India

South Asia · New Delhi

Rank #4 of 173

86.4Strength score

Photos

**Indian Army soldiers at India Gate**KCVelaga · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**US Navy 110829-N-KB563-214 Chief (select) Aviation Ordnanceman heaves a line aboard the sailing ship Star of India, part of the San Diego Maritime**U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Russell · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**KA2724 - Antonov An-32RE - India Air Force - Serial 0609 - VGHS**Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance92
Air power80
Manpower99
Land forces93
Naval power84
Nuclear61

Finance

Defence budget: $92.1B #5
Budget as % of GDP: 2.30% #55
Spending per person: $63 #96
GDP: $3.96T #6
Population: 1,463,865,525 #1

Manpower

Active personnel: 1,500,700 #2
Reserve personnel: 1,155,000 #5
Paramilitary: 2,532,050 #2
Total personnel: 5,187,750 #3

Land forces

Tanks: 3,913 #5
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: 100 #26
Towed artillery: 5,640 #3
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 300 #12

Air power

Total aircraft: 2,183 #4
Fighter jets: 476 #5
Attack aircraft & bombers: 124 #4
Transport aircraft: 277 #4
Helicopters: 594 #5
Attack helicopters: 79 #7

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 218 #9
Aircraft carriers: 2 #4
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 18 #8
Destroyers: 13 #5
Frigates: 18 #3
Corvettes: 21 #5
Patrol vessels: 146 #8

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 190 #6

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Weapons made in India (1)

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Others in the region

35Bangladesh61.9 VS
43Sri Lanka58.0 VS
49Nepal33.8 VS
168Bhutan8.7 VS
169Maldives8.6 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); Global Firepower 2026 inventory lists (equipment); FAS Status of World Nuclear Forces 2026 (warheads) · Year 2026 · ↗