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Pakistanvs Ukraine

On Global Firepower's 2026 index, Pakistan (#14) holds a solid edge over Ukraine (#20).

  • Pakistan has nuclear weapons; Ukraine has none.
  • Pakistan has submarines; Ukraine has none.
  • Ukraine spends 7.1× as much on its military.
  1. People and moneyUkraine leads 3 of 4
  2. Land forcesPakistan leads 4 of 5
  3. Air powerPakistan leads 7 of 7
  4. Naval forcesPakistan 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
$84.1B
660K
Active personnel
900K
550K
Reserves
4M
500K
Paramilitary
100K

Spending is SIPRI's 2025 estimate in US dollars (Pakistan: 2.9% of GDP; Ukraine: 40% of GDP).

Land forces

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

2,677
Tanks
1,121
59K
Armored vehicles
45K
662
Self-propelled artillery
682
2,629
Towed artillery
625
652
Rocket artillery
288

Air power

Fixed-wing and rotary aircraft across all branches.

1,397
Total aircraft
347
331
Fighters
88
90
Attack aircraft
30
379
Helicopters
140
55
Attack helicopters
39
4
Tankers
0
63
Transports
22

Naval forces

Hull counts, from carriers down to patrol boats.

120
Total fleet
169
0
Aircraft carriers
0
0
Helicopter carriers
0
8
Submarines
0
0
Destroyers
0
9
Frigates
0
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 Ukraine. Sources: Global Firepower 2026, SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces.