The most powerful armies in the world for 2022

Almost all Russian citizens believe that the state’s armed forces are significantly superior to all armies in the world in power and potential. Our army has always been distinguished by a strong spirit of will, regardless of its size. However, there are official statistics indicating that the size of the US military and technical base exceeds the size of the Russian army.

Türkiye | Budget 18 billion dollars

Getting to know the most powerful armies in the world begins with Turkey . The state's military personnel includes more than 500 thousand people. Despite the fact that Turkey does not have nuclear weapons and does not have aircraft carriers, it is distinguished from other countries not included in the top ten by its powerful air fleet. Aviation includes about 1,000 military aircraft. The navy consists of 14 submarines, and armored vehicles include over 3.5 thousand units. The state spends more than 18 billion dollars on armament and the development of military technologies.

Indian Army

You probably never thought that the next on the TOP 5 list would be the Indian Army, surprisingly it is one of the most powerful military empires as it has 622.5 million soldiers at its disposal. India also has more than 4,000 tanks and 2,000 aircraft. The government spent $55.2 billion on military construction this year.

Japan | Budget 49 billion dollars

The ninth position with one of the most powerful armies in the world goes to Japan . The state's military human resources include about 250 thousand soldiers. The Japanese armies have a powerful air and naval fleet. Aviation includes about 1.6 thousand military aircraft. The naval forces have 16 submarines and 1 aircraft carrier in reserve. The army's armored vehicles number about 800 units. The only thing the Japanese army does not have is nuclear weapons. The country allocates $49 billion for the development of military resources.

Pakistan

The Republic of Pakistan has a fairly large population. Few people know that India and Pakistan were at enmity with each other very deep in history (the western part of India professes Islam, like the whole of Pakistan). The Pakistani army has 644 thousand military personnel and 513 thousand reservists. Basically, they use weapons from the times of the USSR. Sometimes there are developments from the People's Republic of China, as well as many neighboring countries.

Germany | Budget 45 billion dollars

Germany has one of the most powerful armies in the world. The country's military forces include about 200 thousand soldiers. Germany's powerful strength is primarily concentrated in aviation, which includes more than 700 military aircraft. The country's weapons do not include nuclear weapons, and the army does not have aircraft carriers. The country's resources include more than 400 armored vehicles. The navy includes 4 submarines. The state budget allocates $45 billion annually for the development of military equipment and the army.

Vietnam

Vietnamese troops are among the most advanced armed forces. The latest NATO developments and those of other origins, a huge amount of equipment, a large defense budget. According to the latest data, the manpower of Vietnamese troops has already exceeded 482 thousand people .

According to the leaders of this state, this quantity is enough, especially since military equipment will soon be serviced by a much smaller number of soldiers. Moreover, several decades ago, when the troops of the United States of America attacked Vietnam, Vietnam managed to win. There are more than 5 million people in the reserve.

South Korea | Budget $34 billion

Among the most powerful armies in the world in 2022, South Korea is in seventh place. Despite the fact that the country does not have nuclear weapons, this does not prevent it from occupying a place in the 10 leading positions. The army's human resources include about 700 thousand military personnel. The armies are well equipped with armored vehicles - about 2.5 thousand units. The aviation sector includes about 1,400 military aircraft. As for the navy, it has no aircraft carriers and only 14 submarines. The state invests a significant portion of funds for the development of the armed forces - about $34 billion.

The Republic of Korea

The South Korean army consists of just over 630 thousand soldiers . At the moment, South Korea is not a militaristic state, unlike its northern neighbor. But, despite this, a huge reserve was created - about three million.

Perhaps, just in case North Korea decides to have a good fight. At least, it has been threatening for a long time. Therefore, the reserve contains a relatively large number of people.

France | Budget 43 billion dollars

In 2022, France , whose army numbers just over 200 thousand people, took sixth place. The state is one of the ten most influential military powers, thanks to its strong navy and well-equipped weapons. French aviation includes more than 1,200 aircraft. The army has 300 nuclear warheads and 423 armored vehicles at its disposal. The navy boasts 1 aircraft carrier and 10 submarines. The state budget spent on the needs of the army and the development of military technologies is $43 billion.

DPRK

North Korea, or rather its president, said that the army of this country should take first place in the number of military personnel. It is not surprising, because this state is one of the most aggressive towards Japan, the USA and its southern neighbor. 1,200,000 military personnel . This state gives almost all the funds from its budget to the KPA (Korean People's Army).

Despite the impressive number of people serving in the KPA, this state may well lose the war to South Korea. This is because the KPA's weapons have become obsolete a long time ago. Until now, this country supplies military units with developments that were used during the Second World War. To these are added units manufactured in the USSR, Japan and China. The Korean People's Army reserves number approximately 4 million.

