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Myanmar

East Asia & Pacific · Naypyidaw

Rank #25 of 173

66.4Strength score

Photos

Arakan Army soldier
Arakan Army soldierRocky Masum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ums king aung zeya
Ums king aung zeyaINDIAN NAVY · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons
ATR-42 of Myanmar Air Force at Mawlamyine Airport
ATR-42 of Myanmar Air Force at Mawlamyine AirportSpace Apple · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance81
  • Air power58
  • Manpower80
  • Land forces84
  • Naval power66
  • Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget
$5.0B #49
Budget as % of GDP
6.60% #6
Spending per person
$91 #82
GDP
$81.7B #84
Population
54,850,648 #27

Manpower

Active personnel
134,000 #44
Reserve personnel
0
Paramilitary
70,000 #22
Total personnel
204,000 #42

Land forces

Tanks
950 #18
Armoured vehicles
2,920 #4
Self-propelled artillery
190 #19
Towed artillery
1,180 #10
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
770 #6

Air power

Total aircraft
337 #33
Fighter jets
75 #31
Attack aircraft & bombers
20 #17
Transport aircraft
38 #26
Helicopters
88 #34
Attack helicopters
9 #21

Naval power

Total naval vessels
158 #11
Aircraft carriers
0
Helicopter carriers
1 #13
Submarines
2 #34
Destroyers
0
Frigates
6 #26
Corvettes
3 #27
Patrol vessels
146 #9

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
0

Weapons Myanmar uses (9)

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Shenyang J-6Shenyang J-6Fighter aircraft Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatSuper Dvora Mk III-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Advanced Light Torpedo ShyenaAdvanced Light Torpedo ShyenaTorpedoes Super Dvora-class patrol boatSuper Dvora-class patrol boatPatrol vessels Inlay-class offshore patrol vesselInlay-class offshore patrol vesselPatrol vessels MBT-2000MBT-2000Main battle tanks MiG-29UBMiG-29UBFighter aircraft Anawrahta-class corvetteCorvettes 49m Stealth Fast Attack CraftFast attack craft

Weapons made in Myanmar (4)

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49m Stealth Fast Attack CraftFast attack craft Anawrahta-class corvetteCorvettes EMERKAssault rifles EMER-K1Assault rifles

Others in the region

  1. 3China93.9 VS
  2. 6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
  3. 7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
  4. 11Japan73.7 VS
  5. 17Viet Nam69.4 VS
  6. 22Thailand67.5 VS
  7. 23Indonesia67.4 VS
  8. 26Singapore65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2024)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