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Pakistanvs Spain

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Pakistan (#14) holds a narrow edge over Spain (#18).

  • Pakistan has nuclear weapons; Spain has none.
  • Spain has aircraft carriers; Pakistan has none.
  • Pakistan fields 9× as many tanks.
  1. People and moneyPakistan leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPakistan leads 5 of 5
  3. Air powerPakistan leads 7 of 7
  4. Naval forcesSpain 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.

$11.9B
Military spending
$40.2B
660K
Active personnel
122K
550K
Reserves
24K
500K
Paramilitary
78K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Pakistan: 2.9% of GDP; Spain: 2.1% of GDP).

Land forces

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

2,677
Tanks
298
59K
Armored vehicles
49K
662
Self-propelled artillery
96
2,629
Towed artillery
188
652
Rocket artillery
0

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,397
Total aircraft
440
331
Fighters
136
90
Attack aircraft
12
379
Helicopters
169
55
Attack helicopters
17
4
Tankers
0
63
Transports
51

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

120
Total fleet
175
0
Aircraft carriers
1
0
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
2
0
Destroyers
0
9
Frigates
11
6
Corvettes
0

Nuclear weapons

Estimated warheads in military stockpiles, January 2026.

170
Warheads
0
0
Deployed warheads
0

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