UK | Budget 54 billion dollars

The fifth place with the most powerful army in the world is occupied by Great Britain . Despite the small army, which includes about 200 thousand people, the country has a huge potential of military equipment in stock. Military aviation is considered the strength of Great Britain. The air force includes about 1,000 aircraft. Naval equipment includes 11 submarines and 1 aircraft carrier. The state's military forces have 225 nuclear warheads at their disposal. The UK annually invests about $54 billion in the development of the army.

Japanese Army

In just one year, the Japanese military was enough to rise from 8th to 6th place, this year the government spent 47 billion dollars to increase the number of combat units. The Japanese now have 1,000 tanks, 1,500 aircraft and 53.9 million people at their disposal.

India | Budget 46 billion dollars

India is in fourth place with more than 1.3 million military personnel. One of the most powerful armies in the world has a nuclear arsenal. The budget allocated by the state for the development of military technologies is 46 billion dollars. The military has about 100 nuclear warheads at its disposal. Indian aviation has about 2 thousand aircraft. The Indian Navy has 17 submarines and 2 aircraft carriers. Recently, the country has shown good results in economic development dynamics. Thanks to this, the state not only conducts its own development of equipment, but also creates military equipment using the latest Russian technologies.

Chinese Army

The Chinese military will be slightly superior to ours and completely superior to ours, if they had more nuclear warheads they would have done it a long time ago. In terms of the number of soldiers, this is the largest army, with 752.8 billion people at its disposal, 13 thousand tanks and 3.2 thousand aircraft. This year the government has allocated $224 billion for this purpose.

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China | Budget $126 billion

The PRC opens the top three most powerful military powers in the world. The Chinese army includes about 2.5 million soldiers. If we take into account all the human resources suitable for conscription, their number will be about 60 million people. This high figure is due to China's population density. The country's military resources include more than 9 thousand armored vehicles, 250 nuclear warheads and about 3 thousand military aircraft. The navy includes 69 nuclear and nuclear submarines and 1 aircraft carrier. The budget allocated by the state for the development of the army is $126 billion.

Rating of countries by number of military personnel

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The International Institute for Strategic Studies is engaged in analytics in the field of military affairs. It annually publishes a catalog with an overview of the military and defense capabilities of 170 countries ( Military Balance ), comparing them with each other according to various indicators, including the number of military personnel in the Armed Forces of each country. Because the Military Balance report is incredibly huge and paid for, it can be quite difficult to find publicly available. We decided to publish a plate from it with data on the number of armed forces of the countries of the world with updated data for several countries from Wikipedia (List of countries by number of military personnel).

Below in the table you can see the strength of the armed forces (regular forces), reserves, various non-military paramilitary forces (labeled "Other"), and the sum of all these items. In addition, data on the number of military personnel in the country per 1 population is provided separately. This indicator demonstrates how militarized the country is. As practice shows, peaceful and developing countries can most often afford a small number of military personnel per capita. The latest version of the report was released in 2021 .

