2026 regional data view
Asia Military Power
Explore MilitaryDex country profiles assigned to Asia and compare their reported personnel, spending and equipment totals. The ranking below uses MilitaryDex MSS and should not be read as a forecast of military outcomes.
Regional dataset totals
29
Countries
9.8M
Active personnel
$649.0B
Defense budgets
14.8K
Aircraft
30.1K
Tanks
2.8K
Naval assets
Totals add reported country values in this data edition. Missing values are omitted; the figures do not represent a unified force.
Category leaders
Asia country rankings
Same-edition values; click a country for its full profile.
| Region rank | Country | Global rank | MSS | Active | Budget | Aircraft | Tanks | Navy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  China | #2 | 69.7 | 2.0M | $303.0B | 3,529 | 5,870 | 403 |
| #2 |  India | #4 | 44.2 | 1.4M | $109.0B | 2,183 | 3,913 | 218 |
| #3 |  North Korea | #5 | 36.0 | 1.3M | $4.8B | 837 | 4,895 | 264 |
| #4 |  South Korea | #6 | 27.2 | 450.0K | $44.8B | 1,540 | 1,831 | 169 |
| #5 |  Pakistan | #7 | 25.0 | 660.0K | $9.1B | 1,397 | 2,677 | 105 |
| #6 |  Vietnam | #9 | 20.6 | 450.0K | $10.2B | 265 | 1,999 | 67 |
| #7 |  Japan | #16 | 12.7 | 251.5K | $58.0B | 1,429 | 734 | 100 |
| #8 |  Taiwan | #17 | 12.4 | 230.0K | $31.2B | 720 | 1,090 | 82 |
| #9 |  Bangladesh | #19 | 10.4 | 204.0K | $3.3B | 212 | 320 | 81 |
| #10 |  Indonesia | #20 | 9.5 | 404.5K | $11.2B | 460 | 331 | 261 |
| #11 |  Thailand | #22 | 9.0 | 360.9K | $6.0B | 496 | 744 | 272 |
| #12 |  Myanmar | #28 | 7.9 | 228.0K | $2.8B | 331 | 1,040 | 160 |
| #13 |  Sri Lanka | #32 | 6.2 | 346.0K | $1.5B | 90 | 87 | 264 |
| #14 |  Philippines | #33 | 5.9 | 160.0K | $6.6B | 204 | 18 | 65 |
| #15 |  Azerbaijan | #39 | 5.3 | 128.0K | $5.1B | 159 | 1,354 | 25 |
| #16 |  Singapore | #44 | 4.1 | 51.0K | $18.0B | 235 | 170 | 77 |
| #17 |  Kazakhstan | #56 | 3.0 | 110.0K | $5.8B | 168 | 353 | 25 |
| #18 |  Malaysia | #57 | 2.9 | 113.0K | $5.1B | 132 | 48 | 84 |
| #19 |  Tajikistan | #61 | 2.7 | 150.0K | $450.5M | 25 | 38 | 0 |
| #20 |  Uzbekistan | #63 | 2.6 | 120.0K | $6.2B | 159 | 470 | 0 |
| #21 |  Cambodia | #64 | 2.5 | 124.3K | $750.0M | 24 | 520 | 20 |
| #22 |  Turkmenistan | #69 | 2.1 | 36.5K | $1.5B | 91 | 654 | 16 |
| #23 |  Mongolia | #71 | 2.0 | 35.0K | $1.6B | 8 | 420 | 0 |
| #24 |  Armenia | #76 | 1.8 | 65.0K | $1.5B | 69 | 109 | 0 |
| #25 |  Laos | #85 | 1.5 | 100.0K | $355.6M | 29 | 160 | 0 |
| #26 |  Nepal | #98 | 1.0 | 98.5K | $431.4M | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| #27 |  Kyrgyzstan | #109 | 0.8 | 23.0K | $654.0M | 7 | 215 | 0 |
| #28 |  Afghanistan | #110 | 0.8 | 75.0K | $145.0M | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| #29 |  Bhutan | #139 | 0.3 | 16.0K | $26.6M | 2 | 0 | 0 |