Australia

East Asia & Pacific · Canberra

Rank #32 of 173

62.9Strength score

Photos

**Australian Army soldiers distribute clothes in Vinh Than hamlet**SSG Robert R. Ellis · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**Royal Australian Navy Ships in Sydney Harbour**JustARandomEditor123 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

**Royal Australian Air Force aircraft take off (8603905)**U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance88
Air power57
Manpower75
Land forces55
Naval power66
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $35.3B #17
Budget as % of GDP: 1.92% #77
Spending per person: $1,279 #18
GDP: $1.80T #15
Population: 27,614,411 #55

Manpower

Active personnel: 58,540 #65
Reserve personnel: 21,450 #33
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 79,990 #61

Land forces

Tanks: 27 #44
Armoured vehicles: 662 #24
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: 48 #40
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 2 #41

Air power

Total aircraft: 367 #32
Fighter jets: 87 #28
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 30 #29
Helicopters: 73 #39
Attack helicopters: 6 #22

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 31 #40
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 2 #6
Submarines: 6 #16
Destroyers: 3 #11
Frigates: 7 #19
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: 13 #40

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

3China93.9 VS
6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
11Japan73.7 VS
17Viet Nam69.4 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

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

IISS Military Balance 2025 via Wikipedia (personnel, land, fighters, transport, naval); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (aircraft_total, helicopters) · Year 2025 · ↗