Taiwan

East Asia & Pacific · Taipei

Rank #48 of 173

50.7Strength score

Photos

Takasago Volunteer Corps — Takasago Volunteer CorpsUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Yat Sen trying to refloat her — Yat Sen trying to refloat herUnknown authorUnknown author · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Taiwan Air Force (3701) Boeing 737-8AR(WL) — Taiwan Air Force (3701) Boeing 737-8AR(WL)ltdccba · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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

Strength by area

Finance—
Air power70
Manpower93
Land forces82
Naval power70
Nuclear0

Finance

Defence budget: —
Budget as % of GDP: —
Spending per person: —
GDP: —
Population: —

Manpower

Active personnel: 170,600 #32
Reserve personnel: 1,657,000 #3
Paramilitary: 11,800 #35
Total personnel: 1,839,400 #8

Land forces

Tanks: 1,018 #17
Armoured vehicles: 2,723 #7
Self-propelled artillery: 295 #16
Towed artillery: 1,233 #9
Rocket launchers (MLRS): 111 #20

Air power

Total aircraft: 730 #14
Fighter jets: 321 #9
Attack aircraft & bombers: —
Transport aircraft: 26 #33
Helicopters: 239 #20
Attack helicopters: —

Naval power

Total naval vessels: 37 #37
Aircraft carriers: 0
Helicopter carriers: —
Submarines: 4 #29
Destroyers: 4 #9
Frigates: 21 #2
Corvettes: 8 #12
Patrol vessels: —

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
25Myanmar66.4 VS

Source

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

IISS Military Balance via Wikipedia (personnel); GlobalMilitary.net 2026 (equipment) · Year 2025 · ↗