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№	A country	Armed forces, people	Reserve, people	Paramilitary forces	Total, people	Per 1 thousand population
1	China	2 185 000	1 170 000	660 000	4 015 000	2.9
2	India	1 455 550	1 155 000	2 526 950	5 137 500	4
3	USA	1 388 100	844 950	0	2 233 050	6.8
4	North Korea	1 280 000	600 000	5 889 000	7 769 000	306.1
5	Russia	1 014 000	2 000 000	554 000	3 568 000	25.1
6	Pakistan	654 000	550 000	291 000	1 495 000	7.2
7	Iran	610 000	350 000	40 000	1 000 000	12
8	South Korea	599 000	3 100 000	3 013 500	6 712 500	130.5
9	Vietnam	482 000	5 000 000	5 040 000	10 522 000	108.4
10	Egypt	438 500	479 000	397 000	1 314 500	13.2
11	Myanmar	406 000	0	107 000	513 000	9.2
12	Indonesia	395 500	400 000	280 000	1 075 500	4.1
13	Brazil	366 500	1 340 000	395 000	2 101 500	10.1
14	Thailand	360 850	200 000	138 700	699 550	10.2
15	Türkiye	355 200	378 700	156 800	890 700	11
16	Colombia	293 200	34 950	187 900	516 050	10.7
17	Sri Lanka	255 000	5 500	92 600	353 100	15.6
18	Japan	247 150	56 000	14 350	317 500	2.5
19	Saudi Arabia	227 000	0	24 500	251 500	7.6
20	Mexico	216 000	81 500	111 900	409 400	3.3
21	Ukraine	209 000	900 000	102 000	1 211 000	27.6
22	France	203 250	41 050	130 800	375 100	5.6
23	Eritrea	201 750	120 000	0	321 750	53.9
24	Morocco	195 800	150 000	50 000	395 800	11.5
25	Iraq	193 000	0	148 000	341 000	8.5
26	South Sudan	185 000	0	0	185 000	18.1
27	Germany	183 500	30 050	0	213 550	2.7
28	Afghanistan	178 800	0	99 000	277 800	8
29	Israel	169 500	465 000	8 000	642 500	76.3
30	Syria	169 000	0	100 000	269 000	13.8
31	Italy	165 500	18 300	175 750	359 550	5.8
32	Bangladesh	163 050	0	63 900	226 950	1.4
33	Taiwan	163 000	1 657 000	11 800	1 831 800	77.8
34	Great Britain	148 500	78 600	0	227 100	3.5
35	Philippines	143 100	131 000	62 300	336 400	3.2
36	Nigeria	143 000	0	80 000	223 000	1.1
37	Greece	142 700	221 350	4 000	368 050	34.2
38	Ethiopia	138 000	0	0	138 000	1.3
39	DR Congo	134 250	0	0	134 250	1.6
40	Algeria	130 000	150 000	187 200	467 200	11.2
41	Azerbaijan	126 950	330 000	15 000	471 950	47
42	Cambodia	124 300	0	67 000	191 300	11.6
43	Venezuela	123 000	8 000	220 000	351 000	11.1
44	Spain	120 350	15 150	75 800	211 300	4.4
45	Poland	114 050	0	75 400	189 450	4.9
46	Malaysia	113 000	51 600	267 200	431 800	13.6
47	Angola	107 000	0	10 000	117 000	3.9
48	Sudan	104 300	0	105 000	209 300	4.9
49	Jordan	100 500	65 000	15 000	180 500	17.3
50	Nepal	96 600	0	15 000	111 600	3.8
51	Peru	81 000	188 000	77 000	346 000	11
52	Chile	77 200	40 000	44 700	161 900	9
53	Argentina	72 100	0	31 250	103 350	2.3
54	Romania	69 300	50 000	57 000	176 300	8.2
55	Canada	67 400	35 600	4 500	107 500	3
56	South Africa	65 350	15 050	0	80 400	1.5
57	UAE	63 000	0	0	63 000	6.5
58	Lebanon	60 000	0	20 000	80 000	13.1
59	Australia	58 600	30 100	0	88 700	3.8
60	Dominican Republic	56 050	0	15 000	71 050	6.9
61	Singapore	51 000	252 500	7 400	310 900	51.9
62	Cuba	49 000	39 000	1 146 500	1 234 500	110.9
63	Uzbekistan	48 000	0	20 000	68 000	2.3
64	Belarus	45 350	289 500	110 000	444 850	46.7
65	Uganda	45 000	10 000	1 400	56 400	1.4
66	Armenia	44 800	210 000	4 300	259 100	85.3
67	Oman	42 600	0	4 400	47 000	13.5
68	Ecuador	40 250	118 000	500	158 750	9.6
69	Yemen	40 000	0	0	40 000	1.4
70	Kazakhstan	39 000	0	31 500	70 500	3.8
71	Bulgaria	36 950	3 000	0	39 950	5.7
72	Turkmenistan	36 500	0	5 000	41 500	7.7
73	Tunisia	35 800	0	12 000	47 800	4.2
74	Netherlands	35 400	4 500	5 900	45 800	2.7
75	Bolivia	34 100	0	37 100	71 200	6.3
76	Chad	33 250	0	11 900	45 150	2.9
77	Rwanda	33 000	0	2 000	35 000	2.9
78	Burundi	30 050	0	21 000	51 050	4.3
