Japan

East Asia & Pacific · Tokyo

Rank #11 of 173

73.7Strength score

Photos

U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944 — U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944U.S. Army · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

IJN supply ship NOZAKI in 1941 — IJN supply ship NOZAKI in 1941Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

105 Polish Air Force MiG-29A Fulcrum ILA Berlin 2016 10 — 105 Polish Air Force MiG-29A Fulcrum ILA Berlin 2016 10Julian Herzog (Website) · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance90
Air power73
Manpower84
Land forces75
Naval power85
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $62.2B #10
Budget as % of GDP: 1.41% #101
Spending per person: $504 #46
GDP: $4.44T #4
Population: 123,366,734 #12

Manpower

Active personnel: 247,150 #23
Reserve personnel: 55,900 #24
Paramilitary: 14,800 #32
Total personnel: 317,850 #30

Land forces

Tanks: 734 #21
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: 193 #18
Towed artillery: 480 #20
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 99 #21

Air power

Total aircraft: 1,429 #6
Fighter jets: 217 #13
Attack aircraft & bombers: 47 #10
Transport aircraft: 53 #20
Helicopters: 583 #6
Attack helicopters: 118 #4

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 82 #16
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 4 #3
Submarines: 23 #6
Destroyers: 41 #3
Frigates: 8 #18
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 6 #43

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
17Viet Nam69.4 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
25Myanmar66.4 VS
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) · Year 2026 · ↗