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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.

List[]

Country D. budget (US$ BN) Tanks AC/AASD CrE DF FG CoH NSI SJ AirK NuL
World[1] 2,410.00 86,681 88 31 153 320 341 134 333 28,382 23,335
Flag of Afghanistan Afghanistan 0
Flag of Albania Albania[2] 0.1 435 0 0
Flag of Algeria Algeria 4.99 940 0 3 5 2 213 0
Flag of Angola Angola 2 300 0 65 0
Flag of Argentina Argentina 4.3 348 0 0 4 6 3 0 3 66 0
Flag of Armenia Armenia[3] 0.5 110 0 39 0
Flag of Australia Australia 24.0 59 2 0 13 6 284 0
Flag of Austria Austria[2] 1.8 233 0 16 0
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan[4] 2 600 0 198 0
Flag of Bangladesh Bangladesh[5] 0.83 1,980 0 5 200 0
Flag of Belarus Belarus[2] 0.47 1,608 0 212 0
Flag of Belgium (civil) Belgium[2] 3.4 0 2 68 NATO shared
Flag of Bolivia Bolivia 0.15 20 0
Flag of Brazil Brazil[6][7][8][9][10][11] 27.1 601 3 0 1 11 5 0 5 205 0
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria[2] 1.4 560 0 4 3 1 88 0
Flag of Myanmar Burma (Myanmar)[12] 7.07 800 0 4 128 0
Flag of Burundi Burundi 0 0
Flag of Cambodia Cambodia 0.11 0 0
Flag of Cameroon Cameroon 0 0
Flag of Canada Canada[13][2] 19.5 201 0 3 12 4 138
Flag of Chad Chad 60 0 6 0
Flag of Chile Chile 5.19 350 0 0 0 8 1 0 4 78 0
Flag of Colombia Colombia[14] 3.3 0 4 4 42 0
Flag of Croatia Croatia[2] 1.09 200 0 6 1 24 0
Flag of Cuba Cuba 0.2 1,600 0 110 0
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic[2][15] 1.16 179 0 31 0
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 0 0
Flag of Denmark Denmark[2] 2.7 57 0 2 4 3 48 0
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic 0 0
Flag of Ecuador Ecuador 0.91 140 0 2 6 2 0
Flag of Egypt Egypt 3.3 3,680 0 12 4 431 0
Flag of Eritrea Eritrea 0.22 0 30 0
Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia 0.29 400 0 48 0
Flag of Finland Finland[2] 1.93 124 0 63 0
Flag of France France[1] A 65.7 417 7 0 0 18 9 10 0 303 300
Flag of Germany Germany[2] 46.8 408 0 3 12 3 11 426 NATO shared
Flag of Greece Greece[2] 5.2 1,268 0 14 8 297 0
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala 0.12 0 10 0
Flag of Hungary Hungary[2] 0.75 12 0 23 0
Flag of India India[1][5][16][17][18][19] A 32.7 5,079 2 0 8 13 24 1 16 400 60-80
Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 5.01 365 4 7 0 2 346
Flag of Iran Iran[20][21] 20 1,800 0 4 5 3 10 305 0
Flag of Israel Israel[1][22][23] B 12 3,650 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 420 110
Flag of Italy Italy[2] 40.6 200 5 0 4 12 12 0 7 213 NATO shared
Flag of Japan Japan[2][24][25][26] 46.3 980 5 13 39 16 472
Flag of Jordan Jordan 1.39 1,179 0 101 0
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 1,266 0 181 0
Flag of Kenya Kenya 76 0 15 0
Flag of Laos Laos 0 0
Flag of Lebanon Lebanon 0.54 310 0 15 0
Flag of Libya Libya 1.3 800 0 1 3 215 0
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 1.69 48 0 2 6 3 226 0
Flag of Mexico Mexico 6.07 1,171 0 0 2 4 56 0 0 107 0
Flag of Morocco Morocco[27][28] 4.1 871 0 2 3 8 102 0
Flag of Nepal   Nepal 0.1 0 0 0
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 10.8 110 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 90 NATO shared
Flag of Nigeria Nigeria 0.73 0 1 1 0
Flag of North Korea North Korea[29][30] A 5 3,500 0 0 0 3 6 62 745 1-10
Flag of Norway Norway[31] 6.2 136 0 3 6 57 0
Flag of Oman Oman 35 0 2 224 0
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan[1][16][32][33][34] A 7.8 6,680 0 0 0 7 5 0 8 772 70-90
Flag of Paraguay Paraguay 0.13 0 0
Flag of the People's Republic of China 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
Flag of Peru Peru 0.82 300 0 1 1 8 6 0
Flag of the Philippines Philippines 1.34 42 0 1 13 0 0
Flag of Poland Poland 10.79 1000 0 5 3 5 102 0
Flag of Portugal Portugal 137 0 5 7 2 90 0
Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan 10.5 926 0 4 21 4 360 0
Flag of Romania Romania 2.9 340 0 3 4 1 48 0
Flag of Russia 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
Flag of Rwanda Rwanda
Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia[52] 27.2 1,055 0 7 4 287 0
Flag of Serbia Serbia 1.4 860 0 81 0
Flag of Singapore Singapore 7.87 100 4 6 6 4 119 0
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 0.91 487 0 12 0
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 0.55 40+30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Flag of South Africa South Africa 3.7 168 0 4 3 43 0
Flag of South Korea South Korea[16][53][54] 29.53 2,300 0 0 6 12 24 0 11 429 0
Flag of Spain Spain 12.3 552 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 181 0
Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka[55][56] 1.64 0 3 32 0
Flag of Sudan Sudan 0.58 200 0 240 0
Flag of Sweden Sweden 6.7 160 0 9 5 138 0
Flag of Switzerland  Switzerland 2.54 224 0 138 0
Flag of Syria Syria[57] 1.85 4,100 0 5 7 3 335 0
Flag of Tanzania Tanzania 96 0 0 0
Flag of Thailand Thailand 1.77 2,240 1 12 5 380 0
Flag of Tunisia Tunisia 0 56 0
Flag of Turkey Turkey 30.94 4,205 0 0 0 19 6 0 14 695 NATO shared
Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 0 83 0
Flag of Uganda Uganda 0.1 0 0
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine[58][59] 2.07 3,784 0 2 1 188 0
Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 436 0 80 0
Flag of the United Kingdom 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
Flag of Uruguay Uruguay 0.25 85 0 3 28 0
Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 0 355 0
Flag of Venezuela Venezuela 4 194 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 76 0
Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 3.2 1,829 0 6 5 8 441 0
Flag of Yemen Yemen 1,250 0 2 230 0
Flag of Zambia Zambia 0 0
Flag of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 0 0

Breakdown of aircraft[]

Rank
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Country Fighters Bombers Attack
Russian Federation 1,333 166 1,250
United States of America 2,284 171 388
People's Republic of China 1,052 127 242
India[64] 662 0 204
North Korea 299 80 211
Israel 233 0 264
Pakistan 171 0 149
South Korea 348 39 35
United Kingdom 117 0 215

All information in this table is gathered from the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[5][65] otherwise where noted.

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  • ^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[]

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