79	Sweden	29 750	0	21 200	50 950	5.1
80	Laos	29 100	0	100 000	129 100	17.8
81	Zimbabwe	29 000	0	21 800	50 800	3.6
82	Serbia	28 150	50 150	3 700	82 000	11.6
83	Hungary	27 800	20 000	12 000	59 800	6.1
84	Ivory Coast	27 400	0	0	27 400	1
85	Portugal	27 250	211 700	24 700	263 650	25.5
86	Tanzania	27 000	80 000	1 400	108 400	2
87	Belgium	26 300	5 100	0	31 400	2.7
88	Cameroon	25 400	0	9 000	34 400	1.3
89	Salvador	24 500	9 900	17 000	51 400	8.3
90	Kenya	24 100	0	5 000	29 100	0.6
91	Finland	23 800	216 000	14 200	254 000	45.9
92	Norway	23 250	40 000	0	63 250	11.8
93	Austria	22 050	125 600	0	147 650	16.8
94	Czech	21 750	0	0	21 750	2
95	Uruguay	21 000	0	1 400	22 400	6.6
96	Georgia	20 650	0	5 400	26 050	5.3
97	Lithuania	19 850	6 700	14 400	40 950	14.7
98	Somalia	19 800	0	0	19 800	1.8
99	Switzerland	19 550	196 450	0	216 000	26
100	Guatemala	18 050	63 850	25 000	106 900	6.4
101	Kuwait	17 500	23 700	7 100	48 300	16.6
102	Qatar	16 500	0	5 000	21 500	9.1
103	Mauritania	15 850	0	5 000	20 850	5.4
104	Slovakia	15 850	0	0	15 850	2.9
105	Ghana	15 500	0	0	15 500	0.6
106	Croatia	15 200	18 350	3 000	36 550	8.6
107	Zambia	15 100	3 000	1 400	19 500	1.2
108	Cyprus	15 000	50 000	750	65 750	53.1
109	Honduras	14 950	60 000	8 000	82 950	9
110	Denmark	14 500	44 000	0	58 500	10.1
111	Paraguay	13 950	164 500	14 800	193 250	27.5
112	Senegal	13 600	0	5 000	18 600	1.2
113	Madagascar	13 500	0	8 100	21 600	0.8
114	Mali	13 000	0	7 800	20 800	1.1
115	Nicaragua	12 000	0	0	12 000	2
116	Burkina Faso	11 200	0	250	11 450	0.6
117	Mozambique	11 200	0	0	11 200	0.4
118	Kyrgyzstan	10 900	0	9 500	20 400	3.5
119	Malawi	10 700	0	4 200	14 900	0.8
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 500	0	0	10 500	2.7
121	Djibouti	10 450	0	2 650	13 100	14.8
122	Congo	10 000	0	2 000	12 000	2.4
123	Namibia	9 900	0	6 000	15 900	6.3
124	Guinea	9 700	0	2 600	12 300	1
125	Mongolia	9 700	137 000	7 500	154 200	49.7
126	Ireland	9 500	4 050	0	13 550	2.7
127	CAR	9 150	0	1 000	10 150	1.8
128	Botswana	9 000	0	0	9 000	4
129	New Zealand	9 000	2 300	0	11 300	2.5
130	Tajikistan	8 800	0	7 500	16 300	1.9
131	Togo	8 550	0	750	9 300	1.1
132	Sierra Leone	8 500	0	0	8 500	1.3
133	Bahrain	8 200	0	11 260	19 460	13.5
134	Albania	8 000	0	0	8 000	2.6
135	North Macedonia	8 000	4 850	7 600	20 450	9.7
136	Benin	7 250	0	4 800	12 050	1.1
137	Slovenia	7 250	1 500	5 950	14 700	7
138	Brunei	7 200	700	450	8 350	18.5
139	Estonia	7 100	17 500	0	24 600	19.8
140	Latvia	6 210	15 900	0	22 110	11.5
141	Niger	5 300	0	5 400	10 700	0.5
142	Moldova	5 150	58 000	900	64 050	18.6
143	Gabon	4 700	0	2 000	6 700	3.2
144	Guinea-Bissau	4 450	0	0	4 450	2.4
145	Trinidad and Tobago	4 050	0	0	4 050	3.3
146	Jamaica	3 950	980	0	4 930	1.8
147	Papua New Guinea	3 600	0	0	3 600	0.5
148	Fiji	3 500	6 000	0	9 500	10.3
149	Guyana	3 400	670	0	4 070	5.5
150	Kosovo	2 500	800	0	3 300	1.7
151	Montenegro	2 350	0	10 100	12 450	20.3
152	East Timor	2 280	0	0	2 280	1.7
153	Liberia	2 010	0	0	2 010	0.4
154	Lesotho	2 000	0	0	2 000	1
155	Malta	1 950	180	0	2 130	4.7
156	Suriname	1 840	0	0	1 840	3.1
157	Belize	1 500	700	150	2 350	6.1
158	Equatorial Guinea	1 450	0	0	1 450	1.8
159	Bahamas	1 300	0	0	1 300	3.9
160	Cape Verde	1 200	0	0	1 200	2.1
161	Luxembourg	900	0	600	1 500	2.5
162	Gambia	800	0	0	800	0.4
163	Barbados	610	430	0	1 040	3.6
164	Seychelles	420	0	0	420	4.4
165	Antigua and Barbuda	180	80	0	260	2.7
166	Haiti	150	0	50	200	0
167	Costa Rica	0	0	9 800	9 800	2
168	Iceland	0	0	250	250	0.7
169	Libya	0	0	0	0	0
170	Mauritius	0	0	2 550	2 550	1.9
171	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0
172	Panama	0	0	26 000	26 000	6.8

