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Israel vs France
Israel ranks #7 and France ranks #9 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Israel spends $48.3B on defense with 170K active personnel; France spends $68.0B with 204K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #7 | Global Rank | #9 |
| $48.3B | Defense Budget | $68.0B |
| 7.8% | Budget % of GDP | 2.0% |
| $611B | GDP | $3.37T |
| 10.12M | Population | 68.72M |
| Personnel | ||
| 170K | Active Personnel | 204K |
| 465K | Reserve Personnel | 38K |
| 8K | Paramilitary | 127K |
| Air | ||
| 599 | Military Aircraft | 769 |
| 287 | Combat Aircraft | 253 |
| 287 | Fighter Jets | 201 |
| 48 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 52 |
| 126 | Helicopters | 148 |
| 48 | Attack Helicopters | 0 |
| 0 | Military Drones (UAV) | 22 |
| Land | ||
| 400 | Main Battle Tanks | 246 |
| 0 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 627 |
| 5,890 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 466 |
| 280 | Artillery Systems | 84 |
| Naval | ||
| 6 | Submarines | 9 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 9 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 3 |
| Strategic | ||
| 90 | Nuclear Warheads | 370 |
| 3 | Ballistic Missile Systems | 1 |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | 0 |
| 4 | Cruise Missile Systems | 6 |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | 0 |
| 6,500 km | Longest Missile Range | 8,000 km |
France leads in 15 of the 25 measured categories, Israel in 10. 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.