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Pakistan vs Indonesia
Pakistan ranks #8 and Indonesia ranks #17 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Pakistan spends $11.9B on defense with 660K active personnel; Indonesia spends $15.0B with 434K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #8 | Global Rank | #17 |
| $11.9B | Defense Budget | $15.0B |
| 2.9% | Budget % of GDP | 1.0% |
| $407B | GDP | $1.45T |
| 255.22M | Population | 285.72M |
| Personnel | ||
| 660K | Active Personnel | 434K |
| 550K | Reserve Personnel | 400K |
| 291K | Paramilitary | 64K |
| Air | ||
| 2,705 | Military Aircraft | 546 |
| 410 | Combat Aircraft | 115 |
| 373 | Fighter Jets | 95 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 0 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 567 | Helicopters | 276 |
| 64 | Attack Helicopters | 60 |
| 1,072 | Military Drones (UAV) | 16 |
| Land | ||
| 3,340 | Main Battle Tanks | 331 |
| 80 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 50 |
| 9,608 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 869 |
| 4,391 | Artillery Systems | 612 |
| Naval | ||
| 6 | Submarines | 4 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 1 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 0 |
| Strategic | ||
| 170 | Nuclear Warheads | 0 |
| 6 | Ballistic Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | ICBM Systems | — |
| 2 | Cruise Missile Systems | — |
| 0 | Hypersonic Systems | — |
| 2,000 km | Longest Missile Range | — |
Pakistan leads in 16 of the 18 measured categories, Indonesia in 2. 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.