№	A country	Armed forces	Reserve	Other	Total	Per 1 thousand population
1	China	2 035 000	510 000	660 000	3 205 000	1,5
2	India	1 395 100	2 096 000	1 585 950	5 077 050	1,1
3	USA	1 348 400	857 950	0	2 206 350	4,2
4	North Korea	1 280 000	6 300 000	189 000	7 769 000	50,7
5	Russia	900 000	2 000 000	554 000	3 454 000	6,3
6	Pakistan	653 800	0	282 000	935 800	3,2
7	South Korea	625 000	6 100 000	9 000	6 734 000	12,2
8	Iran	523 000	350 000	40 000	913 000	6,4
9	Vietnam	482 000	5 000 000	40 000	5 522 000	5
10	Egypt	438 500	479 000	397 000	1 314 500	4.5
11	Myanmar	406 000	0	107 250	513 250	7,4
12	Indonesia	395 500	400 000	280 000	1 075 500	1,5
13	Thailand	360 850	245 000	93 700	699 550	5,3
14	Türkiye	355 200	378 700	156 800	890 700	4,4
15	Brazil	334 500	1 340 000	395 000	2 069 500	1,6
16	Colombia	293 200	34 950	187 900	516 050	6,1
17	Mexico	277 150	81 500	58 900	417 550	2,2
18	Japan	247 150	56 000	13 740	316 890	2
19	Sri Lanka	243 000	35 900	62 200	341 100	10.8
20	Saudi Arabia	227 000	0	24 500	251 500	7,9
21	Taiwan	215 000	1 657 000	11 450	1 883 450	9,1
22	Ukraine	204 000	900 000	88 000	1 192 000	4,6
23	France	202 700	72 300	103 400	378 400	3
24	Eritrea	201 750	120 000	0	321 750	34,4
25	Morocco	195 800	150 000	50 000	395 800	5,8
26	South Sudan	185 000	0	0	185 000	14,2
27	Germany	178 600	27 900	500	207 000	2,2
28	Israel	176 500	465 000	8 000	649 500	21,3
29	Italy	174 500	18 300	182 350	375 150	2,8
30	Afghanistan	174 300	0	148 700	323 000	5,1
31	Bangladesh	157 050	0	63 900	220 950	1
32	Great Britain	150 250	82 650	0	232 900	2,3
33	Syria	142 500	0	150 000	292 500	7,9
34	Greece	141 350	220 500	4 000	365 850	13,1
35	Ethiopia	138 000	0	0	138 000	1,3
36	DR Congo	134 250	0	0	134 250	1,6
37	Algeria	130 000	150 000	187 200	467 200	3,2
38	Philippines	125 000	181 000	40 500	346 500	1.2
39	Cambodia	124 300	0	67 000	191 300	7,7
40	Venezuela	123 000	8 000	220 000	351 000	3,9
41	Spain	121 200	15 450	76 750	213 400	2.5
42	Nigeria	118 000	0	82 000	200 000	0.6
43	Malaysia	109 000	296 300	24 600	429 900	3,5
44	Angola	107 000	0	10 000	117 000	3,7
45	Poland	105 000	0	73 400	178 400	2,7
46	Sudan	104 300	85 000	20 000	209 300	2,8
47	Jordan	100 500	100 000	15 000	215 500	9,8
48	Nepal	96 600	0	62 000	158 600	3,3
49	Peru	81 000	188 000	77 000	346 000	2,6
50	Chile	77 200	40 000	44 700	161 900	4,3
51	Argentina	74 200	0	31 250	105 450	1,7
52	Singapore	72 500	312 500	19 900	404 900	12,3
53	Romania	69 300	50 000	79 900	199 200	3,2
54	Azerbaijan	66 950	300 000	15 000	381 950	6,7
55	South Africa	66 350	15 050	0	81 400	1.2
56	Iraq	64 000	0	145 000	209 000	1,6
57	Canada	63 000	30 000	4 500	97 500	1,8
58	UAE	63 000	0	0	63 000	10,4
59	Lebanon	60 000	0	20 000	80 000	9,6
60	Australia	57 800	21 100	0	78 900	2.5
61	Dominican Republic	56 050	0	15 000	71 050	5,2
62	Cuba	49 000	1 159 000	26 500	1 234 500	4,4
63	Uzbekistan	48 000	0	20 000	68 000	1,6
64	Belarus	45 350	289 500	110 000	444 850	4,7
65	Uganda	45 000	10 000	1 400	56 400	1,1
66	Armenia	44 800	210 000	4 300	259 100	14,7
67	Oman	42 600	0	4 400	47 000	12,4
68	Ecuador	40 250	118 000	500	158 750	2.5
69	Kazakhstan	39 000	0	31 500	70 500	2,1
70	Turkmenistan	36 500	0	5 000	41 500	6,8
71	Tunisia	35 800	0	12 000	47 800	3,1
72	Netherlands	35 410	4 660	5 900	45 970	2,1
73	Bolivia	34 100	0	37 100	71 200	3,1
74	Rwanda	33 000	0	2 000	35 000	2,8
75	Bulgaria	31 300	3 000	0	34 300	4,4
76	Portugal	30 500	211 950	44 000	286 450	2,8
77	Chad	30 350	0	9 500	39 850	2.5
78	Burundi	30 050	0	21 000	51 050	2,6
79	Sweden	29 750	0	21 950	51 700	3
