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Australiavs Taiwan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Australia (#17) holds a narrow edge over Taiwan (#22).

  • Taiwan fields 24× as many tanks.
  • Taiwan fields 11× as many fighters.
  • Taiwan has 3.9× as many active troops.
  1. People and moneyTaiwan leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesTaiwan leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerTaiwan leads 4 of 7
  4. Naval forcesTaiwan leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsEven, 0–0

Leads count raw numbers in each category. Larger is not always stronger: a modern fleet can beat a bigger, older one.

People and money

Who can be put in uniform, and how much is spent keeping them there.

$35.3B
Military spending
$18.2B
59K
Active personnel
230K
33K
Reserves
1.66M
0
Paramilitary
55K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Australia: 1.9% of GDP; Taiwan: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.

46
Tanks
1,090
17K
Armored vehicles
24K
0
Self-propelled artillery
488
48
Towed artillery
1,360
8
Rocket artillery
223

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

348
Total aircraft
720
24
Fighters
258
71
Attack aircraft
0
72
Helicopters
239
22
Attack helicopters
91
6
Tankers
0
37
Transports
19

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

45
Total fleet
91
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
6
Submarines
4
3
Destroyers
4
7
Frigates
21
0
Corvettes
7

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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Profiles: Australia and Taiwan. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.