Indiavs Turkey
On Global Firepower's 2026 index, India (#4) holds a narrow edge over Turkey (#9).
- India has nuclear weapons; Turkey has none.
- India has aircraft carriers; Turkey has none.
- India has destroyers; Turkey has none.
Who leads in each area
- People and moneyIndia leads 4 of 4
- Land forcesIndia leads 4 of 5
- Air powerIndia leads 5 of 7
- Naval forcesIndia leads 6 of 7
- Nuclear weaponsIndia 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.
$92.1B
Military spending
$30.0B1.43M
Active personnel
481K1M
Reserves
380K2.53M
Paramilitary
150KSpending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (India: 2.3% of GDP; Turkey: 1.9% of GDP).
Land forces
Armour and artillery: the weight an army can put on the ground.
3,913
Tanks
2,284164K
Armored vehicles
98K100
Self-propelled artillery
1,0455,640
Towed artillery
635300
Rocket artillery
237Air power
Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.
2,183
Total aircraft
1,101476
Fighters
201124
Attack aircraft
0594
Helicopters
50979
Attack helicopters
1116
Tankers
7277
Transports
84Naval forces
Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.
343
Total fleet
1922
Aircraft carriers
00
Helicopter carriers
118
Submarines
1413
Destroyers
018
Frigates
1721
Corvettes
9Nuclear weapons
Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.
190
Warheads
012
Deployed warheads
0Compare other countries
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Profiles: India and Turkey. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.