army Equipment - Israel
↑ IAF Equipment - Israel
↑ Ground Self-Defense Forces
↑ Japanese Warships
↑ Aircraft of the Japan Air Self Defence Force
↑ Haze Gray & Underway: World Navies Today
↑ Le Maroc opte pour des corvettes néerlandaises
↑ NationMaster - Korean Military statistics
↑ List of active North Korean ships
↑ According to the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the 2008 budget was NOK 31.5 billion, as of July 2008 equal to USD 6.2 billion. Defence Budget 2008
↑ 'We have a 700,000 army. How can the Taliban take over?'
↑ Pakistan Current Capabilities
↑ http://www.aaj.tv/news/National/61769_detail.html
↑ China: National Security
↑ China's defense budget to grow 14.9% in 2009
↑ General Hints China’s Navy Wants to Add Carrier
↑ Surface Combatants
↑ Submarines
↑ [1]
↑ [2]
↑ The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending Center for Arms Control and Non/Proliferation study
↑ "Russian Military Budget" . GlobalSecurity.org. 9-11-2008. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mo-budget.htm . Retrieved 7 January 2010 .
↑ Russian Navy: Destroyers
↑ Russian Navy: Frigates
↑ Russian Navy: Corvettes
↑ Russia's submarine fleet has 60 vessels in active service RIA Novosti Retrieved on March 21, 2009
↑ Russian Navy: Submarines: SSN
↑ Russian Navy: Submarines: SSK
↑ State of the Russian Air Force
↑ 30 Jul 2010. Daily Telegraph
↑ "Saudi National Guard" . 2006-07-25. http://www.mongabay.com/reference/new_profiles/391sa.html .
↑ South Korea: National Security
↑ ROK Air Force Equipment
↑ Sri Lanka proposes $1.66 bn defence budget for 2009
↑ Sri Lanka aims to boost war budget; fighting kills 56
↑ Cordesman, 2005 p12
↑ Ukrainian Armed Forces White Book
↑ International Institute for Strategic Studies Military Balance 2007, Routledge for the IISS, London, p.176-77
↑ http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/05/ukstockpile.php
↑ "United States Armed Forces, DOD" (PDF). DOD. 2008-07-31. http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/ms0.pdf .
↑ GPOaccess.gov
↑ United States Navy
↑ Indian Air Force Fleet Page Bharat-Rakshak.com
↑ The Israeli and Syrian Conventional Military Balance
http://www.navy.mil.za/
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