80	Laos	29 100	0	100 000	129 100	4,1
81	Zimbabwe	29 000	0	21 800	50 800	2,1
82	Belgium	28 800	5 000	0	33 800	2.5
83	Serbia	28 150	50 150	3 700	82 000	4
84	Hungary	27 800	44 000	12 000	83 800	2,8
85	Tanzania	27 000	80 000	1 400	108 400	0,5
86	Ivory Coast	25 400	0	0	25 400	1,1
87	Uruguay	24 650	0	800	25 450	7,3
88	Salvador	24 500	9 900	17 000	51 400	4
89	Kenya	24 100	0	5 000	29 100	0,5
90	Norway	23 950	38 590	0	62 540	4.5
91	Czech	23 200	0	0	23 200	2,2
92	Austria	22 400	152 200	0	174 600	2,6
93	Finland	21 500	227 500	2 700	251 700	3,9
94	Switzerland	20 950	218 270	0	239 220	2.5
95	Georgia	20 650	0	5 400	26 050	4,2
96	Yemen	20 000	0	0	20 000	0.7
97	Somalia	19 800	0	0	19 800	1,8
98	Lithuania	18 350	6 700	11 300	36 350	6,5
99	Guatemala	18 050	63 850	25 000	106 900	1.2
100	Denmark	16 100	45 700	0	61 800	2,9
101	Mauritania	15 850	0	5 000	20 850	4,2
102	Slovakia	15 850	0	0	15 850	2,9
103	Croatia	15 650	0	3 000	18 650	3,6
104	Kuwait	15 500	23 700	7 100	46 300	5,4
105	Ghana	15 500	0	0	15 500	0.6
106	Zambia	15 100	3 000	1 400	19 500	0.9
107	Cyprus	15 000	50 000	750	65 750	12,3
108	Honduras	14 950	60 000	8 000	82 950	1,7
109	Cameroon	14 400	0	9 000	23 400	0.6
110	Senegal	13 600	0	5 000	18 600	0.9
111	Madagascar	13 500	0	8 100	21 600	0,5
112	Nicaragua	12 000	0	0	12 000	2
113	Qatar	11 800	0	5 000	16 800	5,1
114	Burkina Faso	11 200	0	250	11 450	0.6
115	Mozambique	11 200	0	0	11 200	0,4
116	Kyrgyzstan	10 900	0	9 500	20 400	1,9
117	Malawi	10 700	0	4 200	14 900	0.6
118	Paraguay	10 650	164 500	14 800	189 950	1,5
119	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10 500	0	0	10 500	2,7
120	Djibouti	10 450	0	2 650	13 100	12,1
121	Mali	10 000	0	7 800	17 800	0.6
122	Congo	10 000	0	2 000	12 000	2
123	Namibia	9 900	0	6 000	15 900	4
124	Mongolia	9 700	137 000	7 500	154 200	3,2
125	Guinea	9 700	0	2 600	12 300	0.8
126	Ireland	9 100	2 480	0	11 580	1,8
127	New Zealand	9 000	2 300	0	11 300	2
128	Botswana	9 000	0	0	9 000	4,1
129	Tajikistan	8 800	0	7 500	16 300	1
130	Togo	8 550	0	750	9 300	1,1
131	Sierra Leone	8 500	0	0	8 500	1.4
132	Bahrain	8 200	0	11 260	19 460	5,8
133	Macedonia	8 000	4 850	7 600	20 450	3,8
134	Albania	8 000	0	500	8 500	2,6
135	Slovenia	7 250	1 760	5 950	14 960	3,7
136	Benin	7 250	0	2 500	9 750	0.7
137	Brunei	7 200	700	4 900	12 800	16,2
138	DAC	7 150	0	1 000	8 150	1,3
139	Estonia	6 600	12 000	15 800	34 400	5,3
140	Latvia	5 310	7 850	0	13 160	2,7
141	Niger	5 300	0	5 400	10 700	0,3
142	Moldova	5 150	58 000	2 400	65 550	1,5
143	Gabon	4 700	0	2 000	6 700	2,7
144	Guinea-Bissau	4 450	0	0	4 450	2.5
145	Trinidad and Tobago	4 050	0	0	4 050	3,3
146	Jamaica	3 950	980	0	4 930	1,3
147	Papua New Guinea	3 600	0	0	3 600	0,5
148	Fiji	3 500	6 000	0	9 500	3,8
149	Guyana	3 400	670	0	4 070	4,6
150	Kosovo	2 500	800	0	3 300	1,3
151	Liberia	2 100	0	0	2 100	0,4
152	Lesotho	2 000	0	0	2 000	1
153	Montenegro	1 950	0	10 100	12 050	3
154	Malta	1 950	180	0	2 130	4,7
155	Suriname	1 840	0	100	1 940	3,1
156	Belize	1 500	700	150	2 350	4,2
157	Equatorial Guinea	1 450	0	0	1 450	1,9
158	Timor-Leste	1 330	0	0	1 330	1
159	Bahamas	1 300	0	0	1 300	3,9
160	Cape Verde	1 200	0	0	1 200	2,1
161	Luxembourg	900	0	600	1 500	1,5
162	Gambia	800	0	0	800	0,4
163	Barbados	610	430	0	1 040	2,1
164	Seychelles	420	0	0	420	4.5
165	Antigua and Barbuda	180	80	0	260	1,9
166	Haiti	150	0	50	200	0
167	Panama	0	0	22 050	22 050	0
168	Costa Rica	0	0	9 800	9 800	0
169	Mauritius	0	0	2 550	2 550	0
170	Iceland	0	0	250	250	0
171	Libya	0	0	0	0	0
172	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0

