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Indonesiavs Pakistan

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Indonesia (#13) holds a narrow edge over Pakistan (#14).

  • Pakistan has nuclear weapons; Indonesia has none.
  • Pakistan fields 8.1× as many tanks.
  • Pakistan fields 8.1× as many fighters.
  1. People and moneyPakistan leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPakistan leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerPakistan leads 6 of 7
  4. Naval forcesIndonesia leads 3 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.

$15.0B
Military spending
$11.9B
405K
Active personnel
660K
401K
Reserves
550K
250K
Paramilitary
500K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Indonesia: 1% of GDP; Pakistan: 2.9% of GDP).

Land forces

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

331
Tanks
2,677
28K
Armored vehicles
59K
153
Self-propelled artillery
662
396
Towed artillery
2,629
67
Rocket artillery
652

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

460
Total aircraft
1,397
41
Fighters
331
34
Attack aircraft
90
212
Helicopters
379
15
Attack helicopters
55
1
Tankers
4
73
Transports
63

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

338
Total fleet
120
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
4
Submarines
8
0
Destroyers
0
10
Frigates
9
26
Corvettes
6

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

0
Warheads
170
0
Deployed warheads
0

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