Germany

Europe & Central Asia · Berlin

Rank #19 of 173

68.2Strength score

Photos

Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the German Army before Metz 1870עבודת יומ הכפורים תרל"א במחנה אשר על פני מעץ — Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the German Army before Metz 1870עבודת יומ הכפורים תרל"א במחנה אשר על פני מעץUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

German Navy Ship Scale Models in Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz — German Navy Ship Scale Models in Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung KoblenzVerein der Freunde und Förderer der Wehrtechnischen Studiensammlung Koblenz e. V. · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Colombian Air Force Sikorsky UH-60L Arpía III (S-70A-41) Ramírez-1 — Colombian Air Force Sikorsky UH-60L Arpía III (S-70A-41) Ramírez-1Andrés Ramírez · GFDL 1.2 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance92
Air power67
Manpower82
Land forces64
Naval power66
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $113.6B #4
Budget as % of GDP: 2.27% #58
Spending per person: $1,360 #14
GDP: $5.05T #3
Population: 83,491,249 #19

Manpower

Active personnel: 179,850 #29
Reserve personnel: 34,100 #30
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 213,950 #40

Land forces

Tanks: 296 #27
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: 134 #24
Towed artillery: 0
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 33 #31

Air power

Total aircraft: 569 #20
Fighter jets: 127 #22
Attack aircraft & bombers: 63 #9
Transport aircraft: 55 #18
Helicopters: 292 #13
Attack helicopters: 49 #11

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 77 #20
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 6 #17
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 11 #11
Corvettes: 6 #17
Patrol vessels: 54 #19

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 VS
10United Kingdom74.7 VS
12Turkiye73.3 VS
18Greece68.9 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) · Year 2026 · ↗