Sri Lanka

South Asia · Colombo

Rank #43 of 173

58.0Strength score

Photos

U S Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Navy conduct VBSS training during CARAT Sri Lanka 26 (9841776) — U S Coast Guard and Sri Lanka Navy conduct VBSS training during CARAT Sri Lanka 26 (9841776)U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maria Washler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Sri Lanka Navy Boat — Sri Lanka Navy BoatAzeez Abubakr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (16508970775) — Sri Lanka Air Force Museum (16508970775)Amila Tennakoon · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance76
Air power40
Manpower84
Land forces56
Naval power66
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $1.4B #83
Budget as % of GDP: 1.31% #107
Spending per person: $64 #95
GDP: $108.8B #70
Population: 21,756,000 #62

Manpower

Active personnel: 260,450 #21
Reserve personnel: 5,500 #39
Paramilitary: 94,050 #19
Total personnel: 360,000 #27

Land forces

Tanks: 62 #41
Armoured vehicles: 367 #30
Self-propelled artillery: 0
Towed artillery: 96 #38
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 28 #32

Air power

Total aircraft: 87 #48
Fighter jets: 10 #46
Attack aircraft & bombers: 0
Transport aircraft: 18 #40
Helicopters: 49 #44
Attack helicopters: 5 #25

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 268 #2
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 0
Submarines: 0
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 1 #37
Corvettes: 0
Patrol vessels: 267 #1

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: 0

Compare with…

Others in the region

4India86.4 VS
35Bangladesh61.9 VS
49Nepal33.8 VS
168Bhutan8.7 VS
169Maldives8.6 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 · ↗