Francevs Indonesia
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, France (#6) holds a solid edge over Indonesia (#13).
- France has nuclear weapons; Indonesia has none.
- France has aircraft carriers; Indonesia has none.
- France has destroyers; Indonesia has none.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndonesia leads 3 of 4
- Land forcesIndonesia leads 3 of 5
- Air powerFrance leads 6 of 7
- Naval forcesFrance leads 4 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsFrance leads 2 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.
$68.0B
Military spending
$15.0B264K
Active personnel
405K43K
Reserves
401K150K
Paramilitary
250KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (France: 2% of GDP; Indonesia: 1% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
427
Tanks
331111K
Armored vehicles
28K74
Self-propelled artillery
1530
Towed artillery
3969
Rocket artillery
67Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
974
Total aircraft
460223
Fighters
410
Attack aircraft
34452
Helicopters
21267
Attack helicopters
1515
Tankers
1118
Transports
73Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
166
Total fleet
3381
Aircraft carriers
03
Helicopter carriers
09
Submarines
411
Destroyers
05
Frigates
100
Corvettes
26Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
290
Warheads
0280
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: France and Indonesia. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.