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China

East Asia & Pacific · Beijing

Rank #3 of 173

93.9Strength score

Photos

US Army soldier welding two metal pieces, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, March 2025
US Army soldier welding two metal pieces, Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, March 2025Juan F. Jimenez, Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Chinese passenger ship JINJIANG
Chinese passenger ship JINJIANGJO1 Patrick Winter, U.S. Navy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and US Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over Finland
Finnish Air Force Hawker Hurricane warbird and US Navy T-6 Texan warbird in flight over FinlandPeng Chen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

  • Finance96
  • Air power91
  • Manpower98
  • Land forces99
  • Naval power97
  • Nuclear75

Finance

Defence budget
$335.5B #2
Budget as % of GDP
1.72% #87
Spending per person
$239 #59
GDP
$19.50T #2
Population
1,406,585,000 #2

Manpower

Active personnel
2,035,000 #1
Reserve personnel
510,000 #9
Paramilitary
500,000 #4
Total personnel
3,045,000 #6

Land forces

Tanks
5,870 #1
Armoured vehicles
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Self-propelled artillery
2,940 #2
Towed artillery
1,400 #8
Rocket launchers (MLRS)
2,770 #1

Air power

Total aircraft
3,529 #3
Fighter jets
1,443 #2
Attack aircraft & bombers
371 #3
Transport aircraft
287 #3
Helicopters
1,007 #3
Attack helicopters
281 #3

Naval power

Total naval vessels
367 #1
Aircraft carriers
3 #2
Helicopter carriers
4 #2
Submarines
61 #3
Destroyers
53 #2
Frigates
46 #1
Corvettes
50 #2
Patrol vessels
150 #7

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads
620 #3

Weapons China uses (110)

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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-30Sukhoi Su-30Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15Fighter aircraft Sukhoi Su-35Sukhoi Su-35Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19Fighter aircraft Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9Fighter aircraft Type 99 tankType 99 tankMain battle tanks Chengdu J-10Chengdu J-10Fighter aircraft LiaoningLiaoningAircraft carriers Type 59Type 59Main battle tanks Chengdu J-7Chengdu J-7Fighter aircraft Tupolev Tu-2Tupolev Tu-2Bombers

Weapons made in China (249)

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Type 99 tankType 99 tankMain battle tanks Chengdu J-10Chengdu J-10Fighter aircraft Al-Khalid tankAl-Khalid tankMain battle tanks Type 59Type 59Main battle tanks Chengdu J-7Chengdu J-7Fighter aircraft Type 56Type 56Assault rifles Z-10Z-10Attack helicopters Type 96 tankType 96 tankMain battle tanks Shenyang J-15Shenyang J-15Fighter aircraft Shenyang J-11Shenyang J-11Fighter aircraft Q-5Q-5Fighter aircraft Type 69 tankType 69 tankOther tanks

Others in the region

  1. 6Korea, Dem. People's Rep.79.4 VS
  2. 7Korea, Rep.77.9 VS
  3. 11Japan73.7 VS
  4. 17Viet Nam69.4 VS
  5. 22Thailand67.5 VS
  6. 23Indonesia67.4 VS
  7. 25Myanmar66.4 VS
  8. 26Singapore65.8 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 · ↗