Pakistan
Global Firepower rank #14 of 145 路 PowerIndex 0.2626 (lower is stronger)
SIPRI puts Pakistan's 2025 military spending at $11.9 billion, 2.9% of GDP and up 11% on the year in real terms, ranking #31 in the world. It is a nuclear-armed state with an estimated 170 warheads in its military stockpile (SIPRI, January 2026).
People and money
- Military spending
- $11.9B
- Active personnel
- 660K
- Reserves
- 550K
- Paramilitary
- 500K
Land forces
- Tanks
- 2,677
- Armored vehicles
- 59K
- Self-propelled artillery
- 662
- Towed artillery
- 2,629
- Rocket artillery
- 652
Air power
- Total aircraft
- 1,397
- Fighters
- 331
- Attack aircraft
- 90
- Helicopters
- 379
- Attack helicopters
- 55
- Tankers
- 4
- Transports
- 63
Naval forces
- Total fleet
- 120
- Aircraft carriers
- 0
- Helicopter carriers
- 0
- Submarines
- 8
- Destroyers
- 0
- Frigates
- 9
- Corvettes
- 6
Nuclear weapons
- Warheads
- 170
- Deployed warheads
- 0
Compare Pakistan with
Australia 路 Brazil 路 China 路 Egypt 路 France 路 Germany 路 India 路 Indonesia 路 Iran 路 Israel 路 Italy 路 Japan 路 North Korea 路 Poland 路 Russia 路 Saudi Arabia 路 South Korea 路 Spain 路 Taiwan 路 Turkey 路 Ukraine 路 United Kingdom 路 United States
Last updated 2026-10-27. Sources: Global Firepower 2026 (personnel, equipment counts, powerindex), SIPRI Military Expenditure 2025 (Apr 2026) (military spending, share of gdp), SIPRI Yearbook 2026: World Nuclear Forces (nuclear warheads (jan 2026)).