Top 20 Strongest Militaries In The World. Number 5 Will Surprise You.
20) Canada
Budget: $15.7 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 92,000
Tanks: 181
Total aircraft: 420
Submarines: 4
Canada kicks off the list due to the country's small number of active personnel, its limited supply of aircraft carriers and attack helicopters, and its lack of tanks and submarines. However, Canada has still taken part in US operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and it is also a member of the NATO military alliance.

19) Indonesia
Budget: $6.9 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 476,000
Tanks: 468
Total aircraft: 405
Submarines: 2
Even though Indonesia boasts a high number of active personnel and tanks, it suffers from a lack of carriers and aircraft, as well as a minute number of submarines.

18) Germany
Budget: $40.2 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 179,046
Tanks: 408
Total aircraft: 663
Submarines: 4
It may come as a surprise that Germany ended up low on the list. Germany lacks an aircraft carrier and has relatively few submarines (4 to be exact), but to be fair, it does have a high number of attack helicopters.

17) Poland
Budget: $9.4 billion
Active frontline personnel: 120,000
Tanks: 1,009
Total aircraft: 467
Submarines: 5
Poland edges out Germany thanks to its large number of tanks and better submarine fleet. Poland has 5 submarines and 1,009 tanks.

16) Thailand
Budget: $5.39 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 306,000
Tanks: 722
Total aircraft: 573
Submarines: 0
Although Thailand has 0 submarines, it boasts a large number of active personnel, 722 tanks, and has an aircraft carrier (but no aircraft fleet).

15) Australia
Budget: $26.1 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 58,000
Tanks: 59
Total aircraft: 408
Submarines: 6
The Australian military is pretty small in comparison with other countries, but what it lacks in active personnel and tanks, it makes up for in attack helicopters and submarines.

14) Israel
Budget: $17 billion
Active frontline personnel: 160,000
Tanks: 4,170
Total aircraft: 684
Submarines: 5
Although Israel has a small military, with mandatory military service a large percentage of the Israeli population is militarily ready. It’s worth mentioning that Israel has advanced military advantages such as high-tech armed drones, and advanced fighter jets.

13) Taiwan
Budget: $10.7 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 290,000
Tanks: 2,005
Total aircraft: 804
Submarines: 4
After constantly being under threat by China’s plans to invade, Taiwan was always on top of its game. This might explain why Taiwan has the highest number of attack helicopters.

12) Egypt
Budget: $4.4 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 468,500
Tanks: 4,624
Total aircraft: 1,107
Submarines: 4
The Egyptian military is the oldest and largest in the Middle East, and has the fifth largest fleet of tanks in the world. It has over 1,000 M1A1 Abrams tanks, many of which sit in storage and have never been used.

11) Pakistan
udget: $7 billion
Active frontline personnel: 617,000
Tanks: 2,924
Total aircraft: 914
Submarines: 8
Regarding active personnel, The Pakistani military is one of the largest forces in the world. Some even argue that Pakistan is building nuclear weapons at such a pace that within the next 10 years it might have the world’s third largest nuclear arsenal.

10) Turkey
Budget: $18.2 billion
Active frontline personnel: 410,500
Tanks: 3,778
Total aircraft: 1,020
Submarines: 13
As one of the largest armed forces in the eastern Mediterranean, and with such a large tank fleet, Turkey ranked 10 on the list.

9) United Kingdom
Budget: $60.5 billion
Active Frontline Personnel: 146,980
Tanks: 407
Total aircraft: 936
Submarines: 10
Although the UK is planning to reduce the size of its armed forces by 20% between 2010 and 2018, it won’t take away from its power, or influence. The Royal Navy is planning to put the HMS Queen Elizabeth (an aircraft carrier) into service by 2020.

8) Italy
Budget: $34 billion
Active frontline personnel: 320,000
Tanks: 586
Total aircraft: 760
Submarines: 6
Italy's possession of two aircraft carriers, making it eighth on the list. Also, submarine and attack helicopter fleets, drastically boosted Italy's ranking.

7) South Korea
Budget: $62.3 billion
Active frontline personnel: 624,465
Tanks: 2,381
Total aircraft: 1,412
Submarines: 13
South Korea doesn’t have much choice but to have a large and capable military in the face of potential North Korean aggression.

6) France
Budget: $62.3 billion
Active frontline personnel: 202,761
Tanks: 423
Total aircraft: 1,264
Submarines: 10
The French army is quite small in size, but highly trained and professional. France engages in military deployments in Africa to fight extremism and stabilize governments.

5) India
Budget: $50 billion
Active frontline personnel: 1,325,000
Tanks: 6,464
Total aircraft: 1,905
Submarines: 15
India is one of the largest active powers on the planet. It’s worth mentioning that India has access to nuclear weapons.

4) Japan
Budget: $41.6 billion
Active frontline personnel: 247,173
Tanks: 678
Total aircraft: 1,613
Submarines: 16
Japan has the fourth largest submarine on the list here and has the fourth largest attack helicopter.

3) China
Budget: $216 billion
Active frontline personnel: 2,333,000
Tanks: 9,150
Total aircraft: 2,860
Submarines: 67
China has the worlds' largest army, the second largest tank fleet behind Russia, and the second largest submarine fleet behind the US. Also, it has made a rapid investment in its military modernization program, now potentially developing some game-changing military technologies such as ballistic missiles, and fifth generation aircraft.

2) Russia
Budget: $84.5 billion
Active frontline personnel: 766,055
Tanks: 15,398
Total aircraft: 3,429
Submarines: 55
There is no doubt Russia has the strongest military in the world. Since 2008, the Kremlin’s military spending has increased by practically a third, and is expected to grow another 44% in the next 3 years.

1) United States
Budget: $601 billion
Active frontline personnel: 1,400,000
Tanks: 8,848
Total aircraft: 13,892
Submarines: 72
Top on the list is the United States! The United States spends $601 billion, which is more than what the next six highest-spending countries spend combined.

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