Myanmar

East Asia & Pacific · Naypyidaw

Rank #25 of 173

66.4Strength score

Photos

Arakan Army soldier — Arakan Army soldierRocky Masum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Ums king aung zeya — Ums king aung zeyaINDIAN NAVY · GODL-India · Wikimedia Commons

ATR-42 of Myanmar Air Force at Mawlamyine Airport — ATR-42 of Myanmar Air Force at Mawlamyine AirportSpace Apple · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Strength by area

Finance81
Air power58
Manpower80
Land forces84
Naval power66
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: $5.0B #49
Budget as % of GDP: 6.60% #6
Spending per person: $91 #82
GDP: $81.7B #84
Population: 54,850,648 #27

Manpower

Active personnel: 134,000 #44
Reserve personnel: 0
Paramilitary: 70,000 #22
Total personnel: 204,000 #42

Land forces

Tanks: 950 #18
Armoured vehicles: 2,920 #4
Self-propelled artillery: 190 #19
Towed artillery: 1,180 #10
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 770 #6

Air power

Total aircraft: 337 #33
Fighter jets: 75 #31
Attack aircraft & bombers: 20 #17
Transport aircraft: 38 #26
Helicopters: 88 #34
Attack helicopters: 9 #21

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 158 #11
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: 1 #13
Submarines: 2 #34
Destroyers: 0
Frigates: 6 #26
Corvettes: 3 #27
Patrol vessels: 146 #9

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
11Japan73.7 VS
17Viet Nam69.4 VS
22Thailand67.5 VS
23Indonesia67.4 VS
26Singapore65.8 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2024)

IISS Military Balance personnel via Wikipedia; equipment GlobalMilitary.net 2026 inventory · Year 2026 · ↗