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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.

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List

Country D. budget (US$ BN) Tanks AC/LPHD CrE DF FG CoH NSI SJ AirK NuL
World[1] 2,410.00 86,681 22 31 153 320 341 134 333 28,368 23,335
 Afghanistan 0 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 23.18 59 0 13 6 160 0
 Austria[2] 1.8 233 0 16 0
 Azerbaijan[4] 2 600 0 198 0
 Bangladesh[5] 0.83 1,980 0 5 90 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] 24 601 1 0 1 11 5 0 5 171 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 NATO shared
 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[15][2] 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 4 567 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 62.7 417 1 1 12 11 9 10 0 368 300
 Germany[2] 46.8 408 0 15 3 11 243 NATO shared
 Greece[2] 5.2 867 0 14 8 235 0
 Guatemala 0.12 0 10 0
 Hungary[2] 0.75 12 0 23 0
 India[16][5][17][18][1][19] A 32.7 5,000 1 0 8 13 24 1 16 796 60-80
 Indonesia 1.3 365 0 7[20] 23[20] 2 21[21] 0
 Iran[22][23] 20 1,800 0 3 3 180 0
 Israel[24][25][1] B 12 3,650 0 3 5 497 80
 Italy[2] 40.6 1,180 2 0 4 12 12 0 7 385 NATO shared
 Japan[2][26][27][28] 45.9 980 0 13 39 16 360
 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 0 0
 Libya 1.3 800 0 1 3 215 0
 Malaysia 1.69 48 0 2 6 3 93 0
 Mexico 6.07 1,171 0 0 2 4 56 0 0 107 0
 Morocco[29][30] 4.1 1455 0 2 3 8 283 0
 Nepal 0.1 0 0 0
 Netherlands 10.8 110 0 0 0 6 0 0 4 90 NATO shared
 Nigeria 0.73 0 1 1 0
 North Korea[31] A 5 3,500 0 0 0 3 6 62[32] 400 1-10
 Norway[33] 6.2 136 0 3 6 57 0
 Oman 35 0 2 0
 Pakistan[16][34][35][1] A 5.2 3,300 0 7 5 0 8 470 70-90
 Paraguay 0.13 0 0
 People's Republic of China[36][5][37][38][39][40][1] A 70.3 7,580 0 0 26 49 14 8 55 1700 240
 Peru 0.82 300 0 1 1 8 6 0
 Philippines 1.34 42 0 1 13 0[41] 0
 Poland 10.79 947 0 5 3 5 102 0
 Portugal 137 0 5 7 2 90 0
 Republic of China 10.5 926 0 4 21 4 388 0
 Romania 2.9 340 0 3 4 1 48 0
 Russia[5][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][1]A 50 22,800 1 7 13 5 85 40 20 2295 13,000
 Rwanda
 Saudi Arabia[50] 27.2 1,055 0 7 291 0
 Serbia 1.4 860 0 81 0
 Singapore 7.87 100 0 6 6 4 119 0
 Slovakia 487 0 0
 Slovenia 0.55 40+30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 South Africa 3.7 168 0 4 2 43 0
 South Korea[16][51][52] 29.53 2,300 0 0 6 12 24 0 11 384 0
 Spain 12.3 552 1 0 0 10 0 0 4 181 0
 Sri Lanka[53][54] 1.64 0 3 32 0
 Sudan 0.58 200 0 42 0
 Sweden 6.7 160 0 9 5 138 0
 Switzerland 2.54 224 0 138 0
 Syria[55] 1.85 4,100 0 5 7 3 472 0
 Tanzania 96 0 0 0
 Thailand 1.77 790 1 12 5 184 0
 Tunisia 0 56 0
 Turkey 30.94 4,205 0 19 6 14 900 NATO shared
 Turkmenistan 0 0
 Uganda 0.1 0 0
 Ukraine[56][57] 2.07 3,784 0 2 1 351 0
 United Arab Emirates 436 0 80 0
 United Kingdom[1] A 65.3 393 3 0 7 17 4 12 0 341 185
 United States[58][5][59][60][1] A 663.7 7,851 12 22 53 30 48 71 0 4000 9,400
 Uruguay 0.25 85 0 3 28 0
 Uzbekistan 0 0 0
 Venezuela 4 194 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 76 0
 Vietnam 3.2 1,829 0 6 5 2 459 0
 Yemen 1,250 0 2 463 0
 Zambia 0 0
 Zimbabwe 0 0

