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Egyptvs Pakistan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Pakistan (#14) holds a narrow edge over Egypt (#19).

  • Pakistan has nuclear weapons; Egypt has none.
  • Pakistan spends 2.3× as much on its military.

Who leads in each area

  1. People and moneyPakistan leads 4 of 4
  2. Land forcesPakistan leads 3 of 5
  3. Air powerPakistan leads 5 of 7
  4. Naval forcesEgypt leads 4 of 7
  5. Nuclear weaponsPakistan leads 1 of 2

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.

$5.2B*
Military spending
$11.9B
439K
Active personnel
660K
479K
Reserves
550K
300K
Paramilitary
500K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Pakistan: 2.9% of GDP). * SIPRI publishes no figure for this country, so the Global Firepower budget estimate is shown instead.

Land forces

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

3,620
Tanks
2,677
55K
Armored vehicles
59K
1,056
Self-propelled artillery
662
962
Towed artillery
2,629
648
Rocket artillery
652

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,088
Total aircraft
1,397
242
Fighters
331
90
Attack aircraft
90
348
Helicopters
379
100
Attack helicopters
55
0
Tankers
4
53
Transports
63

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

149
Total fleet
120
0
Aircraft carriers
0
2
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
0
13
Frigates
9
7
Corvettes
6

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
170
0
Deployed warheads
0

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