Russian Federation

Europe & Central Asia · Moscow

Rank #2 of 173

95.0Strength score

Photos

**Rostov-on-Don 2014 Victory Day Parade Rehearsal, Russian Army, Soldiers, Russia**Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Russian Navy ship in Vladivostok**Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**105 Polish Air Force MiG-29A Fulcrum ILA Berlin 2016 10**Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance94
Air power91
Manpower98
Land forces100
Naval power90
Nuclear100

Finance

Defence budget: $190.4B #3
Budget as % of GDP: 7.50% #5
Spending per person: $1,327 #15
GDP: $2.56T #8
Population: 143,513,328 #9

Manpower

Active personnel: 1,264,000 #5
Reserve personnel: 1,500,000 #4
Paramilitary: 569,000 #3
Total personnel: 3,333,000 #5

Land forces

Tanks: 5,630 #2
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: 3,603 #1
Towed artillery: 5,920 #1
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 2,486 #2

Air power

Total aircraft: 4,237 #2
Fighter jets: 861 #3
Attack aircraft & bombers: 698 #2
Transport aircraft: 458 #2
Helicopters: 1,643 #2
Attack helicopters: 556 #2

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 241 #6
Aircraft carriers: 1 #7
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 66 #1
Destroyers: 13 #6
Frigates: 12 #10
Corvettes: 79 #1
Patrol vessels: 70 #14

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 5,420 #1

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Weapons Russian Federation uses (1)

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T-14 ArmataMain battle tanks

Weapons made in Russian Federation (1)

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T-14 ArmataMain battle tanks

Others in the region

8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 VS
19Germany68.2 VS
20Italy67.8 VS
24Spain67.0 VS
27Ukraine65.8 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 · ↗