World Military Power
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Papua New Guinea

East Asia & Pacific · Port Moresby

Rank #148 of 173

25.1Strength score

Photos

Papua New Guinea Defense Force, U S Army conduct bilateral Disaster Response and Exchange Exercise (8500491)
Papua New Guinea Defense Force, U S Army conduct bilateral Disaster Response and Exchange Exercise (8500491)U.S. Army 9MSC by Cody Ford · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
U S Navy Seabees assigned to NMCB-5 receive civil engineer support equipment at Papua New Guinea (6845219)
U S Navy Seabees assigned to NMCB-5 receive civil engineer support equipment at Papua New Guinea (6845219)U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Robert Neely · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Angel 24-1 kicks off in Papua New Guinea (8608323)
Pacific Angel 24-1 kicks off in Papua New Guinea (8608323)U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

  • Finance67
  • Air power—
  • Manpower56
  • Land forces—
  • Naval power—
  • Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget
$106M #148
Budget as % of GDP
0.35% #159
Spending per person
$10 #152
GDP
$32.5B #109
Population
10,762,817 #91

Manpower

Active personnel
4,000 (World Bank figure) #154
Reserve personnel
—
Paramilitary
—
Total personnel
4,000 #154

Land forces

Tanks
—
Armoured vehicles
—
Self-propelled artillery
—
Towed artillery
—
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
—

Air power

Total aircraft
—
Fighter jets
—
Attack aircraft & bombers
—
Transport aircraft
—
Helicopters
—
Attack helicopters
—

Naval power

Total naval vessels
—
Aircraft carriers
—
Helicopter carriers
—
Submarines
—
Destroyers
—
Frigates
—
Corvettes
—
Patrol vessels
—

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
—

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. 25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

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