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Pakistan vs Japan
Pakistan ranks #8 and Japan ranks #10 in the 2026 Military Atlas Index. Pakistan spends $11.9B on defense with 660K active personnel; Japan spends $62.2B with 247K.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| #8 | Global Rank | #10 |
| $11.9B | Defense Budget | $62.2B |
| 2.9% | Budget % of GDP | 1.4% |
| $407B | GDP | $4.44T |
| 255.22M | Population | 123.37M |
| Personnel | ||
| 660K | Active Personnel | 247K |
| 550K | Reserve Personnel | 56K |
| 291K | Paramilitary | 15K |
| Air | ||
| 2,705 | Military Aircraft | 1,214 |
| 410 | Combat Aircraft | 264 |
| 373 | Fighter Jets | 264 |
| 0 | 5th Gen Fighters | 47 |
| 0 | Bombers | 0 |
| 567 | Helicopters | 488 |
| 64 | Attack Helicopters | 83 |
| 1,072 | Military Drones (UAV) | 43 |
| Land | ||
| 3,340 | Main Battle Tanks | 340 |
| 80 | Infantry Fighting Vehicles | 70 |
| 9,608 | Armoured Personnel Carriers | 766 |
| 4,391 | Artillery Systems | 772 |
| Naval | ||
| 6 | Submarines | 22 |
| 0 | Nuclear Submarines | 0 |
| 0 | Aircraft Carriers | 2 |
| 0 | Helicopter / Amphibious Carriers | 2 |
| 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 14 of the 20 measured categories, Japan 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.