Breakdown of aircraft

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Country Fighters Bombers Attack
United States of America 4,000 235 388
Russian Federation 2,295 368 767
People's Republic of China 1,052 222 480
India[61] 516 0 204
Pakistan 171 41 252
South Korea 348 39 35+
North Korea 299 80 211
Vietnam 204+ 0 0
Israel 233 0 264

All information in this table is gathered from the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[5][62] 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/LPH - Aircraft Carriers/Landing Platform Helicopter
  • ^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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cordesman (Western) p7 (1999 figures)
  3. ^ dead link
  4. ^ Azerbaijan announces rise in army spending
  5. ^ a b c d e f The Asian Conventional Military Balance in 2006 Retrieved on 03-27-08
  6. ^ Decreto Nº 5.670 de 10 de Janeiro de 2006. Brazilian Army. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
  7. ^ Comandante da Marinha confirma nova esquadra no Nordeste Brazilian Navy. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
  8. ^ FAB em números Brazilian Air Force. Retrieved on 2009-02-01.
  9. ^ Tanks Brazilian Army. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
  10. ^ Ships of the Brazilian Navy Brazilian Navy. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
  11. ^ Uma Nova Agenda Militar Revista Época. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.
  12. ^ Cordesman & Kleiber, 2006
  13. ^ 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. 
  14. ^ "Colombian Armed Forces". 2008. http://www.mindefensa.gov.co/descargas/Documentos_Home/Balance_Mindefensa_2007_2008.pdf. 
  15. ^ 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. ^ a b c Cordesman & Kleiber, 2006 p35
  17. ^ R 22 Viraat Class HMS Centaur Class (UK) Aircraft Carrier
  18. ^ India Current Capabilities
  19. ^ http://www.janes.com/news/defence/business/jdw/jdw090217_1_n.shtml
  20. ^ a b List of current ships of the Indonesian Navy
  21. ^ "Order of Battle - Indonesia". http://www.milaviapress.com/orbat/indonesia/index.php. 
  22. ^ "Iranian Armed Forces, CSIS (Page 7)". 2006-07-25. http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060728_gulf_iran.pdf. 
  23. ^ Iran's defense spending 'a fraction of Persian Gulf neighbors'
  24. ^ Army Equipment - Israel
  25. ^ IAF Equipment - Israel
  26. ^ Ground Self-Defense Forces
  27. ^ Japanese Warships
  28. ^ Aircraft of the Japan Air Self Defence Force
  29. ^ Haze Gray & Underway: World Navies Today
  30. ^ Le Maroc opte pour des corvettes néerlandaises
  31. ^ NationMaster - Korean Military statistics
  32. ^ List of active North Korean ships
  33. ^ 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
  34. ^ 'We have a 700,000 army. How can the Taliban take over?'
  35. ^ Pakistan Current Capabilities
  36. ^ China: National Security
  37. ^ China's defense budget to grow 14.9% in 2009
  38. ^ General Hints China’s Navy Wants to Add Carrier
  39. ^ Surface Combatants
  40. ^ Submarines
  41. ^ "PAF - Aircraft inventory". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force#Aircraft_inventory. 
  42. ^ The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending Center for Arms Control and Non/Proliferation study
  43. ^ Russian Navy: Destroyers
  44. ^ Russian Navy: Frigates
  45. ^ Russian Navy: Corvettes
  46. ^ Russia's submarine fleet has 60 vessels in active service RIA Novosti Retrieved on March 21, 2009
  47. ^ Russian Navy: Submarines: SSN
  48. ^ Russian Navy: Submarines: SSK
  49. ^ State of the Russian Air Force
  50. ^ "Saudi National Guard". 2006-07-25. http://www.mongabay.com/reference/new_profiles/391sa.html. 
  51. ^ South Korea: NATIONAL SECURITY
  52. ^ ROK Air Force Equipment
  53. ^ Sri Lanka proposes $1.66 bn defence budget for 2009
  54. ^ Sri Lanka aims to boost war budget; fighting kills 56
  55. ^ Cordesman, 2005 p12
  56. ^ Ukrainian Armed Forces White Book
  57. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies Military Balance 2007, Routledge for the IISS, London, p.176-77
  58. ^ "United States Armed Forces, DOD" (PDF). DOD. 2008-07-31. http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/ms0.pdf. 
  59. ^ http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy10/pdf/budget/defense.pdf
  60. ^ United States Navy
  61. ^ Indian Air Force Fleet Page Bharat-Rakshak.com
  62. ^ The Israeli and Syrian Conventional Military Balance

Notes

Further reading

External links

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