United Kingdom

Europe & Central Asia · London

Rank #10 of 173

74.7Strength score

Photos

**Soldiers of the British Army on Leave in Venice, Italy, June 1945 TR2888**War Office official photographer, Tanner (Capt) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**SM Tb 98**Unknown photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

**Royal Air Force Panavia Tornado GR4 ZA607 EB-X Corris Corner 2018 01**Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance91
Air power65
Manpower81
Land forces63
Naval power74
Nuclear63

Finance

Defence budget: $89.0B #6
Budget as % of GDP: 2.35% #53
Spending per person: $1,280 #17
GDP: $4.00T #5
Population: 69,487,000 #22

Manpower

Active personnel: 141,100 #41
Reserve personnel: 70,450 #23
Paramilitary: 0
Total personnel: 211,550 #41

Land forces

Tanks: 288 #29
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: 14 #41
Towed artillery: 126 #34
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 43 #27

Air power

Total aircraft: 625 #17
Fighter jets: 103 #23
Attack aircraft & bombers: 38 #13
Transport aircraft: 30 #30
Helicopters: 262 #16
Attack helicopters: 50 #10

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 51 #29
Aircraft carriers: 2 #3
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 10 #10
Destroyers: 6 #8
Frigates: 7 #22
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 26 #29

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 225 #5

Compare with…

Others in the region

2Russian Federation95.0 VS
8France77.2 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 · ↗