Russia | Budget 76 billion dollars

The second place of honor goes to Russia , the largest country in the world by area. The great power has just over 1 million military personnel. The Russian ground army is rightfully considered the most powerful in the whole world, which is provided with the latest military equipment. The budget allocated by the state for the needs of the army, production and purchase of military equipment is more than 76 billion dollars. The air force includes over 3 thousand aircraft. The navy is no less equipped, consisting of 63 submarines and 1 aircraft carrier. The country has more than 8 thousand nuclear warheads and 15 thousand armored vehicles in stock.

Elite under attack

As Turkish expert and visiting professor at Carnegie Europe Sinan Ulgen told the BBC, the military in Turkey are traditionally the elite of society.

Throughout the 20th century, the military considered itself the guardians of the foundations of the secular Turkish state, laid down by Kemal Atatürk, and did not hesitate to remove the legitimate government from power if it saw a threat to the constitutional order.

They carried out three coups between 1960 and 1980 and have a long history of confrontation with the country's ruling Justice and Development Party. This tradition was destroyed in the early 2010s.

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USA | Budget $581 billion

The United States will become the leader among the most powerful armies in the world in 2022 . One of the most powerful powers has 1.4 million military personnel in reserve. Americans have their military bases almost all over the world. A third of the country's gross income goes to the development of the army and military equipment - about 581 billion dollars. American soldiers have the most modern military equipment at their disposal, which is periodically updated.

The United States has a huge nuclear potential, which includes about 7.5 thousand nuclear warheads. The Navy has 10 powerful aircraft carriers, half of which are considered the largest in the world. The country is also famous for the best tanks in the world, and there are more than 8 thousand armored vehicles. The state also has the largest air force in the world, which numbers about 13,683 units.

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US Army

The most powerful army today is the United States. Today, this country has at its disposal almost 145 million soldiers, 6.3 thousand tanks, 13.4 thousand aircraft, more than 20 aircraft carriers and, in general, the country’s budget is much higher. The US government spends $700 billion annually on the military; in our country this figure is more than 15 times lower.

Behind Erdogan: What is the Turkish army

The Turkish armed forces are rightfully considered the strongest in the Middle East. And in NATO, if you exclude the United States, their army is the second in power and capabilities.

Turkey has always been and remains one of the key elements of the entire geopolitical architecture of the Middle East, and even the entire Mediterranean basin. Observers, however, do not agree on whose army will be stronger in a direct clash - Turkey or Israel. But basically they agree that such a clash would be reminiscent of a clash between a wolf and a hyena - just as unlikely, but just as bloody if it happened.

In any case, Turkish military power is great enough to recognize the Turkish army as the strongest in the region when Israel is taken out of the brackets.

Why is Erdogan so self-confident?

Anyway, to the point. What is the potential of the modern Turkish army if, God forbid, not the Syrians, but we happen to fight with it?

The first is numbers. It is usually indicated in the range of 350-360 thousand people, which, according to military experts, is even normal for a country with a population of more than 80 million people. That is, according to the traditional estimate, the mobilization potential of the Turkish Armed Forces is 8 million soldiers. At the same time, the troops are recruited by conscription from the age of 20, and the service life is from 6 to 12 months. Thus, with first-stage reservists (i.e., those who have just completed compulsory service and remain in the reserve for one year), the Turkish army can field more than 700 thousand troops. For example, as of 2022, the number of such reservists was about 380 thousand people. From here it is clear that with the reserve of the 2nd stage (up to 41 years), the Turkish Armed Forces go to at least four million. And there is also a reserve of the 3rd stage - up to 60 years.

