Mongolia

East Asia & Pacific · Ulaanbaatar

Rank #129 of 173

27.3Strength score

Photos

-Khaan Quest 2025- Lt Gen Vowell visits Soldiers in Mongolia (9114546) — -Khaan Quest 2025- Lt Gen Vowell visits Soldiers in Mongolia (9114546)U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tristan Moore · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

MV Antarctic Dream Ushuaia Port 2013 — MV Antarctic Dream Ushuaia Port 2013Alexander Klink · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

President and Mrs. Bush wave from the top of the steps of Air Force One in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2005 — President and Mrs. Bush wave from the top of the steps of Air Force One in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2005Paul Morse · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Equipment figures for this country are not added yet. The score uses budget and personnel only.

Strength by area

Finance70
Air power—
Manpower66
Land forces—
Naval power—
Nuclear—

Finance

Defence budget: $221M #130
Budget as % of GDP: 0.88% #133
Spending per person: $62 #99
GDP: $25.4B #121
Population: 3,568,978 #131

Manpower

Active personnel: 18,000 (World Bank figure) #111
Reserve personnel: —
Paramilitary: —
Total personnel: 18,000 #112

Land forces

Tanks: —
Armoured vehicles: —
Self-propelled artillery: —
Towed artillery: —
Rocket launchers (MLRS): —

Air power

Total aircraft: —
Fighter jets: —
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: —
Helicopters: —
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: —
Aircraft carriers: —
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: —
Destroyers: —
Frigates: —
Corvettes: —
Patrol vessels: —

Nuclear

Nuclear warheads: —

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
25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

Budget, GDP, population and personnel: World Bank open data (SIPRI / IISS based). (Defence budget: 2025)