MilitaryCompare / India vs France
India vs France
India ranks #4 and France ranks #9 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. India spends $92.1B on defense with 1.50M active personnel; France spends $68.0B with 204K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #4 | Global Rank | #9 |
| $92.1B | Defense Budget | $68.0B |
| 2.3% | Budget % of GDP | 2.0% |
| $3.96T | GDP | $3.37T |
| 1.46B | Population | 68.72M |
| Personnel | ||
| 1.50M | Active Personnel | 204K |
| 1.16M | Reserve Personnel | 38K |
| 2.53M | Paramilitary | 127K |
| Air | ||
| 2,791 | Military Aircraft | 769 |
| 553 | Combat Aircraft | 253 |
| 467 | Fighter Jets | 201 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 52 |
| 1,031 | Helicopters | 148 |
| 148 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 399 | Military Drones (UAV) | 22 |
| Land | ||
| 3,842 | Main Battle Tanks | 246 |
| 2,415 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 627 |
| 4,276 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 466 |
| 6,058 | Artillery Systems | 84 |
| Naval | ||
| 20 | Submarines | 9 |
| 3 | Nuclear Submarines | 9 |
| 2 | Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 3 |
| Strategic | ||
| 190 | Nuclear Warheads | 370 |
| 5 | Ballistic Missile Systems | 1 |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| 2 | Cruise Missile Systems | 6 |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | 0 |
| 5,000 km | Longest Missile Range | 8,000 km |
India leads in 18 of the 24 measured categories, France in 6. Numbers alone do not decide a war: training, logistics, geography, alliances and nuclear deterrence matter too. A dash means the source publishes no figure.
Sources: CSIS Missile Threat, Federation of American Scientists, IISS Military Balance, Military Atlas Index, SIPRI, Wikipedia, Wikipedia / FlightGlobal, World Bank.