The number of ground forces is 260 thousand, navy - 45 thousand, air force - 50 thousand.

In addition to this contingent, Erdogan also has a very developed and well-pumped military-industrial complex behind him. Thus, according to the latest data from the respected and fairly objective Global Firepower rating, Turkey, with its rating of 0.2098 (the lower the better), ranks 11th among the 138 armies of the world considered.

The Turkish army is in 11th place in the ranking. Photo: screenshot of the Global Firepower website page

At the same time, the military budget is $19 billion, which does not impose a very heavy burden on a GDP of more than $700 billion—2.6% per year. They dropped a little compared to the rating of the year before last. True, military experts are confident that the Turks do not disclose all of their defense spending.

We won’t mention our own drones of very high quality and combat potential.

Turkish Bayraktar drones have become an unexpected phenomenon on the battlefield. Photo: Petro Poroshenko / Globallookpress

The ground forces receive several types of armored combat vehicles (AFVs) of their own production. Taking into account, so to speak, the technologies of the German Leopard tanks, their own main tank, Altai, is being created.

The shipbuilding industry is capable of completing the construction and repair of a tonnage of 50 thousand tons per year.

The production of our own communication systems, radar, navigation, electronic warfare, and so on has been almost completely mastered. True, under licenses.

Army and Navy

Ground forces are consolidated into 4 armies, 9 corps, 3 mechanized and 2 infantry divisions, 39 separate brigades. There are two special purpose regiments. The ground forces also include three helicopter regiments (primarily AH-1 Cobra), and aircraft squadrons with a total number of 400 aircraft.

Leopard-2/2A4 are modern German-made tanks. Photo: Philipp Schulze / Globallookpress

This type of armed forces is armed with more than 3,500 tanks, more than 3,000 artillery systems, as well as more than 10,000 mortars and 350 units of MLRS, 5,000 armored fighting vehicles.

The tanks, however, are mostly obsolete (2,400 units) - American M48 and M60. However, they are successfully complemented by the also old, but quite good, because German, “Leopard-1” (400 units) and the completely modern “Leopard-2/2A4” (more than 300 units). At the same time, outdated machines are being actively replaced with modern ones.

However, as the war in Syria has shown, Turkish Leopards-2 are quite actively burning even not from the most modern anti-tank weapons.

The Turkish army also has operational-tactical missiles - American ATACMS (72 units), its own J-600T (more than 100 units).

The Turkish Air Force is recognized as very strong, consisting of 21 squadrons of combat vehicles and 11 squadrons of auxiliary aviation - transport, training and refueling. They are based at 34 airfields with artificial runways.

4th generation fighters F-16C. Photo: Airman 1st Class Kyle Cope / Globallookpress

Aviation is quite modern. Almost half of it consists of 4th generation fighters F-16C and training F-16D (more than 160 and 40 aircraft, respectively), the rest are F-4 and F-5 - however, modernized. It was these that the Turks intended to replace with the 5th generation F-35A fighters.

The Air Force also has multi-role Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H helicopters and Eurocopter AS.532UL transport helicopters.

But, according to experts from the authoritative portal militaryarms.ru, the Turkish air defense system is quite outdated, although numerous.

Finally, the Turkish Navy is also considered one of the strongest in the region. There are no large ships here, but there is a respectable number of frigates - 16 units - and 9 corvettes. In addition, 13 (plus one) diesel-electric submarines, again from Germany. Eight of them are modern, that is, low noise, high quality, and reliable. And six are going to be replaced in Germany with ultra-modern ones.

Partially armed with anti-ship missiles.

There are large flotillas of missile boats and a mine flotilla, more than 70 units of auxiliary vessels, serious naval aviation, consisting of anti-submarine aircraft and helicopters, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft. In general, experts say, the Turkish fleet is one and a half times superior to our Black Sea Fleet in terms of firepower.

The Turks also have two detachments of naval special forces - anti-sabotage combat swimmers and combat swimmers-saboteurs, a marine brigade.

general characteristics

And to this it would be useful to add two more important factors. The first is UAVs, both in quality and quantity, as well as skillful use, which managed to very sensitively surprise a lot of military experts in different countries. And our military too. And the second is the presence at the disposal of the Turkish army of cheap and well-motivated “meat” - Syrian and generally Islamist militants of various types, whom the Turks shamelessly let into battle in front of them in both Syria and Libya.

And this is in the traditions of the Ottoman Porte. Let's remember: Crimean Tatars, Nogais, Circassians. Imam Shamil and Vedeno. And again Vedeno. And Shali, and Urus-Martan, and Selmentauzen. And in the 16th-18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, Turkey gladly and successfully used its “proxies” in wars with its (not their) enemies, skillfully recruiting these proxies, convincing them, arming them and sending them into battle. And this, too, is an important military reserve of Turkey, which cannot be ignored.

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