Chile

Latin America & Caribbean · Santiago

Rank #34 of 173

62.2Strength score

Photos

U S Army Soldiers assigned to U S Army Western Hemisphere Command and Chilean Army personnel participate in a geospatial tactical workshop and subject matter expert exchange (9910715) — U S Army Soldiers assigned to U S Army Western Hemisphere Command and Chilean Army personnel participate in a geospatial tactical workshop and subject matter expert exchange (9910715)U.S. Army Army-Western-HemisphereCM by [null Courtesy] · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Chilean Navy cargo ship Presidente Errazuriz moored at Valparaíso, Chile, circa 1950 — Chilean Navy cargo ship Presidente Errazuriz moored at Valparaíso, Chile, circa 1950U.S. Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Boeing 707-351C, Chile - Air Force AN0724202 — Boeing 707-351C, Chile - Air Force AN0724202AlainDurand · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance81
Air power57
Manpower76
Land forces65
Naval power62
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $5.3B #48
Budget as % of GDP: 1.52% #97
Spending per person: $268 #56
GDP: $357.4B #44
Population: 19,859,921 #65

Manpower

Active personnel: 68,500 #61
Reserve personnel: 19,100 #34
Paramilitary: 44,700 #25
Total personnel: 132,300 #50

Land forces

Tanks: 186 #35
Armoured vehicles: 934 #19
Self-propelled artillery: 48 #35
Towed artillery: 136 #33
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 8 #38

Air power

Total aircraft: 281 #34
Fighter jets: 59 #36
Attack aircraft & bombers: 22 #15
Transport aircraft: 54 #19
Helicopters: 87 #35
Attack helicopters: 0

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 54 #27
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 1 #11
Submarines: 4 #24
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 8 #16
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 41 #23

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

21Brazil67.6 VS
33Colombia62.2 VS
36Mexico60.4 VS
42Argentina58.4 VS
52Venezuela, RB32.3 VS
54Peru31.7 VS
71Ecuador30.4 VS
78Dominican Republic30.0 VS

Source

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

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